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Simple Tweak to Increase Broadband Speed

Posted on the August 29th, 2009 under Tips & Tricks by (Beaulife) Altis Lo

This is a simple 3-minute tweak in your Microsoft Windows XP Professional (not for any other versions) to increase your Internet broadband speed. I have tested with TM Streamyx, Celcom Broadband and P1 WIMAX with my Microsoft XP Professional and I am so far quite happy with this tweak, no much technical knowledge involved. Most importantly, this is a free trick.

By default (even with QoS disabled) Windows XP Professional reserves up to 20 percent of your connections bandwidth. This tweak will override this reserve and become effective immediately after the tweak is applied. But you must make sure the two prerequisites below:

1. You must log on as Administrator only, not as a user with Administrator privileges.
2. Your computer is pre-installed with Microsoft Windows XP Professional.

Just follow the steps below:

1. Click [Start] [Run]
2. Type “gpedit.msc”
3. You will see [Local Computer Policy]
4. Expand the [Administrative Templates] branch
5. Expand the [Network] branch
6. Highlight [QoS Packet Scheduler]
7. Double-click [Limit Reservable Bandwidth]
8. Check [Enabled]
9. Change [Bandwidth limit %] to 0%
10. Click [Apply] [OK]
11. Restart your computer

Your Internet broadband speed is noticeably much faster after these steps. I could have saved you some money to upgrade your existing broadband package, or subscribe other broadband service. Enjoy it.

If you have tried on other broadband service, please comment your finding. Thank you.

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