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[Nvyseal]

According to this video, Windows reserves 20% of your bandwidth for Windows Updates. This is how to reclaim that bandwidth from XP and Vista by modifying the local computer policy.

Please note, our members have found this video to be inaccurate.

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[stormrosson]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm why not turn off automatic update? I always do , if there is any updatin to happen, I prefer to initiate it myself

[m.oreilly]

stormrosson, on Sep 22 2007, 12:04 PM, said:

hmmmmmmmmmmmm why not turn off automatic update? I always do , if there is any updatin to happen, I prefer to initiate it myself

i think this limit is in place regardless of the update settings. if you check it out, it covers other ms app access as well

[stormrosson]

well crap , that sux ....do u know if that fix works in XP x64?

Edited by stormrosson, 22 September 2007 - 08:16 PM.

[m.oreilly]

i would assume so

(i haven't rebooted yet, as i have a hot @ss torrent going, and i don't want to loose my place )

[Nvyseal]

stormrosson, on Sep 22 2007, 01:15 PM, said:

well crap , that sux ....do u know if that fix works in XP x64?

[stormrosson]

thx Xman

[stormrosson]

ok it's a done deal

[hog]

Hey thanks, it's really easy to do, and very useful IMO.

[brewin]

This doesn't make any sense to me. If you set it to 1%, updates will take forever to download. If you set it to 0%, that's probably the same as 100%. I'd rather set it to something like 80% to download updates quicker.

[m.oreilly]

brewin, on Sep 22 2007, 02:56 PM, said:

This doesn't make any sense to me. If you set it to 1%, updates will take forever to download. If you set it to 0%, that's probably the same as 100%. I'd rather set it to something like 80% to download updates quicker.

i assumed the bandwidth was "held" much like a swap: windows will prioritize what gets to use that percentage first.

[stormrosson]

doesn't appear to affect d/l speed from windoze update site if u do it manually

[banj0]

This isn't true. I read about it almost a year ago after it started making the rounds. The truth, from M$:

"As in Windows 2000, programs can take advantage of QoS through the QoS APIs in Windows XP. 100% of the network bandwidth is available to be shared by all programs unless a program specifically requests priority bandwidth. This "reserved" bandwidth is still available to other programs unless the requesting program is sending data. By default, programs can reserve up to an aggregate bandwidth of 20% of the underlying link speed on each interface on an end computer. If the program that reserved the bandwidth is not sending sufficient data to use it, the unused part of the reserved bandwidth is available for other data flows on the same host."

Link

edit: I just realized some of you guys that have done this use Skype on the regular. Turn QoS back on if you don't want your calls to suck. That's the only common app. I know of that uses it.

Edited by banj0, 23 September 2007 - 02:17 AM.

[talker]

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this a retread of the QoS bandwidth thing that came up years ago with the coming of XP?????....talker.

[Nvyseal]

yup

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/3688