How to increase Internet connection speed in Windows XP

February 16th, 2008 |sunieet | 10,601 views | Tips and tricks | Comments (28)

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Me and my friend took same Internet connection (Same bandwidth) but when my friend informed me, his Internet connection speed is faster as me, I was shocked. Tried some troubleshooting steps but no go. Called the Helpdesk and they informed me, connection was OK. Finally I went to my Friend’s room to check whether he is saying truth or just telling lie. Found his connection was faster. Then goggled for some time and found some solution. Hope it may help you!! Now I am satisfied with my network connection speed.

The steps are for increasing BROADBAND speed in Windows XP and also work for 56k modems too.

1. Logged on to computer using Administrator Credentials.

2. Start > Run > type “gpedit.msc” (It is not available in XP Home)

3. Expand the Local Computer Policy.

4. Expand the Administrative Templates.

5. Expand the Network branch.

6. Highlight the “QoS Packet Scheduler” in left side window.

7. In right Window double click the “limit reservable bandwidth” setting.

8. On setting tab check the ENABLED item.

9. Change the value to 0 (ZERO), where it says “Bandwidth limit %” .

10. Close gpedit.msc.

11. Restart the system and check with the network connection speed. Note: It does not work on XP Home Edition.

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Comment by Creditos on 16 February 2008:

The best way is:

1. enter to DOS and type format C:
2. get a ubuntu CD
3. Install
4. Done!

And you will see a great speed on your connection

Comment by Dealsninja on 17 February 2008:

I’ll have to try these tweaks, my FIOS connection is always slower on my XP machine. Also you could always try the Google caching plugin which pre-fetches popular pages on the internet.

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Comment by Motivator on 18 February 2008:

Hey, I was lucky to have found your information here. I tried it on my own computer and it really works. I will consider upgrading to Vista sometime next month and I wonder the same adjustment applies as well.

Comment by snes on 20 February 2008:

Thanks for the tip I couldnt work out why my internet connection was so much slower then all my friends

Comment by Motivator on 20 February 2008:

Cool find.. this was new to me. I was curious and did a little more digging and came across this in case anyone needs visual guidance . I noticed a difference right away.

Comment by Kevin on 22 February 2008:

Wow thanks for the tip! I work on a network of several computers at work and this tip helped one of the PCs that was particularily sluggish. It might just be temporary though, I’ll report back later on.

Comment by liz jones on 22 February 2008:

Any infor for Windows XP Home edition?

Comment by monika on 23 February 2008:

Great response and thanks Creditos for your wonderful response.

Comment by Alex on 23 February 2008:

I have tried the instruction and it work like a charm.

Comment by meg on 24 February 2008:

To Motivator, it definitely is working with Vista.

Comment by iS clinical on 25 February 2008:

Is there a way to do it on the XP home edition? Cause from all the comments it seems like it is worth the time.

Comment by stamp on 26 February 2008:

Creditos awesome response! I have already done this. I have 2 computers running Ubuntu Linux, and they work like a charm. I also have 1 computer that runs XP, so I am going to try this hack on it. Thanks.

Comment by Peter on 26 February 2008:

Cool, thanks, my connection was not as fast as my provider claimed and I thought its their fault. Now I tweaked my PC and it feels much faster online. Thanks.

Comment by Pink on 26 February 2008:

Thanks for blog.Now my computer will like trace car.Hahahaha

Comment by Martin Welch on 27 February 2008:

Thanks for the great idea. I want to try that also if it works well and if it changes my internet connection. Sometime I do have problems with my internet connection also.

Comment by seo ppc on 27 February 2008:

ok so this works on vista? I’m going ot try it right now!

Comment by Expat on 28 February 2008:

I was so hopeful from the beginning of the post but I’m totally shocked by reading the last line of the post(Note:). I’m using XP home edition.. Do u know any way to make it work in home edition?