Windows holds back a large portion of your internet bandwidth as part of it's network settings. But
if you're not on a corporate network, if this is your home computer,
free that up for greater bandwidth. Get that extra speed by making a
very quick, simple and easy change in the Windows Group Policy editor (works just like looking through your files and folders) as follows:
However, realize if the if the network card has a specific limit set on it in registry, this would have no impact on it.
- Click START, then click RUN.
- Type "gpedit.msc" without the quotes, then click OK.
- Browse to the highlighted area shown above -- the folder you want is Computer Configuration/ Administrative Templates/ Network/ QoS Packet Scheduler in the left-hand pane (shown above) then double-click "Limit reservable bandwith" in the right-hand pane. The dialog box shown below will pop up.
- Click the dot (radio button) for Enabled as shown below, and in Bandwidth Limit, type or click up or down until a number between 0 and 10 is shown.
- Click Apply, and click your way out of the open dialog boxes: you're done!
However, realize if the if the network card has a specific limit set on it in registry, this would have no impact on it.