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| | I have Windows XP and I'm trying to free up that 20% bandwith that windows hogs up. I type in gpedit.msc (also just gpedit) from my start menu and it doesn't work. I can get a DOS edit box just by typing edit. Any suggestions? |
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| - You're trying to free up what 20% bandwidth that Windows hogs?????
- GPEDIT is available only in XP Pro - I assume you're running Home?
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| | Windows does not reserve any bandwidth. Not in any version. Period. That link takes me to the front page of a forum, not to any information. Please cut and paste (or just paraphrase) the misinformation you are referring to.
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| | I don't think the link worked because you are not a member there. Here is a copy of the post; Tips for viewing Divx Movies
OK so alot of people say the Divx movies are SOOOO SLOW TO LOAD!!!!
Well, yes they are and we are sorry but we are not a File Hosting site. What we do here is link you to content already present on the web.
That being said, buffer times are slow we know. This is due to the Host server speeds. We cannot speed this up no matter how much we want to.
There are a few things you can do as a User to help yourself out
1) Don't expect the movie to buffer instantly!!
2) Make sure that you empty your Cache in the DivX Tools tab on the
player
3) Windows reserves 20% your bandwidth for itself (very selfish of them  )
To correct this you need to click HERE.
4)The Stream Movie link is dead.
To correct this you need to click HERE.
5)No Sound!!!
To Correct this you need to click HERE.
The quality of a DivX movie doesn't compare to any other video format . From option 3) it takes you here;  Claim back you Bandwidth (Microsoft Vista Ultimate, Vista, XP) Fix
This doesn't work with BROADBAND!!(DSL)
Bandwidth Tweak for Windows XP:
Windows uses 20% of your Bandwidth(Microsoft reserves this for their own purposes).
How to get it back:
> Click Start > Run > type "gpedit.msc"
> Then go to:
> LOCAL COMPUTER POLICY>
> COMPUTER CONFIGURATION>
> ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES>
> NETWORK>
> QOS PACKET SCHEDULER>
> LIMIT RESERVABLE BANDWIDTH.
Double click on LIMIT RESERVABLE BANDWIDTH
> Enable reservable bandwidth
> Then set it to ZERO
ANYWAY... Maybe it just happens to his computer... lol. I dunno, I just know that it takes 5 hours to download a 700MB movie. |
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| Ahhh - the QOS packet bandwidth myth. This is an old wive's tale and you should avoid any site that thinks it's real. It's been known for at least 5 years that the QOS packed bandwidth story is nonsense.
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| I type in gpedit.msc (also just gpedit) from my start menu and it doesn't work. GPEDIT.MSC is the correct term and it is not available in the Home Edition/HE version of Windows XP which is why you are getting the message if you have WinXP HE. It is not needed in HE as HE is not intended to connect to a Server-based Network.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307882#appliesto
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