Limit OneDrive and Windows Update bandwidth hogging
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Have a really horrible internet connection currently, and whenever Windows Update and OneDrive starts downloading stuff, I can basically not do anything else because they're hogging all my bandwidth.
BITS
- Open Local Group Policy Editor.
- Go to Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Network / Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS).
- Enable Limit the maximum network bandwidth for BITS background transfers, and optionally adjust the rate and hours.
- Reboot, possibly?
- Source
- SuperUser.com
QoS Policy
- Open Local Group Policy Editor.
- Go to User Configuration / Windows Settings / Policy-based QoS.
- Right-click and hit Create new policy.
- Set DSCP Value to 1 and/or Outbound Throttle Rate to something appropriate.
- Set QoS policy to apply to applications with executable name onedrive.exe (or skydrive.exe, check your process list).
- Reboot, possibly?
- Source
- Don't remember...