Windows
User: "Bandwidth speed seems to drop or be slow....?"
Unlike some VPN services,
SurfBouncer Personal VPN does
not throttle any speeds on our end. We give you a wide
open connection through the Amazon network. However, the
OpenVPN application on your computer, when it installs in
Windows, is given a "Normal Priority". In most cases, this
is adequate. However, on some computers that have a lot
of other processing going on, the processor could become
highly loaded and give the VPN less processing time than
it needs for optimal performance. This can be resolved
by setting the priority of the application to "High". In
order to do this, you have to edit the Windows registry.
You should always backup the registry before making any
changes to it.
To change the process priority:
--Go to
"Start" and select "Run" and then type "regedit".
--Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE.
Select OpenVPN and
then click on the "priority" link. Change it to
HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS as shown below.
--Select OpenVPN-GUI and repeat the process.
--Exit and you are
finished.

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