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Eliminate YouTube buffering delays on Windows by running this command at the Windows command line. It prevents your computer from using CDN servers that rate limit the streaming speed of videos.
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YouTube Buffering Trick.ps1
# Eliminates requests to YouTube's Buffering CDN Locations
#Install
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="YoutubeBufferTrick" dir=in action=block remoteip=173.194.55.0/24,206.111.0.0/16,208.117.251.0/24 enable=yes
#Uninstall
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name="YoutubeBufferTrick"
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