Something Is Limiting My Download Speed
Find out if Windows 10 is limiting your Internet speed by Martin Brinkmann on August 05, 2016 in Windows - Last Update: July 05, 2017 - 39 comments If you noticed an Internet speed drop after upgrading to the latest version of Windows 10, the following troubleshooting guide may help resolve it.
I believe some settings in Windows (registry, policy) is throttling my bandwidth to 200kilobytes/sec. A few weeks back I tried out a few applications (e.g. Netbalancer) and fiddled around with some settings (router, Windows) to limit bandwidth. I have since uninstalled them all, yet my bandwidth is still limited.
Possibilities:
- router (I have ruled out as my other devices speed test at 500KB/s; also not limited when in linux)
- hardware / wifi dongle (I have ruled out as when I boot into Linux, speed test is 500KB/s with same hardware)
- applications (I have ruled out as starting Windows in safe mode it is still limited to 200KB/s)
- Windows qos / policy setting (ruled out running gpresult shows no policies in place )
This leaves some other Windows setting/registry setting that is causing throttling.
What setting may be causing the limit to my bandwidth?
1 Answer
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Since you mentioned that you where messing with settings/programs to limit bandwidth, the first thing I would do is double (or triple) check to make sure that there is nothing still preventing you from getting full speeds.Specifically, check you make sure that there are no programs installed that may still be active on the Windows installation.
Otherwise, this sounds like it has to be a Windows driver issue.
Internet Speed Test
Make sure that you are on the latest drivers for the chipset you are using. Also, make sure that all of the motherboard drivers are loaded. Sometimes Windows will automatically install drivers for you through Windows Update and they are not the best ones to use for performance.