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How to Increase Your Internet Speed on Windows (Best Settings)

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many of you have commented that your
internet is slower since upgrading to
Windows 10 fortunately there are simple
tweaks that you can perform to speed up
your internet I'll show you step by step
starting out with the easier tips and
ending with those for advanced users
coming up next on tech gumbo
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before making any changes you'll want to
check the current status of your
internet there are many websites for
testing your internet speed one of the
most popular is speed test I'm using
their app from the Microsoft Store but
you can also go to their website which
is speedtest.net to run a test the ping
measured in milliseconds will let you
know how fast you get a response after
you send out a request the lower the
number the better a fast ping means a
more responsive connection it will also
test your download speed which is how
fast you can pull data from the server
to your computer and your upload speed
is how fast your data is sent from your
computer to others whether you use speed
test or another internet speed testing
site or app it's always a good idea to
check it periodically to make sure that
you're getting the advertised speeds
from your internet service provider
first we'll modify the DNS servers DNS
stands for domain name system quite
simply it's a process that translates
domain names into IP addresses using DNS
servers not assigned by your ISP
can make your internet faster to change
your DNS server go to the search box and
type control panel click on it find
Network and sharing Center and selected
on the left side of this window click on
change adapter settings right click on
the internet you're using and select
properties go down to Internet Protocol
version 4 select it to highlight it make
sure that's checked and select
properties in the bottom half of this
new window click on use the following
DNS server addresses in this example
we'll use Google's own public DNS for
preferred DNS server enter 8 8 8 8 and
for alternate DNS server enter 8 8 4 4
when you're done click on ok that's all
there is to it if you want to try out
other DNS servers I'll put a link in the
description to a site with an updated
list of other free DNS providers others
I'd recommend from this list
our Open DNS and CloudFlare this next
one is overlooked by most people but can
have an impact on your internet speed
turn off any apps or services that can
run in the background even if you're not
using them left click on the Start menu
and select settings click on privacy in
the left pane scroll down and find
background apps and select it now just
go through the apps listed and turn off
the ones that you don't want running in
the background tying up system resources
and feeding off your internet while
we're in the settings menu let's turn
off peer-to-peer updates click on home
in the upper left select update and
security now click on Advanced Options
then click on delivery optimization down
here where it says allow downloads from
other pcs toggle to switch off with this
turned off you don't need to worry about
others in your household or strangers
using your valuable Internet resources
when I upgraded to Windows 10 a couple
years back this was turned on by default
shame on you Microsoft turning off the
automatic updates for Windows is not a
long-term fix but can be useful for
those times you need your internet
speeds to be at their peak go to the
search bar and type services click on it
scroll all the way down and double-click
on Windows Update if the service status
says running click on stop then change
the startup type from automatic to
disable then hit apply or ok to save
your changes
just remember to turn it back on you
wouldn't want to miss all the great new
updates that might delete your files or
could possibly give you the blue screen
of death some of you know what I'm
talking about if your only means of
connecting to the Internet is via Wi-Fi
it may benefit you to change the
wireless channel on your router if you
have multiple users on
same Wi-Fi channel that can slow down
the internet for everyone on that
channel this is common in apartment
buildings or tightly packed
neighborhoods to find out which channels
have the least congestion go to the
Windows Store and install Wi-Fi analyzer
open it up and select the analyze tab
this graph shows the Wi-Fi strength in
your area I'm currently on the
recommended channel which is 11 but if I
were on channel 4 or 5 I would want to
change the channel to 11 in the router
settings at this time I won't do a full
tutorial on how to access your wireless
settings which can vary depending on
which router you own you just need to
find the option to change the channel
and switch it to the recommended Channel
if your previously on a congested
Channel after making the switch you
should notice an improvement to your
internet speed lso which stands for
large send off load is a technique of
improving network performance while at
the same time reducing CPU overhead in
theory it sounds great in practice it
has been known to cause performance and
slowdown issues to disable it in the
search bar type device manager and
selected go down to network adapters and
click the arrow to expand it in the list
double click on your network card if you
connect via ethernet select Ethernet
controller you can connect via Wi-Fi
select wireless adapter in this example
I'll select Ethernet controller go to
the advanced tab in the list select
large send off load V to ipv4 and set
the value to disabled if you have large
send off load V to ipv6 set that value
to disabled as well when you're done
click OK if you experience any issues
you can re-enable it at any time windows
10 by default
keeps away 20% of your internet
bandwidth for its operating system and
other related tasks which means you only
have 80 percent of your bandwidth that
you can actually use
here are the steps to get that 20% back
for you to use you will need to access
the group policy editor for this one
which is only available by default for
the pro edition of Windows 10 if you're
using the Home Edition your first step
is to enable the group policy editor
I've put a link in the description but
the steps needed to enable it to get
started open the run window by selecting
the Windows key + R on your keyboard or
you could right click on the Start menu
icon and select run in the search box
type gpedit.msc hit enter on your
keyboard or click on ok be careful in
this window this is how IT
administrators keep you locked out of
programs and keep you from making
certain changes in the left pane click
on computer configuration double click
on administrative templates double click
Network then double click QoS packet
scheduler where it says limit reservable
bandwidth double click on it to open a
new window choose enabled then change
the bandwidth limit to 0 when you're
done making the changes click on apply
then ok to exit other than changing your
DNS server the tip I just showed you in
my experience is the most useful in this
video for increasing the overall speed
of your internet saved it for last to
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