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The forum thread discusses a user's issue with significantly slowed download speeds on their Windows PC, dropping from usual 15 Mbps to 2 Mbps. Various troubleshooting suggestions are made, including checking network drivers, testing in safe mode, and restarting network equipment; the user confirms their driver is up-to-date and uses Ethernet. Overall, the conversation aims to identify whether hardware or software issues are causing the slowdown, with ongoing advice to isolate the problem.

stabbathehut

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Hi guys,
just wandering if there was a way to increase my download speed as usually it is 15mbps but at the moment it is only 2mbps. I have tried changing the dns server and registry editor but still no improvement,
 

Neemobeer

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Do you have multiple devices to test from perhaps a phone and are they getting the same slow speed? If they are I would try bouncing your router and modem.
 

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My phone and mac both give around 15mbps. I thought that it may be due to certain settings?
 

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Do you play around with hyper-v at all by chance?
 

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If you don't know what it is I wouldn't worry about it. I would start by verifying your network driver is up-to-date.
 

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Try booting into safe mode w/networking and test. I would also try disabling security software temporarily and testing.
 

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Check if the Ethernet connection works faster. If yes, then you may have to try re installing the network driver.
 

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