Since its launch in July 2015, Windows 10 has become one of the most widely used operating systems in the world with more than 400 million installations. Windows 10 packs in a bundle of new features compared to Microsoft’s previous flagship OS, Windows 8.1. These additional features have improved usability and functionality, but there’s a price to pay: They also consume a considerable amount of system resources and network bandwidth, resulting in slower Internet speeds. This reduced network throughput usually happens because of background activities and other services of Windows 10, which by default consumes or reserves some of your Internet bandwidth for various reasons. Users suffering from these issues can perform a few easy troubleshooting steps that might bring their Internet back up to speed. Prikaz o naznachenii glavnogo inzhenera proekta obrazec. Monitoring Windows updates Windows 10 comes enabled with automatic Windows updates.

The update function stays active in the background and can consume large chunks of network bandwidth as it checks for and downloads all the updates. Although it is recommended to keep Windows updated, you can temporarily disable the feature. This might boost your Internet speed. During the Windows 10 rollout, Microsoft devised an automatic system that turns your PC into a file-sharing server to reduce the load on the central Window’s servers.

As a result of this P2P sharing service, a portion of your network services is constantly engaged in background activities. To overcome this, one needs to properly manage these services by following these steps: • Navigate to your Windows settings and click on “Windows Update” from “Update and recovery” menu. • Click on “Choose how updates get installed” option and set your update preferences accordingly.

Restrict background applications Applications running in the background can be a very common and obvious reason for lagging Internet speeds. Many of these background applications can be disabled when not in use to prevent a slow Internet connection. This will also improve the overall performance of the system.

Commonly used bandwidth consuming applications: • Torrent applications • Cloud-storage applications such as Dropbox and Google Drive • Antivirus software • Steam • Graphics card driver applications such as Nvidia GeForce Experience A simple approach to the problem would be to turn off some of these applications when not in use. (Of course, you want to be very careful before turning off your antivirus program.) In addition to these applications, Windows packs in a lot of additional background services that tends to drain your Internet’s bandwidth. To check and monitor these background services/apps follow the steps mentioned below: • Right-click the Windows Taskbar and open “Task Manager.” • In the Task Manager’s menu click on the “Performance' tab. • Now, click on “Open Resource Monitor” from the bottom portion of the window. • Click on the Network tab and check for the applications or services that have a high number of send and receive requests. A higher number indicates that these particular services/apps are consuming a great deal of your bandwidth. Disabling firewalls Firewalls are one of the most important security features that comes preinstalled with Windows operating systems.