The way it works is, the higher the number, then it shows that these apps or services are taking a chunk of your internet bandwidth. Step 4: Lastly, click on the Network tab and check for all your apps or services that have a high number of send and receive requests. Step 3: Now click on Open Resource Monitor from the bottom part of the window. Step 2: Once you’re in your Task Manager’s menu, click on the Performance tab. (You can also search on your computer or ask cortana on Windows 10) Step 1: Start off by right-clicking the Windows Taskbar. Here’s how you can see which of your apps take up most of the internet and how to turn it off. Some of the apps that take up a lot of your internet whilst it runs in the background includeįind out which of your apps take up most of your Internet So quit from all your background apps, and I can assure you, your internet will be much faster.

When you have apps running at the back like your Spotify or Skype whilst you are researching on how pigs can fly (don’t ask me why I thought of that), your internet will slow down. Now you no longer need to send your own precious internet for complete strangers around you. Step 5: Finally, go ahead and turn off the On button. Step 4: You’re almost there! Click on Choose How Updates are Delivered. Step 1: To start off, Click Start and then go ahead type Settings to open it. I’ll show you how you can disable that in just a few little steps. I am not completely sure why Microsoft does this but it could be that they want both you and I, Windows users, to get our updates faster and stay up to date to prevent all kinds of bugs and malware from infecting the computer. The part which bugs me the most is that, they do this without no initial permission from you, and this sharing of internet is meant for seeding (you’ll know how this works if you’re a torrent user) but I’ll explain to you anyway.īasically seeding is kinda like a way to help others get their Windows updates much faster but it comes at a price of your own internet. You see, Windows sends your internet bandwidth to be shared with complete strangers that you have never met in your life. I actually did this when I first got my laptop which came with Windows 10, and let me say it did have a great effect on my internet speed.

Close the Peer to Peer Update Process on Your Computer There are a few simple tweaks you can make to fix your slow internet on Windows 10 and I’ll show you step-by-step on how you can do that within a few seconds.

You and I both have been there, needless to say we’ve always managed to brush it aside as the fault of our internet speed, BUT… Sitting there whilst crossing your fingers, staring without the slightest blink with a nerve for anticipation, resting your hopes and dreams on that one endless loop… I have spent more time with this than I ever spent time with my pug (for those of you asking who’s the gf, its the dog)

Windows 10 updates suck