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Pro tip: How to speed up your Windows network connection
When you shell out mountains of cash for your network connection, you hope it will be fast enough for your needs. Unfortunately, high costs don’t always mean high quality. To make matters worse, searching the web for ways to speed up your Windows network connection churns out an endless mountain of potential fixes.
Want to save yourself a few hours you’d otherwise spend researching tech issues? We put together a list of some of the top IT questions we get from readers and solutions you can try for yourself. But when you’re specifically searching for ways to fix your network connection, it can be hard to find your starting point.
When you start testing ways to fix your Windows connection, you’ll soon find yourself trying trick after trick, wasting hours on unhelpful solutions. Luckily, we found a resolution backed by the pros at ExpressVPN, a trusted cybersecurity app that sponsors the show. Scroll down for details on the setting that optimizes your Windows network for better internet speeds.
Do this for lightning speed (well, almost)
Before starting, run an internet speed test to see what you’re working with. Tap or click here for the best free website to use. This will be helpful once you’ve made the tweaks we recommend below. You’ll notice all the minor changes that will later make a world of difference.
There are two easy ways to boost your speed. First, you can normalize the Receive Windows Auto-Tuning Level. This feature lets your operating system continually monitor routing conditions like delays from your network or applications.
It also checks your bandwidth. It helps your OS configure network connections to make the performance as good as possible. You’ll want to look it up and see which setting it’s turned on. There are a few different modes it may be on, but you’ll want to set it to “Normal.”
How to set Receive Windows Auto-Tuning Level to Normal
Prepare to get a little into the weeds. First, you’ll want to navigate to your Windows button and type cmd in the search bar. Select the Command Prompt that pops up. Your screen will look like this:
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A new window will pop up. Copy and paste this command: netsh int tcp show global. Press enter and you’ll see your current level.
Your screen will look something like the example below. Notice that the auto-tuning level is listed as normal. For example:
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Software: Can’t live with it, can’t work without it. It sure would be nice if all computer programs worked the way they are supposed to every time we need them, but as you’re well aware, that’s not the case.
The reality is that bugs happen, and they happen often. Any Microsoft Windows user can tell you that much. A Windows patch that was released earlier this year fixed a whopping 113 bugs — and plenty of more updates have followed.
Spring clean your PC: Microsoft just updated its free Windows optimizer, PC Manager. Its biggest new feature? Files Cleanup, which helps you manage your storage and free up space by deleting unnecessary or bulky files. Download it here in the Microsoft Store.
Windows 10 how-to: Roll back to a previous version
Having trouble with the latest Windows 10 update? Maybe it’s so bad, you wish you’d never updated your PC in the first place. In this Komando DIY, we walk you through how to roll back your Windows version.
Windows 10 death date: Microsoft has announced you won’t get any updates or support for Windows 10 after Oct. 14, 2025. That’s plenty of time to save up for a new Mac … just sayin’.