Increase Download Speed In Windows 7

How to speed up internet download speed in windows 7?

Well if you are reading this article then of course you are searching for something that could help you speed up the download speed of your newly installed windows 7.
And as matter of fact we are going to quickly see some tips on how you can do so and then you can chill and speed up your download speed in your all new windows 7.

Their are three main factors in wondows 7 that determine your download speed:-
1-Your internet plan Speed-If you are trying to get to more speed the your internet service provider is providing you with then I would suggest you to upgrade your plan.
2-The physical memory and the performance of your computer(if you are running windows 7 on 1Gig RAM  that should be sufficient)
3-The size and source of the file and  from where you want to download.

First and foremost try to work on as less as possible resourceful programs while you are downloading(though windows 7 comes with a lots of graphical features but they all contribute to slow down your download speed)-as this will save space your RAM  for the program being downloaded to be saved in your temporary folder.
Secondly get rid of any malware or spyware on your system as these always use you internet speed to send your information to the creator of the spyware.If you don’t know how to it you can read this first-how you could get rid of spywares in windows 7?
Thirdly if you are have multiple files to download then try to the one that has a record of more reviews and more positive responses.

By default it is kept at 20% of your internet speed to support the Quos program.And as a matter of fact most of the programs,generally do not make use of this service and and not all of them have a distribute management to Quos.
And hence we can make use of this and get this 20% of your bandwidth that is normally not made use of and make your windows 7 downloads faster.

How to increase your available bandwidth in windows 7?
Its simple-click start+R(if you are using windows xp then you should go to the start menu and click on run)
The run box will pop up enter type “gpedit.msc in it and hit enter.
Local computer policy widows will open-now please don’t panic and get overwhelmed its really easy believe me.
Come to the last option “All Settings”

changing downlaod settings in windows 7

changing downlaod settings in windows 7

Find “Limit the bandwidth of Audio and video” and double click on it,now you will see it as not configured-disable it by clicking on the disable radio button.

changing the bandwidth settings in windows 7 to increase the download speed

changing the bandwidth settings in windows 7 to increase the download speed

Now on the top right hand corner of the same window click on next setting or search for-”Limit the size of sent file” will open disable it as well of if you want to keep it enabled then make the file size zero kilobytes.

click on image to make it large

click on image to make it large

Now hit ok and close the window.

You could also use various softwares available and try out some of them and let me know if anyone of them worked for you.(Lets discover the our all new windows 7 together)
And make sure you don’t get any spyware on your computer while downloading and in case you do have a problem with that please check out-How to remove the spywares from windows 7 .
You may also like to check your primary drive for any errors that may have occurred (though its less likely as windows 7 is so new and fresh and try to keep some space in your hard disk as well.
And if you know any more tricks on how to speed the internet download speed windows 7 please share with us here,I’ll be really glad.

You may also like to make your new Operating system a bit more fast here are some tips on some tweaks for free faster windows 7

Subscribe to What-what feeds

RSS

Grab the RSS feed for Free Updates!
(What's this? — Learn more about RSS)


subscribe

OR Get blog updates sent directly to your inbox by entering your email address below:

Leave a Comment