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I am baffled as to my I can only download at about 2 MB/s from MS iso sites on my ASUS (W10 or W11), but if I go to a Linux site I can download at 8 MB/s which is more or less top speed.
I thought maybe it was the remote site being limited, but as I was updating my old laptop Lenovo, I discovered I could download at 8 MB/s as well.
I have tried all sorts of things e.g. ipv4, ipv6, changing DNS servers, making sure wifi was private etc.
I cannot see a single reason why one device (much newer) downloads at 25% of speed of older pc, just for MS download sites. All other sites download at full speed!
Maybe I should not have been so scathing on my MS Feedback, and "THEY" are out to get me LOL.
EDIT : I have had this issue for ages, and then I had a thought just after I posted - what would happen if I turned Defender off, and "shiver me timbers", it was downloading at full speed. Now what is really bizarre is I turned Defender back on, and it is still at full speed!
Go figure!!!!
I thought maybe it was the remote site being limited, but as I was updating my old laptop Lenovo, I discovered I could download at 8 MB/s as well.
I have tried all sorts of things e.g. ipv4, ipv6, changing DNS servers, making sure wifi was private etc.
I cannot see a single reason why one device (much newer) downloads at 25% of speed of older pc, just for MS download sites. All other sites download at full speed!
EDIT : I have had this issue for ages, and then I had a thought just after I posted - what would happen if I turned Defender off, and "shiver me timbers", it was downloading at full speed. Now what is really bizarre is I turned Defender back on, and it is still at full speed!
Go figure!!!!
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My Computer
At a glance
Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ16 GB solderedIntegrated Intel Iris XE
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS Zenbook 14
- CPU
- I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
- Motherboard
- Yep, Laptop has one.
- Memory
- 16 GB soldered
- Graphics Card(s)
- Integrated Intel Iris XE
- Sound Card
- Realtek built in
- Monitor(s) Displays
- laptop OLED screen
- Screen Resolution
- 2880x1800 touchscreen
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
- PSU
- Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
- Case
- Yep, got one
- Cooling
- Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
- Keyboard
- Built in UK keybd
- Mouse
- Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
- Internet Speed
- 900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
- Browser
- Edge
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)
Macrium Reflect Home V8
Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
