Comments on: Download Speed on Windows Vista Has Dropped Dramatically

By: Jeff Honeyager

Jeff Honeyager — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:52:53 +0000

I have wireless and ethernet - first tried the wireless - no luck and now I can't connect via wireless after deleting the driver and reinstalling it.

Tried the ethernet - hard wired - now it gets 90Kbs (I'm paying for 10Mbs) - and now my vonage modem is not working.

Vista stinks.

I don't want to get Windows 7 - I may have to...

By: Jure

Jure — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:44:41 +0000

Didn't work... Unfortunately. I'm still at 6 Mbit per second download speed as opposed to 20 Mbit. I know, it's fast, but should be much faster. HP tech support had me do all these crazy things on my computer to try to help but nothing changed. I tried this, no change. Makes me think my ISP really did lower the download speed (I live in South Korea, so calling the ISP isn't that easy because of languagee issues ;)

By: Hosting Reviews

Hosting Reviews — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:33:35 +0000

Where were you with this post about a month ago when I had the problems you listed with speeds in Vista?

I managed to do this same procedure on a whim and it also fixed my speed issues.

By: sean

sean — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:41:35 +0000

Hey, thanks man, I have been arguing with my ISP for like 6 months now, and it was all my PC the whole time. I did step by step what you did, and now i get 20mgbt DL, thats WAY better than .2mgbt DL.
Thanks alot:)

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:32:02 +0000

I have a Dell XPS420 Vista SP2 connected to Fios with and ethernet connection directly to my Actiontec Router. My average speed tests are 6mbps to 10mpbs. I ran the test and my lowest speed was 2mbps this evening. I restarted my system and had a 8mbps speed test result. I am paying for the 15MB Down and 2 MB up. With my laptop, connect through wifi, I am getting my full 15.3 MBps running the exact same OS. This issue is fairly recent with my Dell.

Un-installed the driver as stated above. Issues solved. Thanks

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:38:26 +0000

nope didnt work(btw i just updated driver software) i still have the same! jeez this sucks

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:36:35 +0000

Hey what kevin said happened to me! how do i fix it? thanks in advance

By: Dataneto

Dataneto — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:12:22 +0000

Just great. It also works with Vista in Hebrew. Went back to 700 kb dowload.

Thank you.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:22 +0000

You are BIG!!! THX

By: David

David — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:18:09 +0000

Unfortunately this did not work for me.