However, this system has been known to cause a lot of slow download issues which
can make your Internet browsing and your downloads extremely annoying and frustrating. Fortunately, it's an easy problem to fix with this tutorial...
The first thing you need to do to make sure your download speeds are fast is to check the actual Internet connection coming to your computer is fast. To do this, you should look up an "Internet Speed Test" website on Google, which will show you the speed of your connection. These speed tests work by downloading a file to your system and then showing you the speed of your connection. If the speed it shows is anything less than the speed you should get, you should talk to your Internet provider.
The second thing is to make sure your network computers are not using all the connection. One of the biggest problems (especially now that we have networks at home) is the way in which network computers can take up a lot of bandwidth from downloads or online games. If you have any games consoles that are hooked up to the Internet or any other online PCs, you should log onto them and make sure they are not downloading too many things that will make your Internet run slow.
If your Internet speed is not a problem & your networked computers are not taking up the bandwidth, then the last issue might be your computer itself. A problem with Windows 7 is the way in which it sometimes limits the speed of downloads through a 'setting'. There are many settings which govern all aspects of your computer and there is one which tells your computer how to download files. These settings are kept in the 'registry' database and are what Windows uses to help it remember a variety of different programs for your PC.