Purchased a new Samsung Laptop. Among other issues, the down load speed was slow - 1.5 MB best vs usual 22MB for my router - while the upload speed was fairly typical at about 3.3MB. Took the laptop back to the store (it tested at 1.5MB there too) and upgraded to a Lenovo Z580. This laptop has the same download speed issue.
Before you point at my wireless router, I currently have multiple Win 7, Vista, and XP systems all achieving the 22MB download speed currently. I also tried moving closer to the router (no effect), shutting off all other devices accessing the router (no effect).
On my laptop, I have stopped Windows Defender and Firewall (no effect) and downloaded and installed the latest Intel Wireless Driver (no effect). I have downloaded and run Lenovo's Wireless Diagnostic which ran without complaint.
With all items being what they are, I have no other conclusion than to blame some setting in Windows 8. These are factory-fresh Windows 8 installs that came from 2 different OEM's, not upgrades. Reading the postings here and elsewhere, this appears to be a common/frequent issue.
I'd like to get some suggestions on how to approach this before I format the HD and go back to Win 7.
Thanks,
Grizwald
Before you point at my wireless router, I currently have multiple Win 7, Vista, and XP systems all achieving the 22MB download speed currently. I also tried moving closer to the router (no effect), shutting off all other devices accessing the router (no effect).
On my laptop, I have stopped Windows Defender and Firewall (no effect) and downloaded and installed the latest Intel Wireless Driver (no effect). I have downloaded and run Lenovo's Wireless Diagnostic which ran without complaint.
With all items being what they are, I have no other conclusion than to blame some setting in Windows 8. These are factory-fresh Windows 8 installs that came from 2 different OEM's, not upgrades. Reading the postings here and elsewhere, this appears to be a common/frequent issue.
I'd like to get some suggestions on how to approach this before I format the HD and go back to Win 7.
Thanks,
Grizwald
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo
- CPU
- i5
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8GB