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Slow internet on one PC after clean installation
So last week my computer's boot process got messed up so it couldn't boot anymore. I didn't manage to repair it either, so I did a clean Windows 7 installation in the end. I installed the OS, it's updates and my most-used programs. Aside from some Steam/Origin games everything was finished by last Tuesday (11-12), so after that no other programs were installed.
Last Friday evening (11-15) my internet suddenly became slow. This was especially noticeable when downloading something or playing a youtube video (which was slow even on 144p!).
At first I thought it was my ISP or something. While not common, it isn't unusual either. So I let it go through the weekend, expecting it to be fixed on Monday at latest. Except it didn't.
So since last Monday (11-18) I've been trying to fix this problem. I tested my internet on my phone and laptop, and it was at normal speed on both of them. Yet it was still slow on my computer. So it was definitely my computer, and not the internet, ISP or whatsoever.
I've tried the following solutions, all have failed though:
- Try a different browser. I've tried Firefox 25, Chrome 31, and IE11. All of them were just as slow.
- a complete system scan with both Avira Antivir and Malwarebytes. Both reported no detections.
- Clean the computer with CCleaner.
- Perform a system recovery. The earliest restore point was Thursday (11-14), but even on that point the internet is slow, despite it wasn't originally on that date.
- Reinstall/update the network driver.
- unplug and replug my router/modem.
- shut down all programs that use bandwidth. The speed didn't improve one bit. These are the same programs as before the clean install anyway.
There's one suspicious thing worth noting about the system recovery. In the affected programs list of every restore point, it removes and restores the same driver that I'm not aware of.
The driver it removes is "Microsoft Extern Bureaublad-services (Printer) 06/21/2006 6.1.7601.17514", which is in English "Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (Printer) 06/21/2006 6.1.7601.17514".
And the driver it restores is "Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (Printer) 06/21/2006 6.1.7601.17514". And yes, unlike the removed driver, this one is actually in English.
I have no idea what this is, nor haven't I installed such thing. My laptop (mind that it's Windows 8 though) doesn't have this driver in any of it's restore points.
And lastly, few clarifications on the clean install that may be useful:
- The internet speed was perfectly fine before the clean install, so this problem probably occurred somewhere after the install.
- The previous OS installation (which was also Windows 7) was on a HDD. Before the clean install I took the opportunity to buy and install an SSD (which is and Samsung 840 EVO 250GB) in my computer. The new OS is on this SSD.
- Despite the boot corruption on the HDD, the OS installation was still on it. I've formated this drive after the clean install on the SSD.
- My GPU is also upgraded before the clean install, though this shouldn't be a factor.
- I'm running on a wireless network, which does affect the speed. But so are my phone and laptop, so it shouldn't be slow on just one device. All devices are tested on the same spot with the aforementioned results.
So yeah, long post, but anyone know why this happens and how I fix it? It almost seems I'd need another clean install, though I'd love to avoid that chore.