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Connected network causing Windows to stutter
Hi all,
A new, clean install of Windows 10 is behaving very strangely and it's driving me mad.
Granted, this is quite an old computer, X58 + Xeon W3530, so there might be compatibility issues but I'm hoping it's something I can fix in Windows itself.
Firstly, Wireless doesn't work. As it's a desktop, I'm using a USB Wireless adapter (TP Link T2U). It can see my access point but when I enter my password, it just sits at 'Verifying and Connecting' forever.
As a result, I started using my phone with USB tethering. This leads me to my second and perhaps main issue.
Whenever I'm connected to the internet, Windows will start stuttering and lagging. As soon as I disconnect, things will go back to normal. This is especially the case for any Microsoft/Windows services.
- Windows Update takes forever to find and download updates.
- Same with the Store. In fact, it's not completed 1 install.
- Xbox, Mail, etc will take ages to load my details.
- Edge is unusable but strangely, IE11 is a bit better.
- Using Firefox, everything works normally.
Basically, it seems like something is severely affecting Microsoft/Windows services which have network access and limiting their throughput.
Things I've tried already.
- Disabled all unused hardware in the BIOS, e.g. Audio, LAN, extra ports, etc.
- Fully updated all drivers.
- Updated as much as I can using WSUS Offline.
One thing I haven't tried is Safe Mode with Networking, I'll try this later.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!