We have earlier shared tips to improve internet browsing speed up of two popular browsers Internet explorer 8 and Firefox 3 .Those were few browser oriented tips and tweaks that generally improves the web page loading time .But actually there are many other system oriented factors that affect the total download and upload speed in Windows based machines .One out of them is the system bandwidth share ,and the data volume used by individual applications . Also there are some internal system settings that should be tuned according to the internet connection plan . So here we have collected few softwares and tips to improve browsing and download speed on Windows XP,Vista and Windows 7 powered computers.
Increase download speed in Windows with the use of Firewall software :
Firewall software scans and blocks inbound and outbound internet traffic from a computer based on the permissions . Many applications automatically revert firewall settings and make them allowed to access internet services .So these applications will consume bandwidth in their background processes or updates . We have earlier shared a collection of free Firewall softwares . Use anyone of them and from from settings , select manual permissions to block or allow programs on your choice. Here we have used inbuilt Firewall in Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 to block certain programs from accessing internet . So as a result we are getting improved browsing speeds .
Turnoff or block unwanted addons and toolbars :
Toolbars and browser addons on Firefox ,Internet explorer 8 ,Chrome 3 ,Safari 4 and other browsers calls web services each time when web pages are loaded . You might have seen auto updating bookmark list and news feeds above browser tabs . These unless not useful ,collectively reduces the total internet speed of the corresponding browsers .
Increase Windows internet download speed with download accelerators .
Download accelerators or download mangers downloads the files in multiple parts and join them at last . Some of them compress data before they are transmitted to clients computer .So by both these ways they speed up the download process on installed machine . Check out our list of free download accelerators to test anyone of them .
Tune system and network settings to speed up internet .
Nowadays there are so many Windows optimiaztion softwares are available on market . We earlier covered methods to get full version license key of few such tools like Ashampoo Winoptimizer ,Tuneup Utilities, SpeedupMyPC etc . Use any of them ,and open internet or network tuning section from available modules. In that there is option to select the network speed and to optimize the download speed automatically .
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