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To: Stan who wrote (104788)	10/28/2019 10:02:55 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110581

Stan Again can you tell me what you might have done with you laptop just prior to having these problems. Knowing this can help trying to determine what the problem might be. Did you install anything, download anything uninstall anything etc, Don

To: Stan who wrote (104788)	10/28/2019 10:10:26 PM
From: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110581

Stan, if you want to run EEK and see if you are infected, download it to your phone, and then copy it from your phone to your PC. See:

To: Stan who wrote (104788)	10/28/2019 10:19:06 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110581

Stan try this, if you haven't attempted already It is well known, that laptops, in order to save energy, have by default, energy-saving power plans in Windows so that the laptop can work on battery longer. So, I directly opened my Windows 10 power options (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Edit Plan Settings – “Change advanced power settings“) and started checking. Eventually, I have ended up in “Wireless Adapter Settings” and then “Power Saving Mode“. There, I have noticed, that the “On battery” setting was not “Maximum Performance”. So what finally solved the slow wifi internet connection on my laptop was to set both “On battery” and “Plugged in” settings for the “Power Saving Mode” for my “Wireless Adapter Settings” in Power options to “Maximum Performance”: Don