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    One laptop running slower than all others

    Is there any simple fix? Are there any simple solutions like buying a usb wifi stick off of amazon or do all of those offer poor performance as well? Is switching out the wifi card of a laptop an easy process? Or is my current personal laptop always going to be slower than the other devices on...
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    One laptop running slower than all others

    I unfortunately never checked the speed while on the original OS. Nothing in device manager is showing an error. When navigating through the power settings the mode was already set to maximum performance
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    One laptop running slower than all others

    When i purchased the laptop it came with windows 8 and i had since reformatted and installed windows 7. I did not have that utility on my laptop. I navigated through lenovo's website and searched power management and downloaded an "energy manager" tool which seemed the most similar thing to...
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    One laptop running slower than all others

    For the battery power options on the laptop, using the icon by the clock, i always have it set to "high performance". Is there anywhere else where I can look at more specific power settings? The speedtest results are the same both plugged in and just running off the battery.
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    One laptop running slower than all others

    Hey guys, I am having an interesting issue with my Lenovo idea pad I have an RCN cable connection that runs at 110mpbs, when running speedtest.net on my phone and work laptop I always land in the 105-115 range. However on my Lenovo ideapad it always falls in the 15-25 range, a fraction of the...