About this task
To check if Windows Auto-Tuning is enabled or disabled for Windows 7, and to enable or disable Windows Auto-Tuning, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- Close all browser windows.
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Press the Window key and type
cmd. - Right-click the cmd program and click Run JCI Elevated. If not optimized click Run as Administrator. The Beyond Trust authorization window appears.
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Enter the reason for using elevation. In this case
Correcting Windows Auto-Tuning settings. This option to enter a reason only appears if the machine is optimized. - Click OK.
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An elevated command prompt opens. Type the following command to check what the
current setting is:
netsh interface tcp show global. This setting can either be disabled or normal. -
To enable the setting, type:
netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=normal. -
To confirm the setting, type:
netsh interface tcp show global. -
To disable the setting, type:
netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled. -
To confirm the setting, type:
netsh interface tcp show global. - Close the command prompt window.
- Copy the large files to see if the desired transfer speeds have improved or degraded.