How to limit the bandwidth of foreground downloads under Windows 10

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Windows 10 users should be familiar with the two types of downloads that are performed in their operating system, namely – foreground downloads and background downloads. Before limiting the bandwidth of downloads in the foreground, we need to understand their characteristics, then we will talk about how we can limit their bandwidth.

Unintentional downloads by your operating system are called background downloads. These are usually updates that are done under Windows 10 and are downloaded automatically without asking permission or interaction with the user. Whenever there are update requests, you will see that they are updated immediately.

When we talk about foreground downloads on an operating system, these are the types of downloads you need to start yourself. A very good example of a manual or download in the foreground is when you click Get or Download to download an application.

Foreground and background downloads affect system bandwidth, and if they exceed a certain limit, they can saturate disk usage. A good way to find out is to open the Task Manager and check the percentage of disk usage. If it is in red, we must limit downloads to reduce the load on the system, otherwise it would start to hang and could become completely insensitive.

Now that we know the difference between background downloads and foreground or manual downloads, let’s talk about the question we want to answer first and foremost, that is how we can limit the bandwidth of foreground downloads in Windows 10. The manuals are specially designed for Windows 10 1803 and above. If you have another operating system or an update installed, the given steps may not be very useful.

Limit download bandwidth in foreground

1] Click the Start button, then click the speed icon to open the Settings window.

2] In Settings, click the Update and Security option.

3] After clicking Update and Security, click Windows Update.

4] We must now click on the advanced options in the Windows Update menu, then go to Optimize Delivery.

5] After clicking the Delivery Optimization link, you must click the Advanced Options link again.

6] After clicking Advanced Options, select the Bandwidth usage check box. This is the amount of bandwidth your downloads use in the foreground

Select and set the foreground option limit in the box. Use the slider provided to change the limit value to the desired value.

How to limit foreground downloads using group policy

If we work with a network of systems managed by a common group policy, we can make the following changes :

1] Press Win + R to open the Run window and enter the command gpedit.msc. Press Enter to open the local Group Policy Editor.

2] Scroll to Computer configuration > Administrative templates > Windows components > Delivery optimization .

3] In the Settings section to the right, double-click the policy Maximum download bandwidth in foreground (percent)

4] Select the radio button to On. Under Options, change the maximum download bandwidth in the foreground (in percent) to the desired bandwidth

5] Click Apply, then click OK to save the settings.

And that was it! We’re done here. You have successfully adjusted the bandwidth of your manual or front-end downloads.

I hope the steps and instructions were easy to follow. Make sure you follow the instructions and you’ll have your favorite bandwidth usage value for foreground downloads in no time.

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