▲ 6 r/ProtonVPN
How Is The BETA protocols going for you guys?
Since it's on BETA right now it's a bit unstable for me.
u/lazyprostudent — 4 days ago
▲ 2 r/WindowsLTSC
windows 11 ltsc vs windows 10 ltsc
trying to see what is the best OS for my cousins PC
he just got an upgrade from 16GB to 32gb ram
gtx 1660 super
i5-10400f
He was using win 11 pro, but it would stutter, and be SLOW.
mostly gaming.
u/lazyprostudent — 8 days ago
Proton VPN is capped at ~200 Mbps on my Windows PC no matter what I try (940 Mbps without VPN)
I've been trying to figure this out for hours and I'm honestly out of ideas.
I have Verizon FiOS Gigabit (940/940 Mbps). Without Proton VPN I consistently get around 940 Mbps down / 940 Mbps up.
As soon as I connect to Proton VPN (unlimited), my download speed immediately drops to around 190–210 Mbps. Upload is usually 450–580 Mbps.
The weird part is that it doesn't matter what I change. It's almost like there's a hard cap around 200 Mbps.
Things I've already tried:
- Different Proton servers (Ashburn, Chicago, etc.)
- Different server loads (20-40%)
- WireGuard (Proton app)
- OpenVPN UDP
- Standalone WireGuard client using Proton config files
- VPN Accelerator On/Off
- NetShield On/Off
- IPv6 enabled and disabled
- Different Speedtest servers
- Speedtest.net desktop app
- Fast.com
- Different protocols
- Multiple reboots
- Latest Proton VPN version (4.4.1)
Windows/network troubleshooting:
- Updated Realtek LAN driver to the latest version from Gigabyte
- Verified I'm using the Realtek driver (not Microsoft's generic driver)
- Disabled EEE / Green Ethernet
- TCP Auto-Tuning is enabled
- No cFosSpeed installed
- Checked for third-party network filters
- No strange services running
- Ethernet link is negotiating correctly at 1 Gbps
- No packet loss
- No CPU bottleneck (9950X3D barely doing anything during the test)
Interesting part:
My iPhone connected to the exact same Verizon Wi-Fi gets around 480 Mbps with Proton VPN.
So the internet connection itself clearly isn't limited to 200 Mbps.
Desktop:
- No VPN: ~940 Mbps
- Proton VPN: ~200 Mbps
iPhone (same Wi-Fi):
- Proton VPN: ~480 Mbps
At this point I'm wondering if this is some kind of Windows + Realtek + Proton issue.
Has anyone seen this before or found a fix?
u/lazyprostudent — 8 days ago
Black Ops Cold War launches on Battle.net, says "Playing Now", but never opens. Other CODs work. I've tried EVERYTHING.
For some reason whenever I try to launch Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War on Battle.net, it says "Playing Now", BlackOpsColdWar.exe appears in Task Manager, but the game never opens. After about 2 minutes, the process closes by itself with no error message.
PC specs:
- Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- RTX 5080
- 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30
- Windows 11 IoT LTSC 25H
- Game installed on 4TB NVMe Gen4 (also tested other drives)
Important:
Every other COD works perfectly:
- MW2019
- Vanguard
- Black Ops 4
- MWIII
Only Cold War refuses to launch.
Things I've already tried:
Basic troubleshooting
- Updated Windows
- Updated motherboard BIOS
- Updated AMD chipset drivers
- Updated GPU drivers
- Restarted PC
- Ran Battle.net and the game as Administrator
- Killed all Battle.net and Cold War processes
- Verified game files
- Uninstalled and reinstalled the game multiple times
- Installed the game on different SSDs
- Created a separate Windows user account and tested there
Software and overlay troubleshooting
- Closed Wallpaper Engine
- Closed NZXT CAM
- Closed MSI Afterburner
- Discord overlay disabled
- NVIDIA overlay disabled
- No ReShade
- No DS4Windows
- No Process Lasso
- Stopped Gigabyte Control Center services
- Stopped Gigabyte AORUS LCD services
- Checked GameInput service
Configuration/Profile
- Deleted the Documents\Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War folder
- Deleted player/config folders
- Tried regenerating configuration files
- No profile corruption fix worked
BIOS / CPU
- Checked AVX512 settings
- Checked SMT settings
- Using Curve Optimizer, but system is stable and every other game works
Process Monitor investigation
Using Sysinternals Process Monitor:
- BlackOpsColdWar.exe starts successfully
- DLLs load successfully
- Registry access succeeds
- Files are read successfully
- No Access Denied errors
- No obvious missing files
- Process remains alive for around 2 minutes
- Threads eventually exit
- No child processes appear
- No crash handler launches
- Game never creates its Documents/player configuration files
- Looks like it dies extremely early during initialization
Miscellaneous
- Generated COD Bug Report zip (contained almost nothing useful)
- Checked Event Viewer
- No obvious crash entries
- No hardware instability anywhere else
Has anyone with a Ryzen 9000 series CPU or RTX 50 series GPU seen this? Or anyone who has encountered Cold War launching but never opening?
I'm completely out of ideas.
u/lazyprostudent — 18 days ago