I was curious... in XP there were a number of network related settings that *were said* to increase network performance for the typical home user. But I hadn't come accross similar claims since Vista really. Google on increase network speeds and it's all about choosing & setting up the router etc., with no mention of Windows itself. Google on increase network speed Windows 10 & you get the same thing, with the questionable addition on some sites re: limiting reservable bandwidth settings [it sets aside bandwidth for QOS apps/services, but only when such apps/services are active, so just keep that stuff off if/when speed is important].
Installing Throttle 8 gets you the program's folder holding 9 files at ~9 MB, & some shortcuts. The registry gets an Uninstall key plus a Throttle key. Running the app, set to max boost, made the following registry changes in my win7 32 bit VM. I wasn't terribly impressed, but there you have it -- you can Google on the various settings if you're interested.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000008
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000008
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PGWARE\Throttle]
"KeepAliveInterval"=dword:000003e8
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PGWARE\Throttle]
"KeepAliveTime"=dword:006ddd00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PGWARE\Throttle]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PGWARE\Throttle]
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched]
"MaxOutstandingSends"=dword:0000ffff
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched]
"NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000032
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nsi\{eb004a03-9b1a-11d4-9123-0050047759bc}]
"1700"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,dd,6d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nsi\{eb004a03-9b1a-11d4-9123-0050047759bc}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nsi\{eb004a03-9b1a-11d4-9123-0050047759bc}]
"0200"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,dd,6d,00,e8,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,ff,00,00,ff,00,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000003
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0003ebc0
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"TcpMaxDupAcks"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"KeepAliveTime"=dword:006ddd00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"KeepAliveInterval"=dword:000003e8
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\S-1-5-21-3870781689-954624482-918279248-1001]
"RefCount"=dword:00000007
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PGWARE\Throttle]
"Restore"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PGWARE\Throttle]
"SpeedSetting"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nsi\{eb004a00-9b1a-11d4-9123-0050047759bc}\6]
@=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,40,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,ff,
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0003ebc0