Do this if your battle net app is very slow after the last update
us.battle.net/forums/en/bnet/topic/2075363661...Posted Mar 19, 2017, 9:26 PM UTC
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Thanks for this! Its Working!!
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Thanks alot! If its stupid but it works, it's not stupid.
also using win7 x64
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Battle.net client is literally showing web pages to you so it loads a page every time you click a tab. It's not that stupid but a bit strange.
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holy, shit. I surely thought nah, this isn't going to work.
Yep, works great now.
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Found this through Google.
I was also in the camp of "WTF, why would changing a setting in IE fix this?" but alas, unchecking 'auto detect settings' did work for me. (Win7 64bit)
This is actually something that Blizzard should fix but since next to no one actually uses IE anyways, guess it's not that big a deal.
Thanks a lot OP!
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Awesome, I am very glad to hear you were able to find this, and I'm glad it fixed it for you too!
I could be wrong, but I believe that despite this setting being under Internet Options for IE, it applies to a broader range of windows networking and applications, hence it having an effect here. So even though you may not use IE, this checkbox has implications.
Myself and others believe this "bug" is caused by Blizzard updating the Chromium version used in the Battle.net app.
It's also worth noting that I do not think this bug occurs in Windows 10.
Anyway, I'm happy I was able to help! I made this thread in hopes it would help others, since it caused such a headache for myself as well :)
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What the?! O.o I tried it and it worked instantly! Hax! Thx fam! +1
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I know, right?! I can't believe such a small thing fixes it instantly. Glad you got it working :)
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Wow that fixed so much. Ive had this issue for months and have just been suffering through. Thanks!
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Can someone reply to Kershew and tell him it's not a proxy issue? If he/she had actually read the posts, they would see the checkbox that people are unchecking is "Automatically detect settings" checkbox which is for LAN settings. It has nothing to do with a proxy server whatsoever.
For whatever reason I'm unable to post on the official forums. It tells me "Battletag required" even though I have one...??
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Darn, I'm still sitting here downloading at 449 BYTES /s :(
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To clarify, this post/fix has nothing to do with connection speed or the speed in which you're downloading your games and updates from Blizzard.
This is about the performance of the battle.net application itself running very sluggishly after an update Blizzard put out (i.e. clicking and navigating the app itself was very slow and unresponsive)
If you're games are downloading slowly, there's likely another reason.
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i got 6mb/s on steam but 144kb/s on battle.net :/ tried what you said but it didnt work
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Hey there! This issue and its solution has nothing to do with download or internet speeds. It has to do with the application itself being laggy and unresponsive, and this is a fix specifically for that.
If you're experiencing slow download speeds within the battle.net app, its related to a different problem, and following these instructions won't help resolve it. Sorry :( I apologize if my original post wasn't clear about what "slow" meant.
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This seems to be an issue for people on Win7 x64, where after the most recent update (1.7.2. -- I believe on March 17th) the Battle.net app started behaving really slowly, taking forever to load, etc. Following these steps seems to literally fix it instantly.
For me, I just unchecked "Automatically detect settings" and the Battle.net app instantly started working correctly; I didn't even have to restart it.
edit: please read the link/post for instructions on how to fix this!
Finally created reddit account, just to thank you! Thank you very much, it worked!
You're very welcome! Glad I could help :)
Thanks for both posts! :D Instant fix
Where did you uncheck it ? I went through all of the settings and there doesn't seem to be anything like this anywhere in the launcher.
It's not in the launcher. If you check the link in this post, you'll see the steps are in Internet Options which can be accessed a few different ways. This is from the battle.net forums post:
For me and many other people, what did it was step 8, or more precisely, unchecking "Automatically detect settings"
Thanks a lot for the info, fixed the problem instantly :)
Fuck me, this worked! Was trying to download heroes of the storm, but the damn blizzard app updater was going so very slow (not downloading anything btw) and seem to have hung at 85%. Soon as I unchecked the automatic settings, it when up to 86, 87, etc. Hmph.
Oh, thanks btw.
Hooray! Glad it worked :)
Thanks a lot for the thorough answer. I would've read the post but there was no link in the topic where I found your original comment. Step 8 fixed it completely for me like you said. Best of luck to you!
Happy to help! Glad you fixed it. It's a really odd issue. Btw which original topic did I forget to include the link in? I can add it there in case someone else finds it.
Thank you, worked!
Thanks, and you're welcome!
Thanks mate, struggling with this issue last 1 week and fixed finally.
No problem! I wish they would fix or revert whatever is causing this, as I would bet there's tons of people having this same problem and either just assume it's their computer, or that there isn't a simple solution.
Thank you for walking those uf us that are not computer literate throught the process, you saved me from a god awful laggy and crashing POS when ever i selected a different game on the launcher.
You're very, very welcome! I'm happy it worked for you and fixed the issue! I know how frustrating it is to use the launcher with it being so laggy. Cheers!