'npm install' extremely slow on Windows

Question

For me is npm install extremely slow. I\'m using Windows 8.1 with the latest npm version. My connection speed is around 100Mbit/s.

The project I\'m tryi

Answer 1

I just went through a rabbit hole trying to identify the issue. If npm install keeps getting bottlenecked you should heavily consider modifying the properties of your virtual ethernet and disable all of the offload items.

I had 0 proxies or caching issues with npm.

See here for the tutorial on how to get to the menu and disable your offload settings. Make sure you do this for both your your ethernet and VEthernet and you should immediately notice a difference. I went from a 10 minute hanging resolution that sometimes just stopped down to 10 seconds installs. https://www.dincloud.com/blog/tuning-windows-get-15x-speeds-on-large-file-copies-today