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Any Windows version;
- Device Manager
- Network Card/Interface
- Properties
Dig into the various driver settings. You should find a setting somewhere that’ll afford opportunity to set from AUTO to 100Mb.
If Windows doesn’t ask to reboot AND you speed does not improve. Reboot both boxes anyway.

Other thoughts;
1) Physical Interface. You’ve indicated that you’re running a CAT 5 cable. Are all the pins terminated? Are the terminations clean? Split pairs? Have you swapped cables just for grins?
2) Traffic. Anything else running on your network? Some device spewing a bunch of packets? Wired or wireless, is something is crushing your router?
3) Common Point. When was you router/switch last updated and restarted?

A 100 foot patch cord would work fine. You need to cross TX and RX (4 and 5 I think). No distance issue inside of 300 - 330 feet.

Good luck.

Cards are not on auto but 100mbs and there is no changing it. All pins are terminated on the cat5. I changed cables first. I made a cable to run straight with a X- TX and RX box made for this purpose. Actual distance is about 75 feet pacing it out. Nothing else on the router except moms cell phone but I had her switch to cell tower a few hours. The router hasn't had an update in a couple of years. I think its not supported anymore. I wired around it anyway and got the same result.

Anyway, My file transfer is done @ about 12:30 am. You know I feel like a fool, but just now I thought about our smart TV is on our router, but I was watching Direct TV and not using the apps. I would have cut it off the wifi if I had thought about it. I still think it would have been faster than exactly 10mbs even if an app was running. I'm changing my main computer to a faster one and am transfering 4 HD contents to new faster HD's in the newer computer. Anyway, its done. Thanks for you help.