{
  "id": 11731567,
  "title": "Windows has been slowing down every USB drive you plug in for 8 years, and one setting fixes it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/windows-has-been-slowing-down-every-usb-drive-you-plug-in-for-8-years",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-03T17:30:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "XDA Developers",
    "slug": "xda-developers",
    "url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-has-been-slowing-down-every-usb-drive-you-plug-in-and-one-setting-fixes-it/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "I was blaming my USB 2.0 stick before I discovered this toggle",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}