# Docker for Windows really slow

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-for-windows-really-slow/91535>\
**Category:** Docker Desktop\
**Created:** [March 31, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-for-windows-really-slow/91535 "2020-03-31T14:32:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![dorianmihu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@dorianmihu](https://forums.docker.com/u/dorianmihu)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-for-windows-really-slow/91535/1 "2020-03-31T14:32:33Z")

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I could not find this issue posted so I will post it .  
I’ve just recently installed Docker and it is REALLY REALLY SLOW. When i mean slow, i mean it takes a few minutes to start up and executed any command is also painfully slow. Please see the following log extract to get an ideea:  
[17:27:01.392][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:27:01+03:00” msg=“proxy \>\> HEAD /\_ping\n”  
[17:27:01.394][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:27:01+03:00” msg=“proxy \<\< HEAD /\_ping (2.0095ms)\n”  
[17:27:01.407][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:27:01+03:00” msg=“proxy \>\> GET /v1.40/info\n”  
[17:27:01.415][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:27:01+03:00” msg=“proxy \<\< GET /v1.40/info (8.0225ms)\n”  
[17:28:40.521][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:28:40+03:00” msg=“proxy \>\> HEAD /\_ping\n”  
[17:28:40.522][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:28:40+03:00” msg=“proxy \<\< HEAD /\_ping (1.0148ms)\n”  
[17:28:40.536][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:28:40+03:00” msg=“proxy \>\> GET /v1.40/info\n”  
[17:28:40.544][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:28:40+03:00” msg=“proxy \<\< GET /v1.40/info (7.9757ms)\n”  
[17:30:47.929][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:30:47+03:00” msg=“proxy \>\> HEAD /\_ping\n”  
[17:30:47.930][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:30:47+03:00” msg=“proxy \<\< HEAD /\_ping (1.9687ms)\n”  
[17:30:47.944][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:30:47+03:00” msg=“proxy \>\> GET /v1.40/version\n”  
[17:30:47.952][ApiProxy][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:30:47+03:00” msg=“proxy \<\< GET /v1.40/version (8.0301ms)\n”  
[17:30:47.959][SegmentApi][Info] Usage statistic: Identify  
[17:30:47.966][Actions][Debug] Start took 00:06:46.2000705  
[17:30:47.971][NamedPipeClient][Info] Sending app/version()…  
[17:30:47.972][NamedPipeClient][Info] Received response for app/version  
[17:30:47.972][NamedPipeClient][Info] Sending filesharing/get-protocol()…  
[17:30:47.971][NamedPipeServer][Info] app/version()  
[17:30:47.971][NamedPipeServer][Info] app/version done in 00:00:00.  
[17:30:47.972][NamedPipeServer][Info] filesharing/get-protocol()  
[17:30:47.973][APIRequestLogger][Info] [1ff51e4c] GET [http://localhost/features](http://localhost/features)  
[17:30:47.977][GoBackendProcess][Info] time=“2020-03-31T17:30:47+03:00” msg=“external: GET /features 200 “” “””  
[17:30:47.980][APIRequestLogger][Info] [1ff51e4c] GET [http://localhost/features](http://localhost/features) -\> 200 OK (took 7ms)  
[17:30:48.006][NamedPipeClient][Info] Received response for filesharing/get-protocol  
[17:30:48.006][NamedPipeServer][Info] filesharing/get-protocol done in 00:00:00.0329330.

It took 3 minutes for docker to respond to “docker info”.

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**Author:** ![dorianmihu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@dorianmihu](https://forums.docker.com/u/dorianmihu)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-for-windows-really-slow/91535/2 "2020-04-01T08:02:23Z")

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Well, in case anyone bothers to read this, the cause of the problem seems to be related to a multitude of possible issues which may or may not be related.  
First possible cause is the existance on my machine of a previously configured office VPN. Whenever i connect to the VPN then docker instantly becomes much faster.  
Second possible cause is related to the fact that docker adds some entries in the “hosts” file which, i think may not be reached if connected/disconnected from VPN.

What I’ve also done is configured docker to work through WSL1 for Windows 10 with Ubuntu. Now it seems to work great even if i am or am not connected to the work VPN. This is the guide i used for making this work: [https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/setting-up-docker-for-windows-and-wsl-to-work-flawlessly](https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/setting-up-docker-for-windows-and-wsl-to-work-flawlessly)