Disappointed with Vista on Dell Computer

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It shouldn't be minutes for anything. If you ask me, Dell dropped the ball
somewhere along the line. It's not that difficult to build a machine that
runs Vista perfectly.
 
I just ordered a new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium already installed.
The person at Dell who helped me with each "part" of the computer said that
Vista would work well with the basic choices- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
E6300, 1 GB SDRAM, 320GB hard drive. Received the computer in a few days-set
it up, turned it on and then my enthusiasm ended. I clicked on the
internet, clicked again and again and finally a new window appeared. When
going from one page to another on the internet I have to wait (I know it's
not minutes) but it's a lot longer than I waited with my "old" computer that
had XP with less RAM and a smaller hard drive. I'm not sure if my home
network (router with the PC and laptop) is slowing down Vista but it didn't
seem to slow down my old computer. I keep looking at my tower with Windows
XP and thinking about setting it back up but I now owe money on this new
disappointment. Anyone thinking of changing, think twice.
 
IE7 has a 'phishing' filter which scans each page for anything that could
compromise your computer.. because of this, each page takes a little longer
to appear.. it is in your best interests to leave the 'phishing' filter
operational, but you do have the option to turn it off..

Go to Tools - Phishing Filter for options..


Pat Mac said:
I just ordered a new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium already
installed. The person at Dell who helped me with each "part" of the
computer said that Vista would work well with the basic choices- Intel Core
2 Duo Processor E6300, 1 GB SDRAM, 320GB hard drive. Received the computer
in a few days-set it up, turned it on and then my enthusiasm ended. I
clicked on the internet, clicked again and again and finally a new window
appeared. When going from one page to another on the internet I have to
wait (I know it's not minutes) but it's a lot longer than I waited with my
"old" computer that had XP with less RAM and a smaller hard drive. I'm not
sure if my home network (router with the PC and laptop) is slowing down
Vista but it didn't seem to slow down my old computer. I keep looking at
my tower with Windows XP and thinking about setting it back up but I now
owe money on this new disappointment. Anyone thinking of changing, think
twice.
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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
I would turn off the computer, the router and your modem, then turn them
back on in the reverse order.
 
Pat Mac said:
Mike,
Thank you it helps to understand what is slowing down the page loading..
Pat
Click to expand...

I'd recommend turning it off for a bit (on some safe sites) and see if it
does improve the situation. At least then we'll know for sure if that's the
root cause.

For me the filter doesn't effect loading times, the filter goes and does it
stuff while the page is loading.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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I turned off the filter and the initial loading of IE was still slow, but
the page loading was much faster. Thank you for your help. At least I now
know there's a good reason for the slower page loading. Pat
 
I ran into the same problem with a customers Toshiba laptop. When I
uninstalled the McAfee software his internet flew.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
 
Have you installed a 3rd party firewall or antivirus software and if so did
you turn off the Vista firewall? Have you checked your internet speed (I
use this: http://www.myspeed.com/pe/index.html)? What background processes
are running? Just a few things to look at. Also, if you just got your PC,
you should call Dell tech support and see what they have to say.

Kirk
 
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