Vista does whatever it wants...

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Man, I am getting sick and tired of having to fix this confounded OS.
I have two virtually identical PC's sitting next to each other.
Intel 875PBZ's same processor, ram, drives etc. 2 gigs, Radeon X1650
One is running XP Pro, the other is struggling with Vista Premium.

The vista machine now takes about 15 -20 times longer to load a (simple) web
page over the xp machine.
Why? I haven't changed anything but I am certain it's something in Internet
Explorer (again)
Surprise surprise....

The odd part is that Firefox won't work either, so I am certain that
something in Vista is
bottlenecking the browser again. I had the same issue with Hotmail a few
weeks ago.
And before it's suggested that I check my antivirus program, I already have,
including
uninstalling it. And actually I would think the XP box would be slower since
it's using
Kaspersky which questions every move the PC makes. I've turned off the
firewall too,
basically browsing without a condom at the moment....

First off I think all hackers virus writers, malicious program and tracking
cookie writers should all
be publicly hanged. That way we would not be forced to have endless security
patches, etc...installed
that cause our PC's to stop working.

Is this a Vista issue? I can't tell..but I can't stand it anymore. The bad
part is by tomorrow it will
probably be working well again. And that's bad because I will be sucked into
believing that this
is a good OS again. It does whatever it wants...
 
You probably have some sort of malware.

Suggest that you run a few online malware tools and virus tools
 
Hi,

Slow browser response frequently can be attributed to misbehaving plugins.
Run IE in no add-ons mode, see if pages load faster.

Connecting any machine to the internet without a firewall is tatamount to pc
suicide. It's not a question of "if" it will happen, it's "when" - often
within seconds of being unprotected.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

Slow browser response frequently can be attributed to misbehaving plugins.
Run IE in no add-ons mode, see if pages load faster.
Click to expand...

I am not the original poster.

I tried turning off alot of plugins to IE7 and found it could no longer do
things like delete emails from my yahoo inbox. So I had to turn many plugins
back on.

Chip
 
Hi Chip,

The idea is to first see if the problem is related to a plugin. If it is,
then the next step is to selectively disable a few at a time until the
problem goes away. When it does, then you know it was one of those that was
just disabled. There's nothing wrong with using plugins, but sometimes some
of them cause a problem, usually due to non-compliance or browser
compatibility issues.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
I'm wondering if it's malware now. I was having trouble opening windows mail
as it said there
was no connection. When I closed and re-tried it, mail opened right up.
 
Apache -=CW=- said:
Man, I am getting sick and tired of having to fix this confounded OS.
I have two virtually identical PC's sitting next to each other.
Intel 875PBZ's same processor, ram, drives etc. 2 gigs, Radeon X1650
One is running XP Pro, the other is struggling with Vista Premium.

The vista machine now takes about 15 -20 times longer to load a (simple)
web page over the xp machine.
Why? I haven't changed anything but I am certain it's something in
Internet Explorer (again)
Surprise surprise....

The odd part is that Firefox won't work either, so I am certain that
something in Vista is
bottlenecking the browser again. I had the same issue with Hotmail a few
weeks ago.
And before it's suggested that I check my antivirus program, I already
have, including
uninstalling it. And actually I would think the XP box would be slower
since it's using
Kaspersky which questions every move the PC makes. I've turned off the
firewall too,
basically browsing without a condom at the moment....

First off I think all hackers virus writers, malicious program and
tracking cookie writers should all
be publicly hanged. That way we would not be forced to have endless
security patches, etc...installed
that cause our PC's to stop working.

Is this a Vista issue? I can't tell..but I can't stand it anymore. The bad
part is by tomorrow it will
probably be working well again. And that's bad because I will be sucked
into believing that this
is a good OS again. It does whatever it wants...
Click to expand...

Do a thorough check for malware, following all of the steps at one of these
Web pages, including HijackThis.
Help with malware:
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus,
whose ads for malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince
you that you owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see
what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure
of.
 
I'm wondering if it's malware now. I was having trouble opening windows mail
as it said there
was no connection. When I closed and re-tried it, mail opened right up.
Click to expand...

I'd be more inclined to think that it was Vista's crappy networking -
but check for malware.
 
+Bob+ said:
I'd be more inclined to think that it was Vista's crappy networking -
but check for malware.
Click to expand...


I would agree, networking can be unpredictable...
 
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