Vista runs really slow

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I have a P4 3.0 GHZ processor with a gig of ram and most of the time vista
runs like crap, anyone else have same problem or know how to fix it?
 
Yes, I have essentially the same issue. At first I thought it was because I
was just using onboard video, but I have since installed a faster card, which
helped a bit... but overall system performance is sluggish. I assume it's a
driver issue... but any feedback would be appreciated.

Running:

Compaq dc7100
P4 3.2 GHz
1 GB PC3200 RAM
Nvidia Quadro NVS 285 PCI-X
60 GB SATA drive

Thanks
Jason
 
might check with Task Manager to see if some programis chewing up the cpu.
indexing service is known to slow things down and even heat up processors.



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I have a P4 3.0 GHZ processor with a gig of ram and most of the time vista
runs like crap, anyone else have same problem or know how to fix it?
 
I only have a Athlon 2800+ with 1.5 gig ram and I'm surprised it runs so
well. Yes it's not quite as zippy as XP but it's not far off either. I've
heard disabling UAC can help speed it up.
 
Hey Guys,
What is UAC???
Also, I found that turning off the sidebar helped speed things up for me...
but still not as zippy as XP.
Thanks
Op
 
Turn off Aero Glass and watch it fly. Look under personalize display and
whatnot in the Control Panel, it will appear like a theme. As soon as I did
that, my laptop and desktop both ran better, less hot, and I think my battery
is lasting a lot longer...
 
I have a 2.8 dual core Pentium D, and I have also noticed that Vista runs
sluggish for me. I went into task manager to look to see if it was a memory
issue, or if the processor was being maxed out, but neither seems to be the
case. The memory was only being use by about half of the available and the
processor shows at 15 percent. the only thing that I noticed that it
different from when I am running XP on this machine is that my hard drive
never seems to stop being used. I can't tell what is going on by the task
information, but something sure is using the living piss out of the hard
drive. I didn't notice this concern though until after I had installed the EZ
Anti Virus that was free to users of Vista. Has anyone else noticed this
concern, and does anyone thing that it could be the anti virus at fault
instead of Vista itself?
 
I have a 2.8 Pentium D with 2 gig of memory and my system also runs slow. I
noticed it more after installing the free ez anti virus. It doesn't seem to
be a processor or memory issue. I have noticed that my hard drive light now
never seems to be at rest. Something is always using the hard drive in Vista,
but I can not figure out what. It may be the anti virus, but I have no way to
tell for sure.
 
I have a P4-2.0 and Vista runs quite nicely on it. I am quite pleased
with the performance.

William
 
William said:
I have a P4-2.0 and Vista runs quite nicely on it. I am quite pleased with
the performance.

William
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I could be you got an incompatible device for Vista such as a sound card.
If it's an Audigy you will have to remove it.
 
Vista has an automatic defragging program which runs a lot when you first
install the operating system. Later it settles down. There also is an
initial build of the indexes for searching, but I understand that doesn't
take very long.
 
Works as fast asXP on my AMD Athlon64 3.2. EZ sux -- Yahoo DSL gives it
away too. No on will *buy* it.
 
I am wondering why you claim that EZ sucks? I'm not saying that you are
wrong, I am just wondering what you base that opinion off of? I should state
now that after Vista finished the disk defrag that my system speed picked up
quite a bit.
 
Try disabling real time scanning on EZ scan see if that gives you back your
performance just remember to run your virus scanner manualy. I also disabled
the real time scanning for Windows defender and that seemed to give some
performance back.
 
my computer has an intel core duo t2400 (1.83ghz) processor and 512mb ram. i
too have noticed the sluggish performance, but for me it is mainly during
startup. you mentioned the indexes... i have found this to be very
troublesome for me. everytime i start my computer, i have to wait several
minutes for the index to be updated. if i don't wait, all of the programs i
try to open with stop responding or not open at all. i discovered the
indexing problem by going to control panel, classic view, indexing options
when the computer is starting up and my hard drive activity light is
constanly on. as soon as this says the index is updated, my hard drive light
either turns off or flickers and the computer runs smoothly. i also noticed
that under the indexing options window, if you click on modify, you should be
able to unselect the files that are selected for indexing. on mine, i cannot
for the life of me unselect microsoft office outlook files and offline files.
has anyone else noticed any of these problems, either with the indexing
service slowing the computer or being unable to deselect certain files? does
anyone know how to turn the indexing service off completely? i would much
rather have slow searches than a slow computer.
 
Disable themes in the sevices and watch it go. get there by control panel and
then admin tools
 
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