Vista runs really slow

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

"KevinRB" wrote:

> 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?
>
>

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.



mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com



"KevinRB" <kevin_brake@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:03AE1AF9-D204-4ABE-973C-7D612C0B88FE@microsoft.com...
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.

"KevinRB" <kevin_brake@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:03AE1AF9-D204-4ABE-973C-7D612C0B88FE@microsoft.com...

>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?
>
>

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

"Peter M" wrote:

> 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.
>
> "KevinRB" <kevin_brake@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:03AE1AF9-D204-4ABE-973C-7D612C0B88FE@microsoft.com...

> >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?
> >
> >

>
>
>

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...

"OpeXp" wrote:

> 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
>
> "Peter M" wrote:
>

> > 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.
> >
> > "KevinRB" <kevin_brake@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:03AE1AF9-D204-4ABE-973C-7D612C0B88FE@microsoft.com...

> > >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?
> > >
> > >

> >
> >
> >

Disable themes in the sevices and watch it go. get there by control panel and
then admin tools

"MusikHersteller" wrote:

> 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...
>
> "OpeXp" wrote:
>

> > 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
> >
> > "Peter M" wrote:
> >

> > > 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.
> > >
> > > "KevinRB" <kevin_brake@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:03AE1AF9-D204-4ABE-973C-7D612C0B88FE@microsoft.com...
> > > >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 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?

"KevinRB" wrote:

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

William

John Brutovsky wrote:

> 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?
>
> "KevinRB" wrote:
>
>

>> 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?
>>
>>
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