Vista and Windows Explorer problems

Since I recieved my new PC with Vista about 6 months ago it gets slowe
and slower. It takes an age to load up and Winows explorer ofte
freezes / stops responding. Internet explorer is not much better.
However, on a more positive note, programs, games etc run ok onc
they're up and running. I'm pretty PC savy, keep everything updated
look for solutions & patches should they be required, keep antivirus u
to date and clean up files and registry frequently.
I'm beginning to hate Vista, with all it's inbuilt in quirks. Anybod
got any idea of what the problem may be
My next step is going to be a disk format and re-install of everythin
but that's going to be a real pain
DOS was more user friendly than Vista =¬

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Kestrel48

Sounds like you've used a registry cleaner in which case you caused your own
problems. Hopefully you backed up your registry.

DO NOT use registry cleaners! See this:
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099

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"Kestrel48" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Since I recieved my new PC with Vista about 6 months ago it gets slower
> and slower. It takes an age to load up and Winows explorer often
> freezes / stops responding. Internet explorer is not much better.
> However, on a more positive note, programs, games etc run ok once
> they're up and running. I'm pretty PC savy, keep everything updated,
> look for solutions & patches should they be required, keep antivirus up
> to date and clean up files and registry frequently.
> I'm beginning to hate Vista, with all it's inbuilt in quirks. Anybody
> got any idea of what the problem may be.
> My next step is going to be a disk format and re-install of everything
> but that's going to be a real pain.
> DOS was more user friendly than Vista =¬(
>
>
> --
> Kestrel48

Kestrel48 wrote:

>
> Since I recieved my new PC with Vista about 6 months ago it gets slower
> and slower. It takes an age to load up and Winows explorer often
> freezes / stops responding. Internet explorer is not much better.
> However, on a more positive note, programs, games etc run ok once
> they're up and running. I'm pretty PC savy, keep everything updated,
> look for solutions & patches should they be required, keep antivirus up
> to date and clean up files and registry frequently.
> I'm beginning to hate Vista, with all it's inbuilt in quirks. Anybody
> got any idea of what the problem may be.
> My next step is going to be a disk format and re-install of everything
> but that's going to be a real pain.
> DOS was more user friendly than Vista =¬(
>
>

As Bob said, if you used a registry cleaner that most probably has
contributed to the general bad health of Windows. See this link for why
using registry cleaners is A Bad Thing:

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099

However, I would also like to add that the symptoms you describe generally
go along with some sort of malware infection. Simply using an antivirus
(which one?) and doing file maintenance is no solution to malware
infestation. I don't particularly care for Vista, but my Vista installation
is exactly as fast and fresh as it was when I first installed it. Gradual
degradation such as you are experiencing is not something that "just
happens" because you are using a certain operating system.

Go through these general malware removal steps systematically -
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:28:27 +0000, Kestrel48
<> wrote:

>
> Since I recieved my new PC with Vista about 6 months ago it gets slower
> and slower. It takes an age to load up and Winows explorer often
> freezes / stops responding. Internet explorer is not much better.
> However, on a more positive note, programs, games etc run ok once
> they're up and running. I'm pretty PC savy, keep everything updated,
> look for solutions & patches should they be required, keep antivirus up
> to date and clean up files and registry frequently.
> I'm beginning to hate Vista, with all it's inbuilt in quirks. Anybody
> got any idea of what the problem may be.



Two points:

1. You say "keep antivirus up to date," but you say nothing about
anti-spyware software. If you are relying solely on Windows Defender,
there's an excellent possibility that you are infected with spyware,
and spyware is a common cause for a computer's getting "slower and
slower."

You should run at least two or three anti-spyware programs. To start
with, I recommend that you go to MVP Malke's spyware removal site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and
follow the instructions there.

2. You say you "clean up ... registry frequently." That's a *very* bad
idea, and could possibly be a contributory factor to your problems.
Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the
registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and
don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and
what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,
having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.



> My next step is going to be a disk format and re-install of everything
> but that's going to be a real pain.


Not only is it a real pain, but in my view it's a very bad idea, since
you will never have found out what caused your problem, and therefore
very likely quickly repeat the behavior that caused it, and find
yourself right back where you started.


> DOS was more user friendly than Vista =¬(


Almost certainly, your problems have nothing to do with Vista itself.

One last point: how much RAM do you have? Unless it's at least 2GB,
you will probably never be happy with Vista's performance.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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