Vista running REALLY slow after upgrading XP Pro

Hey guys. I am having a huge problem with my son's computer and trying
to get Windows Vista Premium Upgrade Edition working on it. He has a
Duo Core 3ghz machine with 1gb of RAM and 160gb hard drive that was
running Windows XP Pro Edition on it. It has a ATI X1950 Pro PCI-E
video card in it.

I tried to do the update last night and when Vista finally loads up,
it takes like 5 mins or more after clicking on or doing anything. When
I click the box to enter his password, it takes 3-5 minutes before it
lets me enter it. After I hit Enter, it takes 5 minutes or so to
logon. Then when you are finally in, if you click on Computer or the
clock or whatever, it always takes forever and a day to open it.

He did have a virus on his machine while it was running XP Pro and I
can't remember if he had the 64bit version or not (his Vista copy is
the 32bit one), but after trying it after doing the update and seeing
how slow it was, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install.
Same problem.

Is there any reason why Vista is doing this, besides the obvious it
sucks. I don't want Vista on my machine at all, but my son is a gamer
and wanted it for Halo 2 and that. Anything I can try to get it out of
this funk?

Thanks in advance,
Mike

Try opening system configuration. Then look for the startup tab, and remove
some items from the Start up.

"Mikester71" wrote:

> Hey guys. I am having a huge problem with my son's computer and trying
> to get Windows Vista Premium Upgrade Edition working on it. He has a
> Duo Core 3ghz machine with 1gb of RAM and 160gb hard drive that was
> running Windows XP Pro Edition on it. It has a ATI X1950 Pro PCI-E
> video card in it.
>
> I tried to do the update last night and when Vista finally loads up,
> it takes like 5 mins or more after clicking on or doing anything. When
> I click the box to enter his password, it takes 3-5 minutes before it
> lets me enter it. After I hit Enter, it takes 5 minutes or so to
> logon. Then when you are finally in, if you click on Computer or the
> clock or whatever, it always takes forever and a day to open it.
>
> He did have a virus on his machine while it was running XP Pro and I
> can't remember if he had the 64bit version or not (his Vista copy is
> the 32bit one), but after trying it after doing the update and seeing
> how slow it was, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install.
> Same problem.
>
> Is there any reason why Vista is doing this, besides the obvious it
> sucks. I don't want Vista on my machine at all, but my son is a gamer
> and wanted it for Halo 2 and that. Anything I can try to get it out of
> this funk?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike
>
>

On Jun 23, 12:56 pm, sj <s...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Try opening system configuration. Then look for the startup tab, and remove
> some items from the Start up.
>
> "Mikester71" wrote:
> > Hey guys. I am having a huge problem with my son's computer and trying
> > to get Windows Vista Premium Upgrade Edition working on it. He has a
> > Duo Core 3ghz machine with 1gb of RAM and 160gb hard drive that was
> > running Windows XP Pro Edition on it. It has a ATI X1950 Pro PCI-E
> > video card in it.
>
> > I tried to do the update last night and when Vista finally loads up,
> > it takes like 5 mins or more after clicking on or doing anything. When
> > I click the box to enter his password, it takes 3-5 minutes before it
> > lets me enter it. After I hit Enter, it takes 5 minutes or so to
> > logon. Then when you are finally in, if you click on Computer or the
> > clock or whatever, it always takes forever and a day to open it.
>
> > He did have a virus on his machine while it was running XP Pro and I
> > can't remember if he had the 64bit version or not (his Vista copy is
> > the 32bit one), but after trying it after doing the update and seeing
> > how slow it was, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install.
> > Same problem.
>
> > Is there any reason why Vista is doing this, besides the obvious it
> > sucks. I don't want Vista on my machine at all, but my son is a gamer
> > and wanted it for Halo 2 and that. Anything I can try to get it out of
> > this funk?
>
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Mike

I would if I could, but it doesn't let me do anything. Every time I
click on or open something, it seriously takes like 5-10 mins. to open
it. Right now, I just clicked on the Start circle and have been
waiting for 8mins for it to open up. The funny thing is his computer
ran beautifully with XP Pro on it, although the last few days he did
have a couple of viruses and trojans invade his system. But I did a
format and clean install with this and it is running like s**t.

Do you have the same problem after clean install (reformatting drive) ?
If that is true, then I it can be one of the below:
1.
You have hardware/software conflict.
From Control Panel click on System>Hardware>Device Manager and check for
any conflicts (exlamation or question marks)
2.
You do not have Vista legal version
Jack

"Mikester71" <> wrote in message
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> Hey guys. I am having a huge problem with my son's computer and trying
> to get Windows Vista Premium Upgrade Edition working on it. He has a
> Duo Core 3ghz machine with 1gb of RAM and 160gb hard drive that was
> running Windows XP Pro Edition on it. It has a ATI X1950 Pro PCI-E
> video card in it.
>
> I tried to do the update last night and when Vista finally loads up,
> it takes like 5 mins or more after clicking on or doing anything. When
> I click the box to enter his password, it takes 3-5 minutes before it
> lets me enter it. After I hit Enter, it takes 5 minutes or so to
> logon. Then when you are finally in, if you click on Computer or the
> clock or whatever, it always takes forever and a day to open it.
>
> He did have a virus on his machine while it was running XP Pro and I
> can't remember if he had the 64bit version or not (his Vista copy is
> the 32bit one), but after trying it after doing the update and seeing
> how slow it was, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install.
> Same problem.
>
> Is there any reason why Vista is doing this, besides the obvious it
> sucks. I don't want Vista on my machine at all, but my son is a gamer
> and wanted it for Halo 2 and that. Anything I can try to get it out of
> this funk?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike
>

Well I know that that is what helped me. My system was running extremely
slow, and I just waited until I could get to the startup menu. I just clicked
off a few programs that were running in the back ground and it worked great.
I guess you will just have to wait.

"Mikester71" wrote:

> On Jun 23, 12:56 pm, sj <s...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Try opening system configuration. Then look for the startup tab, and remove
> > some items from the Start up.
> >
> > "Mikester71" wrote:
> > > Hey guys. I am having a huge problem with my son's computer and trying
> > > to get Windows Vista Premium Upgrade Edition working on it. He has a
> > > Duo Core 3ghz machine with 1gb of RAM and 160gb hard drive that was
> > > running Windows XP Pro Edition on it. It has a ATI X1950 Pro PCI-E
> > > video card in it.
> >
> > > I tried to do the update last night and when Vista finally loads up,
> > > it takes like 5 mins or more after clicking on or doing anything. When
> > > I click the box to enter his password, it takes 3-5 minutes before it
> > > lets me enter it. After I hit Enter, it takes 5 minutes or so to
> > > logon. Then when you are finally in, if you click on Computer or the
> > > clock or whatever, it always takes forever and a day to open it.
> >
> > > He did have a virus on his machine while it was running XP Pro and I
> > > can't remember if he had the 64bit version or not (his Vista copy is
> > > the 32bit one), but after trying it after doing the update and seeing
> > > how slow it was, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install.
> > > Same problem.
> >
> > > Is there any reason why Vista is doing this, besides the obvious it
> > > sucks. I don't want Vista on my machine at all, but my son is a gamer
> > > and wanted it for Halo 2 and that. Anything I can try to get it out of
> > > this funk?
> >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Mike
>
> I would if I could, but it doesn't let me do anything. Every time I
> click on or open something, it seriously takes like 5-10 mins. to open
> it. Right now, I just clicked on the Start circle and have been
> waiting for 8mins for it to open up. The funny thing is his computer
> ran beautifully with XP Pro on it, although the last few days he did
> have a couple of viruses and trojans invade his system. But I did a
> format and clean install with this and it is running like s**t.
>
>

On Jun 23, 1:10 pm, "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:
> Do you have the same problem after clean install (reformatting drive) ?
> If that is true, then I it can be one of the below:
> 1.
> You have hardware/software conflict.
> From Control Panel click on System>Hardware>Device Manager and check for
> any conflicts (exlamation or question marks)
> 2.
> You do not have Vista legal version
> Jack
>
> "Mikester71" <mpowe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news: ups.com...
>
> > Hey guys. I am having a huge problem with my son's computer and trying
> > to get Windows Vista Premium Upgrade Edition working on it. He has a
> > Duo Core 3ghz machine with 1gb of RAM and 160gb hard drive that was
> > running Windows XP Pro Edition on it. It has a ATI X1950 Pro PCI-E
> > video card in it.
>
> > I tried to do the update last night and when Vista finally loads up,
> > it takes like 5 mins or more after clicking on or doing anything. When
> > I click the box to enter his password, it takes 3-5 minutes before it
> > lets me enter it. After I hit Enter, it takes 5 minutes or so to
> > logon. Then when you are finally in, if you click on Computer or the
> > clock or whatever, it always takes forever and a day to open it.
>
> > He did have a virus on his machine while it was running XP Pro and I
> > can't remember if he had the 64bit version or not (his Vista copy is
> > the 32bit one), but after trying it after doing the update and seeing
> > how slow it was, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install.
> > Same problem.
>
> > Is there any reason why Vista is doing this, besides the obvious it
> > sucks. I don't want Vista on my machine at all, but my son is a gamer
> > and wanted it for Halo 2 and that. Anything I can try to get it out of
> > this funk?
>
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Mike

Could be conflict problem, but definitely not problem of legit
software. I just purchased it at a department store here still sealed
for $179. I will have to wait another 1-15 mins to be able to get into
Control Panel now.

Also, the clock and that toolbar that goes along the right hand side
of the desktop keeps flashing.

On Jun 23, 1:13 pm, sj <s...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Well I know that that is what helped me. My system was running extremely
> slow, and I just waited until I could get to the startup menu. I just clicked
> off a few programs that were running in the back ground and it worked great.
> I guess you will just have to wait.
>
> "Mikester71" wrote:
> > On Jun 23, 12:56 pm, sj <s...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > Try opening system configuration. Then look for the startup tab, and remove
> > > some items from the Start up.
>
> > > "Mikester71" wrote:
> > > > Hey guys. I am having a huge problem with my son's computer and trying
> > > > to get Windows Vista Premium Upgrade Edition working on it. He has a
> > > > Duo Core 3ghz machine with 1gb of RAM and 160gb hard drive that was
> > > > running Windows XP Pro Edition on it. It has a ATI X1950 Pro PCI-E
> > > > video card in it.
>
> > > > I tried to do the update last night and when Vista finally loads up,
> > > > it takes like 5 mins or more after clicking on or doing anything. When
> > > > I click the box to enter his password, it takes 3-5 minutes before it
> > > > lets me enter it. After I hit Enter, it takes 5 minutes or so to
> > > > logon. Then when you are finally in, if you click on Computer or the
> > > > clock or whatever, it always takes forever and a day to open it.
>
> > > > He did have a virus on his machine while it was running XP Pro and I
> > > > can't remember if he had the 64bit version or not (his Vista copy is
> > > > the 32bit one), but after trying it after doing the update and seeing
> > > > how slow it was, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install.
> > > > Same problem.
>
> > > > Is there any reason why Vista is doing this, besides the obvious it
> > > > sucks. I don't want Vista on my machine at all, but my son is a gamer
> > > > and wanted it for Halo 2 and that. Anything I can try to get it out of
> > > > this funk?
>
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > Mike
>
> > I would if I could, but it doesn't let me do anything. Every time I
> > click on or open something, it seriously takes like 5-10 mins. to open
> > it. Right now, I just clicked on the Start circle and have been
> > waiting for 8mins for it to open up. The funny thing is his computer
> > ran beautifully with XP Pro on it, although the last few days he did
> > have a couple of viruses and trojans invade his system. But I did a
> > format and clean install with this and it is running like s**t.

Yeah, I'll give that a try when it lets me.

Oh yeah, I did the memory test on it last night with Vista and all
that checked out fine too. I also don't think it should be the power
supply unit or anything like that as I just put a newer 550watt one in
there a few months ago.

Another funny thing is that you can still move the mouse around when
it is in this "frozen" state, you just can't do anything. Sometimes
the cursor looks like it is busy and sometimes it looks like it is
just froze there, but you can still drag it around.

Thanks again guys. I really do appreciate all the input you are
throwing out to me here. My son is heart broken as it was his birthday
yesterday and this is what he wanted so that he could play Halo 2 and
all that. He is just sitting there holding his Halo 2 box waiting
patiently to be able to play it.

Mike

definitely hardware/software problem.
You may also try to start in Safe mode (F8) and then check Device Manager.
Most likely it could be the video card driver or some peripheral device
connected to the computer (usb external hard drive?)
Jack

"Mikester71" <> wrote in message
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> On Jun 23, 1:10 pm, "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:
>> Do you have the same problem after clean install (reformatting drive) ?
>> If that is true, then I it can be one of the below:
>> 1.
>> You have hardware/software conflict.
>> From Control Panel click on System>Hardware>Device Manager and check
>> for
>> any conflicts (exlamation or question marks)
>> 2.
>> You do not have Vista legal version
>> Jack
>>
>> "Mikester71" <mpowe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news: ups.com...
>>
>> > Hey guys. I am having a huge problem with my son's computer and trying
>> > to get Windows Vista Premium Upgrade Edition working on it. He has a
>> > Duo Core 3ghz machine with 1gb of RAM and 160gb hard drive that was
>> > running Windows XP Pro Edition on it. It has a ATI X1950 Pro PCI-E
>> > video card in it.
>>
>> > I tried to do the update last night and when Vista finally loads up,
>> > it takes like 5 mins or more after clicking on or doing anything. When
>> > I click the box to enter his password, it takes 3-5 minutes before it
>> > lets me enter it. After I hit Enter, it takes 5 minutes or so to
>> > logon. Then when you are finally in, if you click on Computer or the
>> > clock or whatever, it always takes forever and a day to open it.
>>
>> > He did have a virus on his machine while it was running XP Pro and I
>> > can't remember if he had the 64bit version or not (his Vista copy is
>> > the 32bit one), but after trying it after doing the update and seeing
>> > how slow it was, I reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install.
>> > Same problem.
>>
>> > Is there any reason why Vista is doing this, besides the obvious it
>> > sucks. I don't want Vista on my machine at all, but my son is a gamer
>> > and wanted it for Halo 2 and that. Anything I can try to get it out of
>> > this funk?
>>
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> > Mike
>
> Could be conflict problem, but definitely not problem of legit
> software. I just purchased it at a department store here still sealed
> for $179. I will have to wait another 1-15 mins to be able to get into
> Control Panel now.
>
> Also, the clock and that toolbar that goes along the right hand side
> of the desktop keeps flashing.
>

Ok everyone. I finally got into the Device Manager anyway and it is
showing a Video Controller conflict and a Standard VGA Graphics
Adapter conflict. Like I said before, he has an ATI X1950 Pro in there
and I am going to try and update the drivers for it right now.