Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?

NewsReader2K

Having the same problems here. We are on Small Business Server 2003. I find
Vista incredibly slow for all tasks, local, network and internet. I have a
brand new AMD 64 PC with 2 GB of RAM and it runs like a PIII with 256
MB.....badly.

I did turn off the Gadget things and that improved the performance somewhat.

Opening or closing applications takes time, surfing takes time...the OS is
not nearly as fast as XP...

Kevin Burns

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"NewsReader2K" wrote:

> System Specs:
>
> Vista Ultimate
> P4 3.2 Ghz
> 2 gig DDR dual-channel memory
>
>
> I did a Google search and got bombarded with conflicting info, and was I
> wondering if there were an official work-around for this issue?
>
> Thx
>

I found this solution to SLOW file copy/delete/move:

Open Programs & Features
Select Turn Windows Features On or Off
De-select Remote Differential Compression
Select OK

It will take several minutes for this to be de-activated.

Reboot to be sure it takes.

Now these operations fly!

Txdancer

This fix has been around for some time, but like most other fixes having to
do with the slow/copy/move files problem, it appears to work for some and
not for others.

Google Groups:
http://tinyurl.com/387tqt

There are a couple of major compatibility/performance updates coming next
Tuesday to Windows Update. Hopefully some of these issues will be addressed
in these updates.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


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>I found this solution to SLOW file copy/delete/move:
>
> Open Programs & Features
> Select Turn Windows Features On or Off
> De-select Remote Differential Compression
> Select OK
>
> It will take several minutes for this to be de-activated.
>
> Reboot to be sure it takes.
>
> Now these operations fly!
>
>

NOTE: I want to first apologize if I am not posting this correctly.
Please forgive me that. (I usually have a software engineer friend who
helps me, but he's at a loss as well....). Please advise if I need to
post this differently. Thank you so much.

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on an HPw1907. If more specs are
needed, let me know. I do have sp1 as well.

When I first got my computer, all was dandy. THEN, I did my windows
updates as scheduled and one day (uncertain when, but not long after I
purchased the machine in February) I preformed a very simple task of
changing a file name. It locked my computer for a good 1 to 1.5
minutes until finally the name was changed. Also, when I try to move
or delete files and folders it takes an extremely long time to complete
- and as many others described...the little nagging window stating how
long it's going to take to change, move or delete a tiny file like for
instance, notepad.

I have searched the internet desperately for some fix to this, but have
found none that have worked. I have tried all on this forum that would
apply to me to no avail. Is this something that I just have to deal
with or is there some sort of "fix" or "work-around" available?

I have no conflicts with other software that I am aware of as I have
literally tried all I can...again to no avail.

Any help anyone can give would be appreciated. I have a business
website I've been trying to finish and it is really aggravating trying
to create new folders for organization.

Thank you again.


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On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:40:51 +0530, Kika <>
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> I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on an HPw1907. If more specs are
> needed, let me know. I do have sp1 as well.
>
> When I first got my computer, all was dandy. THEN, I did my windows
> updates as scheduled and one day (uncertain when, but not long after I
> purchased the machine in February) I preformed a very simple task of
> changing a file name. It locked my computer for a good 1 to 1.5
> minutes until finally the name was changed. Also, when I try to move
> or delete files and folders it takes an extremely long time to complete
> - and as many others described...the little nagging window stating how
> long it's going to take to change, move or delete a tiny file like for
> instance, notepad.
>
> I have searched the internet desperately for some fix to this, but have
> found none that have worked. I have tried all on this forum that would
> apply to me to no avail. Is this something that I just have to deal
> with or is there some sort of "fix" or "work-around" available?


Performance problems these days are very often caused by malware
infection. What firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware applications do
you run?

I would begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal
site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and
following the instructions there.

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On Tue, 11 May 2010 13:14:26 -0500, ftpex <>
wrote:

>
> Ken Blake, MVP;3790158 Wrote:
> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:40:51 +0530, Kika <>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on an HPw1907. If more specs
> > are
> > > needed, let me know. I do have sp1 as well.
> > >
> > > When I first got my computer, all was dandy. THEN, I did my windows
> > > updates as scheduled and one day (uncertain when, but not long after
> > I
> > > purchased the machine in February) I preformed a very simple task of
> > > changing a file name. It locked my computer for a good 1 to 1.5
> > > minutes until finally the name was changed. Also, when I try to move
> > > or delete files and folders it takes an extremely long time to
> > complete
> > > - and as many others described...the little nagging window stating
> > how
> > > long it's going to take to change, move or delete a tiny file like
> > for
> > > instance, notepad.
> > >
> > > I have searched the internet desperately for some fix to this, but
> > have
> > > found none that have worked. I have tried all on this forum that
> > would
> > > apply to me to no avail. Is this something that I just have to deal
> > > with or is there some sort of "fix" or "work-around" available?
> >
> >
> > Performance problems these days are very often caused by malware
> > infection. What firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware applications do
> > you run?
> >
> > I would begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal
> > site at
> > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and
> > following the instructions there.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
> This is a brand new machine. I have mcaffee on both machines and I
> moved my files to a share that took about an hour which is terrible but
> then I tried to move the files from c:\ftpex to ftpex\documents and it
> said it was going to take over 9 hours. I am only talking about 4 gig
> worth of data. I am already on service pack 2. This performance is
> horrible. Doing the same thing on xp took less than 5 mins. My
> hardware on the new box should be twice as fast as it is brand new out
> of the box. Even deleting a few files took over 20 mins.


You are replying to a message I wrote almost two years ago?


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