VISTA too slow

I am using Vista on a fast dual processor computer with 2GB internal memmory,
but all programs are extremely slow. I did do the defragmentation and
registry cleaner and removed as many resident programs as I could, but I can
not work like this. I hear many such complains about Vista. How to solve. or
re-install XP ?

Donkie 15 wrote:
> I am using Vista on a fast dual processor computer with 2GB internal memmory,
> but all programs are extremely slow. I did do the defragmentation and
> registry cleaner and removed as many resident programs as I could, but I can
> not work like this. I hear many such complains about Vista. How to solve. or
> re-install XP ?
>
you have something else going on there, guy. I've got a toshiba laptop
that isnt the fastest thing in the world, and vista runs fine. it loads
excel in 1.5 seconds. it's snappy in other apps too. start up is a bit
slow, at around 1:25.

my laptop is a T5500 with 2GB of mem. Even my wife's T5300 with 1 GB of
ram is tolerable, but it is noticeably slower at everything. certainly
i wouldnt say it is "extremely" slow.

Dave

Your lappie is a tad faster than mine... which is a coreduo 2350 with 2 gig.
Have you set yours to run at max performance in power management?

Also turning off unused features and services can add quit a bit of speed.

"David" <> wrote in message
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> Donkie 15 wrote:
>> I am using Vista on a fast dual processor computer with 2GB internal
>> memmory, but all programs are extremely slow. I did do the
>> defragmentation and registry cleaner and removed as many resident
>> programs as I could, but I can not work like this. I hear many such
>> complains about Vista. How to solve. or re-install XP ?
>>
> you have something else going on there, guy. I've got a toshiba laptop
> that isnt the fastest thing in the world, and vista runs fine. it loads
> excel in 1.5 seconds. it's snappy in other apps too. start up is a bit
> slow, at around 1:25.
>
> my laptop is a T5500 with 2GB of mem. Even my wife's T5300 with 1 GB of
> ram is tolerable, but it is noticeably slower at everything. certainly i
> wouldnt say it is "extremely" slow.
>
> Dave

"Donkie 15" wrote:

> I did do the registry cleaner

registry cleaner damages your Windows

Spirit wrote:
> Your lappie is a tad faster than mine... which is a coreduo 2350 with 2 gig.
> Have you set yours to run at max performance in power management?
>
> Also turning off unused features and services can add quit a bit of speed.
>
> "David" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
>
>> Donkie 15 wrote:
>>
>>> I am using Vista on a fast dual processor computer with 2GB internal
>>> memmory, but all programs are extremely slow. I did do the
>>> defragmentation and registry cleaner and removed as many resident
>>> programs as I could, but I can not work like this. I hear many such
>>> complains about Vista. How to solve. or re-install XP ?
>>>
>>>
>> you have something else going on there, guy. I've got a toshiba laptop
>> that isnt the fastest thing in the world, and vista runs fine. it loads
>> excel in 1.5 seconds. it's snappy in other apps too. start up is a bit
>> slow, at around 1:25.
>>
>> my laptop is a T5500 with 2GB of mem. Even my wife's T5300 with 1 GB of
>> ram is tolerable, but it is noticeably slower at everything. certainly i
>> wouldnt say it is "extremely" slow.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
>
>
ive had mine run at various speed percentages, but have never seen any
tangible difference in performance. when i first got the laptop it was
set for a ridiculous 5% on battery. I changed that to 50% min.
processor state. Apparently the drive speed makes more difference to
the "feel" of speed then the processor settings? No matter how i
customize the power settings (advanced settings), the speed always feels
the same. Maybe if i loaded up CS2 and ran a filter on a large image
I'd see more evidence of processing speed differences.

Dave

BillD wrote:
> "Donkie 15" wrote:
>
>
>> I did do the registry cleaner
>>
>
> registry cleaner damages your Windows
>
ah, I've run Auslogics registry defragger with no ill effects. perhaps
it doesn't have the same functionality as the other "cleaners".

Dave

Maybe because mine is slower, especially in graphics, I can easily tell
the different between using the 3 power performance settings.

"David" <> wrote in message
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> Spirit wrote:
>> Your lappie is a tad faster than mine... which is a coreduo 2350 with 2
>> gig.
>> Have you set yours to run at max performance in power management?
>>
>> Also turning off unused features and services can add quit a bit of
>> speed.
>>
>> "David" <> wrote in message
>> news:. ..
>>
>>> Donkie 15 wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am using Vista on a fast dual processor computer with 2GB internal
>>>> memmory, but all programs are extremely slow. I did do the
>>>> defragmentation and registry cleaner and removed as many resident
>>>> programs as I could, but I can not work like this. I hear many such
>>>> complains about Vista. How to solve. or re-install XP ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> you have something else going on there, guy. I've got a toshiba laptop
>>> that isnt the fastest thing in the world, and vista runs fine. it loads
>>> excel in 1.5 seconds. it's snappy in other apps too. start up is a bit
>>> slow, at around 1:25.
>>>
>>> my laptop is a T5500 with 2GB of mem. Even my wife's T5300 with 1 GB of
>>> ram is tolerable, but it is noticeably slower at everything. certainly
>>> i wouldnt say it is "extremely" slow.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
> ive had mine run at various speed percentages, but have never seen any
> tangible difference in performance. when i first got the laptop it was
> set for a ridiculous 5% on battery. I changed that to 50% min. processor
> state. Apparently the drive speed makes more difference to the "feel" of
> speed then the processor settings? No matter how i customize the power
> settings (advanced settings), the speed always feels the same. Maybe if i
> loaded up CS2 and ran a filter on a large image I'd see more evidence of
> processing speed differences.
>
> Dave

He said registry cleaner.... I use CCleaner and Wise Registry Cleaner... NOT
for
the novice... all need to check to see what any item MIGHT do if deleted.
Always
ALWAYS make a backup.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Wise Registry Cleaner and Disk Cleaner

http://www.wisecleaner.com/

I too use Auslogics Disk Defragger and Registry Defragger...

http://www.auslogics.com/

All these utilities are FREE....

"David" <> wrote in message
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> BillD wrote:
>> "Donkie 15" wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I did do the registry cleaner
>>
>> registry cleaner damages your Windows
>>
> ah, I've run Auslogics registry defragger with no ill effects. perhaps it
> doesn't have the same functionality as the other "cleaners".
>
> Dave

"Donkie 15" <> wrote in message
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>I am using Vista on a fast dual processor computer with 2GB internal
>memmory,
> but all programs are extremely slow. I did do the defragmentation and
> registry cleaner and removed as many resident programs as I could, but I
> can
> not work like this. I hear many such complains about Vista. How to solve.
> or
> re-install XP ?


This may not be your cup of tea, so to speak, but I recenlty purchased an
Acer. It was loaded with junk 2nd and 3rd party software that had its
tentacles hooked in all over the place. Slow boot, sluggish performance. So
I downloaded the hardware drivers appropriate to my laptop from the Acer
website and burned them to disc .. then wiped the drive and installed a
*generic* copy of Windows Vista (plain ol' vanilla Microsoft Windows - not
the recovery version nor the Acer version). Vista picked up most of the
hardware on installation, so most of the drivers I downloaded I didn't have
to use. Boots to a full settled desktop in 50-53 seconds [includes logging
in with a password]. And the performance is nice.

Saucy

Try Using CCleaner 2.0.500 http://www.ccleaner.com/ Just FYI.

"Donkie 15" <> wrote in message
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> I am using Vista on a fast dual processor computer with 2GB internal
> memmory,
> but all programs are extremely slow. I did do the defragmentation and
> registry cleaner and removed as many resident programs as I could, but I
> can
> not work like this. I hear many such complains about Vista. How to solve.
> or
> re-install XP ?