On Apr 30, 5:57*pm, Adam Albright <A...@ABC.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:16:10 -0700 (PDT), Billy <UseN...@hotmail.com>
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> >I recently bought a Dell XPS One with Vista Home Premium and I'm
> >having some major crippling issues with Vista performance.
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> >When I first got the machine everything seemed fine, but as I started
> >using it more, I'm noticing YouTube videos pause and buffer
> >continuously rendering the videos useless. I notice file copies take
> >an extrodinary amount of time. And another real annoying issue is that
> >the mouse halts every few minutes (as if the system is busy) then
> >releases itself after a few seconds.....I cant explain how annoying
> >this one is.
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> >I cant say for sure, but all of this may have become more pronounced
> >*after* installing all of the security updates that Windows Updater
> >presented to me and I accepted. I checked start/run/winver recently
> >and it does not show SP1, so I dont know that I in fact have the
> >latest complete SP - I have to check if I have this, but I assume that
> >will just be an accumulation of the most recent updates applied
> >individually anyhow.
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> >I'm using a WRT150N N draft router with wireless N build into the
> >desktop as well so I dont think it's internet connectivity slowness.
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> >Does anyone know if SP1 addresses these issues descibed?
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> >I recently read something about the latest version of flash and Vista
> >as being an issue. Does anyone know how to resolve any of these issues
> >explained?
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> Sadly, machines when new run fine but if they're running Windows they
> often tend to slow down, sometimes markedly over time. That's why a
> lot of users as silly as it sounds reinstall Windows from scratch on a
> regular basis to kind of clean house. I don't, many do however.
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> Confirm that the system is really busy. You can install a Gadget that
> shows a real time gage for CPU and memory usage. You can also bring up
> Task Manager and from there launch Resource Monitor and use other
> build in Windows tools. It always pays to check Event Logs and see if
> Vista is nagging about something. Ditto for Device Manager.
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> As to why this happens, as many reasons as there are grains of sand on
> a beach. If you just noticed it I would begin with a rollback and see
> if that cures it. Then you at least have an idea WHAT is causing the
> problem. It could be a Windows Update, it could be Vista constantly
> trying to load a DLL and it can't. It could be one or more corrupt,
> missing, broken or improver Registry entries. It could be any
> application doing something Vista doesn't like and it keeps throwing
> resources at it to no avail. SP1 according to many web reports has
> itself caused all kinds of issues. It could be some hardware acting
> up.
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> You may want to consider downloading and using a nifty free tool
> called Autoruns. This will give you a wealth of information as to what
> is getting loaded at boot. That can be very revealing. Don't confuse
> this tool with some of the weak sisters out there. This shows
> EVERYTHING, not just a fraction of what's going on.- Hide quoted text -
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The PC has only been used for a week.....its new.
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