Vista's pretty darn slow?!

Hi I'm not so computer literate so I might need some instructions on this I
bought a brand new laptop with 512 MG Ram a Pentium "Dual Core T2060" and a
80 Gig Hard drive with Windows XP Basic. My question is why does it run so
slow!? I mean wow! I thought my old laptop was slow! Any way I was hopeing
you could give some advce on what I should do to maybe make the operating
system run a little more smoothly. Thank you.

it should not be THAT slow... how slow are you talking about..
can you give details?

if it is only somewhat slow you can do 2 things...

1) install more ram to get 1gb of total ram
2) plug in a readyboost compatible USB flashdrive and use the
vista readyboot feature that will try to use that drive for memory...

If you already have a flashdrive that is usb2.0 it might work with
readyboost... no harm in trying it out

"Sargeant" <> wrote in message
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> Hi I'm not so computer literate so I might need some instructions on this
> I
> bought a brand new laptop with 512 MG Ram a Pentium "Dual Core T2060" and
> a
> 80 Gig Hard drive with Windows XP Basic. My question is why does it run so
> slow!? I mean wow! I thought my old laptop was slow! Any way I was hopeing
> you could give some advce on what I should do to maybe make the operating
> system run a little more smoothly. Thank you.

Install another 512MB of RAM and Vista will perform great!

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"Sargeant" wrote:

Hi I'm not so computer literate so I might need some instructions on this I
bought a brand new laptop with 512 MG Ram a Pentium "Dual Core T2060" and a
80 Gig Hard drive with Windows XP Basic. My question is why does it run so
slow!? I mean wow! I thought my old laptop was slow! Any way I was hopeing
you could give some advce on what I should do to maybe make the operating
system run a little more smoothly. Thank you.

Hi Sargeant,

I'm going to assume you meant Windows Vista Basic and not Windows XP Basic
(no such animal anyways).

Four things:

a) Uninstall any preinstalled software you aren't using. Much of it may be
loading at system boot and dragging you down.

b) Run the system configuration utility (enter msconfig in the search box)
and disable any programs loading at startup that aren't necessary.

c) If Mcafee or Symantec (Norton) AV came preinstalled, uninstall them and
install something with a lighter system footprint like AVG or NOD32.

d) Double the installed physical ram.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Sargeant" <> wrote in message
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> Hi I'm not so computer literate so I might need some instructions on this
> I
> bought a brand new laptop with 512 MG Ram a Pentium "Dual Core T2060" and
> a
> 80 Gig Hard drive with Windows XP Basic. My question is why does it run so
> slow!? I mean wow! I thought my old laptop was slow! Any way I was hopeing
> you could give some advce on what I should do to maybe make the operating
> system run a little more smoothly. Thank you.

Run TaskMgr, Performance (TAB) - note the Memory usage
meter count. During the fist few days of use, Vista builds the
Index catalog and raises the system memory load. If the count
exceeds physical RAM (512) then I'd consider raising the total
memory to 1 or 1.5 Gigabytes.
Also OEMs get paid to add extra software to their images. This
creates Startups and Watchdogs that consume system resources.
If the notebook came with McAfee or Norton then you've got a
"Ball-&-Chain" loading effect right there. There are lots of other
choices for Security software that are cheaper/leaner & involve
less headaches for the user.

"Sargeant" <> wrote in message
news:42DEF35D-694B-4472-AED4-...
> Hi I'm not so computer literate so I might need some instructions on this
> I
> bought a brand new laptop with 512 MG Ram a Pentium "Dual Core T2060" and
> a
> 80 Gig Hard drive with Windows XP Basic. My question is why does it run so
> slow!? I mean wow! I thought my old laptop was slow! Any way I was hopeing
> you could give some advce on what I should do to maybe make the operating
> system run a little more smoothly. Thank you.

> Install another 512MB of RAM and Vista will perform great!

Vista will not perform great because its badly designed, no matter how much
cpu and ram you have.

Mr. MPV Sir... you forgot to tell him about readyboost that is
a cheap alternative, perhaps even free if he has a usb flash drive already
and it works with readyboost



"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Install another 512MB of RAM and Vista will perform great!
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
>
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>
> "Sargeant" wrote:
>
> Hi I'm not so computer literate so I might need some instructions on this
> I
> bought a brand new laptop with 512 MG Ram a Pentium "Dual Core T2060" and
> a
> 80 Gig Hard drive with Windows XP Basic. My question is why does it run so
> slow!? I mean wow! I thought my old laptop was slow! Any way I was hopeing
> you could give some advce on what I should do to maybe make the operating
> system run a little more smoothly. Thank you.
>

I just bought similar laptop, but with 1GB RAM. And this I consider the
absolute minimum, because I had to tweak it a lot, to run acceptably fast:
- Remove Aero completely
- remove unnecessary services
- remove Mc Afee
- install AVG as Anti-Virus (cheap, reliable, I also sell it to my
customers, because I am IT pro)

Check your graphics: In case, it uses system memory (like INTEL Integrated
Graphics, ATI Hypermemory, NVIDIA Turbo Cache), quite a few MB from your
512MB are not available for Vista !




"Sargeant" wrote:

> Hi I'm not so computer literate so I might need some instructions on this I
> bought a brand new laptop with 512 MG Ram a Pentium "Dual Core T2060" and a
> 80 Gig Hard drive with Windows XP Basic. My question is why does it run so
> slow!? I mean wow! I thought my old laptop was slow! Any way I was hopeing
> you could give some advce on what I should do to maybe make the operating
> system run a little more smoothly. Thank you.

On 4/7/2007 12:23 PM On a whim, Rick Rogers pounded out on the keyboard

> Hi Sargeant,
>
> I'm going to assume you meant Windows Vista Basic and not Windows XP Basic
> (no such animal anyways).
>
> Four things:
>
> a) Uninstall any preinstalled software you aren't using. Much of it may be
> loading at system boot and dragging you down.
>
> b) Run the system configuration utility (enter msconfig in the search box)
> and disable any programs loading at startup that aren't necessary.
>
> c) If Mcafee or Symantec (Norton) AV came preinstalled, uninstall them and
> install something with a lighter system footprint like AVG or NOD32.
>
> d) Double the installed physical ram.
>

Isn't telling someone to perform the above who admitted he's "not so
computer literate", kind of like telling them to use a registry cleaner?
How is he to know what software he isn't using? Or to disable any
programs loading at startup that "aren't necessary"?

While they may be good suggestions, it does appear to be over what he
feels comfortable performing.

This issue is really a black hole for new computer users, and the
manufacturers who load all this junk on to new computers should be
responsible in assisting users how to remove it if requested.

--
Terry

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kirk jim wrote:
'''you forgot to tell him about readyboost that is a cheap alternative,
perhaps even free if he has a usb flash drive already
and it works with readyboost...

Naaahhhh...you still don't know what you are talking about do you.
You’re confused. Readyboost IS NOT a substitute for system RAM. You're
starting to look really, really bad at this point.
I told you before to read some MS white papers about both types of RAM,
readyboost and superfetch.
Next time take my advice so you don't look so damn stupid and please
stop disseminating false information, ok.
(chuckle)
Frank

its not a substitute you devolutionized pre-Cro-Magnon monkey you!

I never said it was. I know perfectly well what it is and how it works
and whats its ups and downs are.

It theoretically will improve performance though!


"Frank" <> wrote in message
news:...
> kirk jim wrote:
> '''you forgot to tell him about readyboost that is a cheap alternative,
> perhaps even free if he has a usb flash drive already
> and it works with readyboost...
>
> Naaahhhh...you still don't know what you are talking about do you. You’re
> confused. Readyboost IS NOT a substitute for system RAM. You're starting
> to look really, really bad at this point.
> I told you before to read some MS white papers about both types of RAM,
> readyboost and superfetch.
> Next time take my advice so you don't look so damn stupid and please stop
> disseminating false information, ok.
> (chuckle)
> Frank