Hi,

I have been playing about with Vista Home for the first time this weekend.
I have got the 64bit version with 2G of Ram and over 100Gig of hard drive
free.
With nothing running at all apart from the OS, the CPU usage is at 60%+
If I try running any programes like fireworks or iTunes i may as well be
back using Windows 3.1 it's just that slow.

Can anyone help me try and find out what might be making it run so slow?

System Info:

More details about my computer


Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ 3.9 2.9
Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 2.9
Graphics RADEON 9600 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) 3.6
Gaming graphics 255 MB Total available graphics memory 3.4
Primary hard disk 140GB Free (184GB Total) 5.3
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium

System
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Manufacturer Tiny Computers
Model MS-6741
Total amount of system memory 2.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 1

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 295 GB
Disk partition (C 140 GB Free (184 GB Total)
Media drive (D CD/DVD
Media drive (E CD/DVDCD/DVD
Disk partition (F 61 GB Free (112 GB Total)

Graphics
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Display adapter type RADEON 9600 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Total available graphics memory 255 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 128 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 127 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.14.10.8333
Primary monitor resolution 1280x1024
DirectX version DirectX 9.0 or better

Network
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Network Adapter NETGEAR WN121T Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter
Network Adapter Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter

I may be on the wrong line, but those 9600SE cards were in the main
faulty - something like 65% failure rate because they were purchased
untested from Sapphire (who simply added 10% to the delivery quantity
to allow for any failures)
Sapphire didn't quality check them, nor did Granville
Try another graphics card and see if that cures anything
Demdike