how to speed up vista?

[Lamb Chop]

I have just bought a laptop with vista business preloaded. I have core 2
duo 166 with 2GB ram, 80GHD. I thought I have enough ram and cpu to make a
reasonable fast response. I my feeling of Vista is --Too much fancy stuff
but not practical at all. Is there any way to speed up the computer?

Thanks

 

[Milhouse Van Houten]

I have just bought a laptop with vista business preloaded. I have core 2
duo 166 with 2GB ram, 80GHD. I thought I have enough ram and cpu to make
a
reasonable fast response. I my feeling of Vista is --Too much fancy stuff
but not practical at all. Is there any way to speed up the computer?

Go to Start and type "perf," then run "Performance Information and Tools."
In the "Tasks" column on the left there are numerous things you can look at
and do. If it's disk accesses that are getting you down, see the "Hard Disk
activity at Start Up of Vista (on ACER PC)" thread from earlier today.

 

[Guest]

Turn off UAC(User Account Control) and Windows Defender

 

[Dana Cline - MVP]

Your laptop probably came with junkware...it helps to uninstall as much as
you can. It may have come with Norton, but there are other antivirus
programs that use a lot less system resources. Google for TweakVI - it can
help. And Microsoft's Autoruns program can help eliminate all that startup
junk...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/Autoruns.mspx

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

 

[Bill Yanaire]

The best way to speed up your computer is to dump Vista and install XP!

 

[Jon]

I have just bought a laptop with vista business preloaded. I have core 2
duo 166 with 2GB ram, 80GHD. I thought I have enough ram and cpu to make
a
reasonable fast response. I my feeling of Vista is --Too much fancy stuff
but not practical at all. Is there any way to speed up the computer?

Thanks

Make yourself a cup of coffee for the first 10-15 minutes after boot. When
you've finished things should have settled down.

 

[Arthur Dent]

You know, those kinds of remarks really are not very intelligent.
If he's asking in a Vista group, its cuz he is using Vista. Got it
"pre-loaded". May not be able or allowed to wipe the system and install a
diff OS (maybe a work pc). Or maybe he is not inclined to do OS installs
himself.

If you havent anything helpful to answer his question, just keep your mouth
shut.
He didnt ask about XP, he didnt ask which OS is 'better', he didnt ask
rebuilding his system.
He asked how to -speed up a pre-loaded os-.

These ngs are supposed to be for helping people out with problems or
questions they are working with.
Not for bashing, flaming, bi***ing, moaning and groaning. If you are so
anti-Vista, go find some "i hate vista" ng.

<sigh> ... if only people would grow up. </sigh>

 

[Milhouse Van Houten]

3. Use a software like 'CCleaner'
(http://www.windvis.com/ccleaner-review) that cleans your registry and
removes unused and temporary files

Registry cleaners are questionable enough these days in XP (they were pretty
useful back in Win9x days), but on Vista? No way. It's just not worth the
risk.

 

[Milhouse Van Houten]

Make yourself a cup of coffee for the first 10-15 minutes after boot. When
you've finished things should have settled down.

Or disable SuperFetch in the first 10-15 seconds and get to work
immediately.

 

[Julian]

The best way to speed up your computer is to dump Vista and install XP!

I'm glad you've got your panties unbunched.

 

[Jon]

Or disable SuperFetch in the first 10-15 seconds and get to work
immediately.

Interesting suggestion, although I've not personally had any problems with
SuperFetch.

I find that most of the Service groups tend to hog a bit of CPU initially
while they initially load themselves into ram (eg the DCom Server Process /
Plug and Play group makes a large number of wmi calls), but after that first
10 minutes or so, they tend to settle down.

 

[Guest]

Vista boot and logon times can be pretty slow, even on the fastest of
hardware. There's a lot of things going on during these operations. My
recommendation would be to just let your laptop sleep when you're finished
using it. This way you'll avoid the startup/logon delays. Note that unlike
XP, Vista comes with "Hybrid Sleep" which will switch from sleep mode to
hibernate mode before your battery runs down!

Stuart.

 

[Guest]

Hello Lamb Chop,

The first thing you should do is uninstall all the unnecessary crap that
came with your computer. Most of it is useless and some of it is either
outdated or incompatible with Vista. Computer vendors are paid by the third
party vendors to put this junk on your computer.

Also, you should disable all startup programs that are not necessary. In
addition, as time goes by your Vista OS should perform better after all the
indexing, prefetching and other system operations have settled down.

Have a nice day.

C.B.

 

[Guest]

Lamb Chop,

Turn off UAC(User Account Control) and Windows Defender

Yes, you should turn off UAC and Windows Defender. Also, disable any
security software you have running on your computer. You could also disable
your firewall. Please come back to these forums when your computer is
infected by just about anything and everything lurking out there.

Be very careful about whose advice you take when visiting these forums.
Everybody is entitled to an opinion. However, use common sense.

Have a nice day.

C.B.

 

[Guest]

You know, those kinds of remarks really are not very intelligent.
If he's asking in a Vista group, its cuz he is using Vista. Got it
"pre-loaded". May not be able or allowed to wipe the system and install a
diff OS (maybe a work pc). Or maybe he is not inclined to do OS installs
himself.

If you havent anything helpful to answer his question, just keep your mouth
shut.
He didnt ask about XP, he didnt ask which OS is 'better', he didnt ask
rebuilding his system.
He asked how to -speed up a pre-loaded os-.

These ngs are supposed to be for helping people out with problems or
questions they are working with.
Not for bashing, flaming, bi***ing, moaning and groaning. If you are so
anti-Vista, go find some "i hate vista" ng.

<sigh> ... if only people would grow up. </sigh>


Well said. Thank you.

C.B.

 

[Julian]

Hello Lamb Chop,

The first thing you should do is uninstall all the unnecessary crap that
came with your computer. Most of it is useless and some of it is either
outdated or incompatible with Vista. Computer vendors are paid by the
third
party vendors to put this junk on your computer.

Also, you should disable all startup programs that are not necessary. In
addition, as time goes by your Vista OS should perform better after all
the
indexing, prefetching and other system operations have settled down.

Even wipe it and rebuild from ground zero only adding the
application that are needed. There's a bonus to insofar as
you learn far more about about your PC and how to use it.

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> CB

Yes, you should turn off UAC

UAC isn't a performance hit.

and Windows Defender.

This one is.

Also, disable any
security software you have running on your computer.

If you practice even moderately safe computing practices, this is also a
very good idea. For your average user, stick a fork in an electrical
socket first.

You could also disable your firewall.

Again, not much of a performance hit (unless the firewall is bundled
with a bunch of other useless crap) -- And in some cases (earlier NVIDIA
chipsets) the firewall is actually a performance boost.

Please come back to these forums when your computer is
infected by just about anything and everything lurking out there.
Why?

Be very careful about whose advice you take when visiting these forums.
Everybody is entitled to an opinion. However, use common sense.

Indeed.

 

[PeeGee]

You know, those kinds of remarks really are not very intelligent.
If he's asking in a Vista group, its cuz he is using Vista. Got it
"pre-loaded". May not be able or allowed to wipe the system and install
a diff OS (maybe a work pc). Or maybe he is not inclined to do OS
installs himself.

If you havent anything helpful to answer his question, just keep your
mouth shut.
He didnt ask about XP, he didnt ask which OS is 'better', he didnt ask
rebuilding his system.
He asked how to -speed up a pre-loaded os-.

These ngs are supposed to be for helping people out with problems or
questions they are working with.
Not for bashing, flaming, bi***ing, moaning and groaning. If you are so
anti-Vista, go find some "i hate vista" ng.

<sigh> ... if only people would grow up. </sigh>

I don't have Vista, but the following helped in previous Microsoft
Windows versions:

- remove anything from the startup run lists (both startmenu and
registry) that is not essential
- declutter the desktop, to the extent that it is nearly empty, and
create a startmenu folder structure for shorcuts. If an app is open it
is quicker to go through startmenu anyway, especially if you use "classic".
- stop all eye candy effects (smooth scroll, fade etc), including
thumbnails and folder images
- remove wallpaper and any active desktop capability
- stop all indexing services
- only "install" the fonts you use, you can always add others when needed
- if you have True Image, make sure its drivers don't get in the way of
disk access
- use firefox, with appropriate extensions, and turn off "on the fly"
virus checking, adware and spyware checking (Note: there was no
requirement for retaining security, but by not using IE I have had 3
virus problems in 15 years and all traceable to my son bringing a floppy
home from school and leaving it in the drive for the next boot)
- use an e-mail client that doesn't run VB by default and can be set to
open *any* attachment in a text editor (such as Pegasus Mail, though
that may not be around much longer)

These cover a mixture of unnecessary CPU overheads and wasteful memory
usage.

PeeGee
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[Bill Yanaire]

Maybe your panties are all in a bunch. Let me spell it to you slowly, it
was a J O K E !

Now stop whining and HELP people damn it !