vista 6.0.6000 programs hanging and not responding

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I HAVE TRYED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I KNOW. BUT NOTHING WORKS.PERFORMANCE IS
SO POOR I ALMOST WISH I HAD XP BACK.BUT TOSHIBA SAYS NO CAN DO. PLEASE NEED
HELP WITH THIS BEFORE I THROW IN GARBAGE!
 
junglejim said:
I HAVE TRYED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I KNOW. BUT NOTHING WORKS.PERFORMANCE
IS
SO POOR I ALMOST WISH I HAD XP BACK.BUT TOSHIBA SAYS NO CAN DO. PLEASE
NEED
HELP WITH THIS BEFORE I THROW IN GARBAGE!
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Take it back to Toshiba and tell them you are not happy with the product
they sold you.
Also ask if they can supply the next PC without a sticky caps lock key.
 
I HAVE TRYED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I KNOW. BUT NOTHING WORKS.PERFORMANCE IS
SO POOR I ALMOST WISH I HAD XP BACK.BUT TOSHIBA SAYS NO CAN DO. PLEASE NEED
HELP WITH THIS BEFORE I THROW IN GARBAGE!
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Ouch! Please don't yell at us. We can hear you if type normally, in
mixed case.

There's no way anyone can tell what your problems are from the *tiny*
amount of information you've provided. All anyone can do is guess, and
I'd rather not guess.

Start by telling us the hardware configuration of your computer.

What version of Vista? What applications do you run on it.

Describe the problem. How poor is "so poor"? Be specific. Put a number
on how long it takes to do something. Is performance always poor or
only when doing some things? What things? Are there other problems?
Describe them.

How old is the computer? Did Vista come pre-installed or did you
upgrade to it? Has the performance always been poor, or has it gotten
worse? When did the poor performance start? What changes (software
installation, downloads, etc.) did you make just before it started?

What does "JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I KNOW" mean? Exactly *what* have you
tried?

What anti-virus and anti-spyware programs do you run? Are they kept up
to date.
 
OK.Ken lets see it says home premium 6.0.6000 build 6000, hardware,16386, it
has 250 gb hard drive,intel centrino duo core [email protected] with 17 in
monitor,dvd-rw standard for toshiba,also has fingerprint reader that does not
work. ok now software
regcure for vista ,intervideo from toshiba,ccleaner,adobe
reader8,nero7,winamp5,winzip11,winrar,shareaza3,divx movies,nod32 from eset,
camera assist,games and what not from toshiba... ok now problem when more
than one program running slows down(1 to5) 5 is best 1 is no good it is 3 or
2 programs hangup or no responce..oopps for got rammedic,when checking system
it is running cpu at 100% at all times. things i have tryed
ccleaner,regcure.have done from microsoft website self help fixes to speed up
vista tryed two or three different oones.also what others have said in forum.
basicly has not been very fast from start.i used to have xp before and it was
faster no hangups but vista being new i guess it has its problems.here lately
though it is getting worse grrrrrrrrr! any suggestions would help... thank
you for your help
 
junglejim said:
Jay i am happy with toshiba . not happy with microsoft vista!
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Interesting. You buy a laptop that hangs/crashes at every turn and you auto
blame the OS?
You could be right, it could be the Vista config but have you considered
that you may have a faulty hardware/config/etc?
Tell us what "tried everything I know" entails and we may be able to tell
you whether the problem is laptop of OD related.
 
Jay said:
Interesting. You buy a laptop that hangs/crashes at every turn and you
auto blame the OS?
You could be right, it could be the Vista config but have you considered
that you may have a faulty hardware/config/etc?
Tell us what "tried everything I know" entails and we may be able to tell
you whether the problem is laptop of OD related.
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*laptop or OS related
 
OK.Ken lets see it says home premium 6.0.6000 build 6000, hardware,16386, it
has 250 gb hard drive,intel centrino duo core [email protected] with 17 in
monitor,dvd-rw standard for toshiba,also has fingerprint reader that does not
work.
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You left out the most important thing. How much RAM?

ok now software
regcure for vista
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Ugh! Registry cleaners cause problems, they don't solve them.

,intervideo from toshiba,ccleaner,
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CCleaner is OK *if* you don't use its registry cleaning functions.

adobe
reader8,nero7,winamp5,winzip11,winrar,shareaza3,divx movies,nod32 from eset,
camera assist,games and what not from toshiba...
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No anti-spyware programs? Just a guess, but poor performance is often
a symptom of spyware infection.

ok now problem when more
than one program running slows down(1 to5) 5 is best 1 is no good it is 3 or
2 programs hangup or no responce..oopps for got rammedic,when checking system
it is running cpu at 100% at all times.

things i have tryed
ccleaner,regcure.
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As I said, these are likely to make your problems worse, not better.


have done from microsoft website self help fixes to speed up
vista tryed two or three different oones.also what others have said in forum.
basicly has not been very fast from start.i used to have xp before and it was
faster no hangups but vista being new i guess it has its problems.
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Vista runs very well *if* it has a good enough hardware configuration.
You didn't tell us how much RAM you have, but if it's less than 2GB,
it will never run well.

Over and above that, as I said, I suspect spyware infection.
 
Ken there is 2mg of ram, computer was built in jan. or feb of 2007, anti
spyware is eset manfacture nod32,it is better than avg which i had before.
now nero 8 i did not like the way it would run,nero 7.1.10 i like better is
supposed to be vista compatible.shareaza is p2p network which i monitor very
closely and will keep it also.I don't think it is infected. Iget up dates
daily for new data base from nod32. I don't know about hardware config. that
was done by toshiba. computer is p205-6297 satellite.if you wish check out
toshiba's website for hardware config. if you wish for ser # please contact
me i will give it private. ok
 
Ken there is 2mg of ram,
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That's sufficient for most people. Unless you run particularly
memory-hungry programs, that's not your problem then.

computer was built in jan. or feb of 2007, anti
spyware is eset manfacture nod32,it is better than avg which i had before.
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Yes, NOD32 has a very good reputation, at least as an anti-virus
program. I don't know anything about its anti-spyware capabilities,
but note that a single such program is not good enough to protect you.
Note what Eric Howes, who has done extensive testing on Anti-Spyware
products, states:

"No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the
best-performing anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one
quarter of the "critical" files and Registry entries" See
http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm

So given that a single product is not enough for good protection, two
are better than one, three are better than two, and so on.

Do you "need" more than two? There's no clear answer to those
questions. My own practice is very conservative, and I
personally run

Spybot Search and Destroy
Adaware
Spyware Blaster
Windows Defender
Super-Antispyware
A-Squared

but not at the same time.

Since you are experiencing performance problems, I think you should at
least consider the possibility that you might be infected. I recommend
that you begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal
site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware and
following the instructions there.







now nero 8 i did not like the way it would run,nero 7.1.10 i like better is
supposed to be vista compatible.shareaza is p2p network which i monitor very
closely and will keep it also.I don't think it is infected. Iget up dates
daily for new data base from nod32. I don't know about hardware config. that
was done by toshiba. computer is p205-6297 satellite.if you wish check out
toshiba's website for hardware config. if you wish for ser # please contact
me i will give it private. ok
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hi ken , ok done that spybot thing also the superantispyware thing,also am
running windows defender. there is nothing to speak of no infecton. so what
is next??vista is becoming a nightmare, please help!
 
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