Vista on Laptop - very Slow on files/disk/IE

[Jurjen de Groot]

I have a new Dell XPS M1710 laptop (Duo 2 Core T7200, 2.0ghz, 4GB, 160GB
harddisk, Vista Rating 4.5)

I have installed Vista Ultimate on this machine, and it should be very fast.
but when starting a Windows Explorer the windows is drawn but it takes up-to
30 seconds (or sometimes more) before the files appear within the windows,
same goes for file-open/save dialog when I want to save a download or new
word document. Also IE is sometimes slow.

I know it looks like some kind of time-out, but I can't seem to find the
reason for this, I have installed alle updates. All hardware is accounted
for in the DeviceManager.

It's real annoying, any thoughts ?

Regards,
Jurjen.

 

[Guest]

I have a new Dell XPS M1710 laptop (Duo 2 Core T7200, 2.0ghz, 4GB, 160GB
harddisk, Vista Rating 4.5)

I have installed Vista Ultimate on this machine, and it should be very fast.
but when starting a Windows Explorer the windows is drawn but it takes up-to
30 seconds (or sometimes more) before the files appear within the windows,

It's a DELL issue, NOT Vista.
On my old PC with 1GB RAM, single core, Windows Vista Home Premium runs great!

 

[Guest]

If it is brand new, it could be the Vista Indexing Service using CPU.
What hard drive activity do you have?

Also, if you have Norton, Trend-micro or McAfee, that will slow it down, as
they are crap on Vista. Actually, they are crap on everything.

 

[Jurjen de Groot]

Mikk,

I'm not saying it's a Vista problem, I'm just saying I'm having a problem
and am looking for a solution. Do you have a solution ?

I have wiped the harddisk and installed Vista ultimate from scratch, so any
'problem-ware' dell might have put on it (like Roxio) isn't installed.

Jurjen.

 

[Jurjen de Groot]

The machine isn't slow, I have not noticed any strange harddisk activity.
It's only when opening windows explorer / internet explorer and when using
the Save and Open dialog boxes in the various programs (save downloads or
for instance word-documents).

I'm using Live-Onecare not any of the protection suites you mention.

thanks, Jurjen.

 

[Guest]

I have wiped the harddisk and installed Vista ultimate from scratch

Is your Windows Vista an original copy? Or you downloaded from p2p a
Frankenstein's build?
Have you applied all Windows updates before starting to install your
software and drivers?

 

[Jurjen de Groot]

It's an original copy and all updates are installed, that was the first
thing I did.

 

[Rick Ross]

<snip>
there are some suggestions here that made a discernible difference for me:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html

 

[Kerry Brown]

In the Start search box type Performance Information and Tools. When you see
it in the list open it. Sometimes there will be performance issues
identified on on the screen. If not then click on Advanced Tools. Work
through the links on this page looking for clues as to what may be causing
this.

 

[Jurjen de Groot]

That looks very usefull, I'll try it, thanks.
I'll let you know if my problem dissapears...

 

[Jurjen de Groot]

Rick,

Tip nr 10 payed off for me (Step One!), great!!, no more waiting around for
explorer or Save/Open Dialogs to come up with files and folders.

Thanks,
Jurjen.

 

[Jurjen de Groot]

Problem solved, see last message in thread from Mick Murphy.

 

[Jurjen de Groot]

Problem solved, see last message in thread from Mick Murphy.

 

[Rick Ross]

Rick,

Tip nr 10 payed off for me (Step One!), great!!, no more waiting around
for explorer or Save/Open Dialogs to come up with files and folders.

Thanks,
Jurjen.

great news...

also download ccleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/

another freebie which might help....