Very slow Vista
Posted by admin on Nov 29th, 2006
My machine: Socket 478 Pentium 4 3.4 Ghz 1 MB cache Ram 3 GB ReadyBoost 4Gb Radeon X1600 256 MB graphics card Powersupply Antec 550WI have changed both graphicscard and powersupply as I thought this was the problem.Vista Experience Index 4,4, lowest is CPU and Aero both 4,4, Desktop 5,1 and harddisks 5,7All drivers updated.Should be OK?But it's so SLOW! Takes about 10 minutes to boot, then 5 minutes after login before you can use it. Then 2 minutes to start for example Controlpanel.I have closed all unnecessary things I can think of.I got until this weekend, if no improvement I have promised my family to return to XP. But I want Vista!Please help me!Bengt
Dec 3rd, 2006 at 09:00 pm
Hi Bengt. Just to let you know all is great here, you should be too. I have almost identicle system as you. I also have a S478 3.4Ghz. I have 2GB RAM. An Asus motherboard (P4S800EDeluxe), it has the SiS chipset. I have a X700 256MB graphics card, although I borrowed my eldest sons X1600 when I first installed Vista, I see absolutely no difference, so I put my old X700 back in. 480W Enermax power supply.The index is same overall score of 4.4 as yours. The Processor is 4.4, RAM is 5.4, Graphics Aero is 4.9, Gaming graphics is 4.6 and Hard disk is 5.4.This used to be running XP with fairly remarkable speed for two years. I do use SATA drives, I have 3 actually, one for the OS and some programs, the other two for storage for photos and music and backups.I should add I also have put Page File on one of the other hard drives, seperate partition. I saw some wierd behaviour then, so I had to put some page file back on the C: drive and that sorted it out. I still think it has a slight edge with Page File also on a seperate hard drive.I find it freezes or other wierd stuff with Areos transparency turned on. With transparency turned off and Aero is still on it gives the same Flip3D and other Aero effects, just without transparent see through borders, but I don't notice.I ahve all the performance settings at default, all on, in System Properties, Performance. Where as I had them practically all off in XP. I think Vista runs faster than XP by a very slight margin.Also I stopped using Norton Internet Security 2007 at the end of XP, a week before changing over to Vista. Went with AVG, that alone speeds things up remarkably, even boot time. All I can say is if worse comes to worse to reinstall Vista again. See how it goes the first day without you volunterily installing "newer" drivers if they run with Microsofts. I have a Logitech mouse that runs brilliant on Microsoft drivers. I installed Logitechs newest drivers and that made the mouse erratic, jittery and all sorts of bad stuff. What motherboard and all that do you have?Was it always slow from the first time you installed it?Sorry for long reply. Just a shame to see you go back to XP.Neil."Bengt" wrote:
Dec 7th, 2006 at 03:23 am
Hi Bengt, I had one more thing to add. I tried to do the 4GB Readyboost too, with a Memorex 4GB Flashdrive. It was working with Readyboost. I also had a 1GB Lexar too. It also worked. But again I saw wierd behaviour and strange things once or twice liek sudden reboot, without the Readyboost it was ok. I read that with 2GB of RAM that you won't see any noticable speed gain with Readyboost. In fact with and without the Flashdrive in I could not see anything different, I can't even say it booted faster because one of the problems with the 4GB stick left in was the computer won't boot, just gets to a black screen and sits there. I always had to go back to BIOS where mysteriously the boot drive was switched back to Floppy drive and the hard drive with the OS was gone from any boot order! I got sick of fixing that, so no more Readyboost for now.regards, Neil"Bengt" wrote:
Dec 7th, 2006 at 10:24 pm
Thanks Neil for your answer!My motherboard is almost the same as yours a ASUS P4800E Deluxe. The problem was there before I installed ReadyBoost. I hoped that ReadyBoost would speed up my system. When I tried the Vista RC2 my computer wasn't as slow as this but then I had a problem with my old graphics card a Radeon AllinWonder 9700 so I went back to XP waiting for the official release of Vista. With XP the computer was quick enough. I do not have any SATAdrives, ordianry IDE, but the rating is 5.7 so this can't be the problem. Yesterday night, I disconnected all USBdevices to check if that would help. No improvement. I have run 3 different registry programs also without improvement. I have uninstalled my Antivirus from CA (the free 1year trial for Vista) and tried to run Vista in classic mode without Aero and other fancy stuff! Nothing! I take your advice and try a reinstall this weekend but it looks like I have to go back to XP!Kind regards,Bengt"neil.t." wrote:
Dec 11th, 2006 at 02:04 pm
The performance index gives an idea of how suitable your computer internals are for running Vista.. it tells you how things should be..if your computer is taking forever to boot up, you need to look at software issues.. try a Vista repair first of allvistasupport.mvps.org/windows_vista_repair_options.htm"Bengt" Mike Hall MS MVP Windows Shell/User msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
Dec 13th, 2006 at 05:50 am
Thank you for answering!At the moment no other software is used other than Windows and Microsoft Office 2003. I have read the link you provided, but; System restore and complete PC restore, what's the use when Vista been like this all the time? I will try the Startup Repair option but do not feel hopeful.Regards,Bengt"Mike Hall MS MVP" wrote:
Dec 16th, 2006 at 09:22 am
Try to disable some useless services. wadpro wadpro's Profile: vista64.net/forums/member.php?userid=1738 View this thread: vista64.net/forums/showthread.php?t=48497
Dec 20th, 2006 at 08:02 am
You can check to see what Vista reports as far as performance, startup/shutdown issues:Control Panel System Maintenance Performance Information and Tools in the left pane, Advanced tools cause of long startup/shutdown should be near the top under performance issues. Bob "Mike Hall MS MVP"
Dec 23rd, 2006 at 01:42 am
Sorry to hear your Vista is still very slow today. Sounds like you do have the same or very much the same motherboard as mine then, you seem to have missed a letter in the model number, mine is P4S800EDeluxe (S for SiS chipset). Yours could have a "P" before the 800. (Intel chips). First thing Vista did when it was up and running was install Microsoft provided SiS drivers. The only things that I would be checking right now is maybe check System Properties again and is the processor listed at proper Ghz? I have an AMD for the kids, that system is a year old now, and it was very very slow, the System Properties listed it as 500Mhz or something when in fact it was a 2.2 Ghz. There was actually a updater or driver for AMD at that time and that fixed that. Another thing is the processor being hogged? is it sticking at 100%, like soomethings took over? I know when I have had very slow and long pauses when the processor is suddenly very busy. Other than that I can't think of anything else. Being we are almost the same system and I have Vista installed and everything is set default. I also have the 1008 BIOS from Asus. I updated that a year ago for no reason. What BIOS version are you using? (You can find it in System Properties). I don't know if a really old BIOS woulld cause issues now with Vista? These are things I am trying to think I'd be checking on mine if it was like yours. Are you having any freezing? Locking ups?Regards, Neil"Bengt" wrote:
Dec 23rd, 2006 at 07:13 pm
Hi, please can some one help me. i jus bought a brand new computer, 2gb ram, 320gb hard drive, 512mb graphics card, amd 3800 x2 64 bit processor. I have jus installed vista...but its bein very slow.....every say 15 mins i can do sumting then it stops then you can do sumting...please help...i dont know wots wrong. my friend said that u need to leave ur comp on for 2 days so that windows vista can index everytin....but its a brand new instal with nothin on the HDD?!?Please help....i mite have to go nd instal windows XP on it!