I've just installed Vista home upgrade, It's desperately slow.?

Question

I've got an external Broadband Cable connection, & a fast ethernet board, what's the problem? Please help.
I live in India, and most dealers lose interest once they have made the sale!
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Answer 1

Did you bother to read the requirements on the box and compare your PC with them?

Answer 2

It should not be slow, but Vista has many, many problems. Do this:
1. Check your device manager for conflicts/driver issues. Especially look for YELLOW or RED, as these devices have problems, and you will likely need to try to get drivers. To find device manager, Right Click my computer and click device manager. Scroll down.
2. Check your task manager. Right click your task bar and click task manager. On the performance tab, check to see CPU usage. That should NOT be at 100% unless you are defragmenting or doing a scan or something. If it is at 100% all the time, then you are probably running spyware.

Answer 3

Let's not blame Vista until you check out a few things:

Some helpful hints to avoid common mistakes:

- Many users are not aware of how much RAM is used by wallpaper and/or a screensaver full of graphics. They run in the background and consume memory. (I have only 512mb RAM, run multiple programs simultaneously, and have set my wallpaper and screensaver to blank.)

I don’t do games, but I do know they are primarily graphics which need and use a lot of memory.

- How many programs do you load at startup? Maybe you should check it out and ensure you are running just what you need.
To do this: cl Start, cl Settings, cl Taskbar and Start Menu.
-cl Start Menu, cl Customize, cl Remove.
-cl the icon for the program you wish to remove
-then cl Remove.
-This will prevent the program from loading at startup, but will not remove the program from the hard disk.

-When you are working in a large file, save frequently to restore full memory access. (Your work remains in memory until you “save” it to disk.)

1.Did you run an error check? Open My Computer,
Right-cl on C:, Select Properties, Tools – Run an Error Check ( checkmark “check all and fix); then run a Defrag

2.Are you using Yahoo Toolbar? Run a full Norton Antispy.

3.From IE, click Tools, Internet Options
delete cookies
delete files (offline files)
clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want)
click o.k., and Restart

3.click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools – run Disk Cleanup

4.click Start, Run ipconfig renew (type ipconfig space renew)

All these things should be done regularly. The more frequently they are run, the less time they take.
-Note: Games and videos are mostly graphics. Graphics create large files. If this doesn’t help, you should consider getting more memory.
-A good web site to visit: http://www.theonlinefamily.net/organize/spring_clean_computer/index.html

Answer 4

Vista will run very slowly on your computer unless it is fairly new and powerful
Recommended Requirements:
at least 1.0 Ghz processor
recommended 1GB RAM
at least 15 GB hard disk space
128MB video memory in order to use Windows Aero (64MB minimum)

Answer 5

My golden rule in computer is that I never try new things unless the software, say Vista, has been completely tested in the market. There are always failure in the products.

Answer 6

If you get to go any faster your the first one to do so. I no several people that has went to the Vista and there all haveing problems with it. One person uninstalled it and went back to there windows xp. But good luck with mayne you will get it to work

Answer 7

it sounds as if it might be your ram or your processor vista needs a lot of ram dual core and it can over load the processor the computer might not b up to it i have the same problem with my old computer

Answer 8

So..
CCleaner is a good program if you want to improve the performaces of your pc and get rid of virus, worms and trojans. Free download here http://bitly.com/UrAPYj
Very useful program!
Cheers.

Answer 9

vista sound's good but if your computer OK i would just of not bothered .... after all it is very expensive just to upgrade !! me id leave a lone until you really need it !!

Answer 10

is your pc is high spec enough, but the person selling it aint goona worry are they? it's up to you to check your specs.