On Apr 7, 1:33 am, ptra...@travelersvideo.com wrote:
> On Apr 5, 3:58 pm, Malke <notrea...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
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> > PTravelwrote:
> > > I've noticed that web browsing, whether in FireFox or Internet Explorer,
> > > is slower than under XP. I've even tested this using an XP virtual
> > > machine under Vista -- pages load faster in the virtual machine than in
> > > Vista, regardless of which browser I use.
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> > > Has anyone experienced this? Any idea why this is so and what can be
> > > done to improve performance?
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> > You can try disabling IPv6. See this article about it:
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> >http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0506.mspx
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> > Malke
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> I tried it, but it doesn't help at all. Also, I don't see how it
> would account for the difference in running within a Virtual Machine
> on Vista versus Vista, as a Virtual Machine is using the Vista-
> configured NIC.
Okay, this has been bugging me so I spent the last hour working
through it and found the problem.
SpySweeper.
If the "Common Ad Sites" shield is enabled, web browsing Java-heavy
websites in Vista will be painfully slow. Disable it and web browsing
becomes lightning fast. Note, too, that Webroot claims that
SpySweeper is "Vista ready." I like SpySweeper a lot, and it's
infinitely better than Windows Defender, but this is a pretty
significant bug.
And another point: this isn't a Vista bug, but a third-party program.
Vista's working just fine.