Two other possibilities are the indexer is running to index the drives
(especially after initial install) and the disk defragmenter is running.
Both have negative impact on system performance...
"Aman" <Aman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am using p4 processor with 2.8 gz of speed and 1 gb of ram, 140 gb HD.
> vista installs but every time i restart the computer it takes 2-3 minutes
> to
> load windows, progrmas also run very slow. pls tell how can i improve it