Vista problem- running way to slow

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samhehyum

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Hi there, in the last couple of days ive upgraded from xp to vista home premium 64bit. It is running way slower than it should, it takes me around 5 mins to boot (no kidding at least 5 mins). To install programs or games takes ages, Age of conan took almost 2 hours to install, bioshock took almost 40 mins. While running anygame ive installed ( AOC and bioshock) i get around 5-10fps. Im running: q6600 on a p35-dq6 8gig ddr2 1066 ozc plat. Asus 8800gt i have a raptor 140gb 10krpm sata HD no other hardware installed. ive read up on some posts and dissabled windows indexing and all my antispyware and antivrus and no improvments whatsoever. when i first installed vista i didnt install my mobo disk and it asked me to download some intel driver which i did, and ive got sp1 (came on my vista dvd) and down all the windows updates that were avialable. I have recently installed all the drivers off my mobo cd and that did nothing to speed me up. ive also installed latest nvidia 64bit drivers from thier site. Downloading a updated "motherboard_driver_chipset_intel.exe" from gigabyte, so fingers crossed, i am skeptical though. Any thoughts to bring me up to speed?
 

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Did you upgrade an XP install or did you do a clean install of Vista? Did you patch to SP1 or did you let Vista patch itself? When during this process did you dl and install your chipset drivers?

Can you list all your anti-spyware and anti-virus apps? It would also help a lot to know everything you've disabled... and what guide were you following?

It sounds like you disabled some service that you shouldn't have. How new is this install?

If you have to re-install, and you might, then follow this path. Disconnect from the internet; install Vista; patch to SP1; install chipset drivers; install graphics drivers; install sound drivers. At this point you can connect again and use the Automatic Update feature to get the rest of your security updates, but I would avoid letting Windows udpate any chipset or graphics drivers.

... but first lets try and fix the current install?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Fumz' Flux-Capacitor
    CPU
    E8400
    Motherboard
    DFI LP DK P35-T2RS
    Memory
    4GB G.Skill PC-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS
    Sound Card
    X-Fi XtremeGamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 226BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    500GB W.D. RE2 Primary
    1TB W.D. Caviar GP WD10EACS
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610
    Case
    Lian Li Lancool K62
    Cooling
    Thermalright Ultima-90/S-Flex 120mm
    Keyboard
    MS Natural Elite 4000 Ergonomic
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    2.5MB/430
    Other Info
    D-Link DGL 4500
I did a clean install of vista, no upgrade. I didnt intall a sp1, my vista cd said it was Vista with sp1, so i assumed it would install it as it installs vista? As far as spyware and virus programs i have windows live oncare, thats all. as far as guides i didnt follow a specific guide, i just googled windows vista slow and some forums suggested (from others posting thier problems) that indexing slows down the pc and the virus and spyware does, so i turned them off. The chipset drivers were prompted to install on my very first boot by windows. The install is about 2 days old.
 

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With that type of system you shouldnt need to disable anything to speed up your system. There must be something else that is causing the system to run this slow. Possible bad hardware like a hard drive would cause that to read slowly. Run the Memory Diagostic Tool that is intergrated into Vista in the Admin Tools to see if any of the sticks reflect bad. If you did a clean install of Vista with those components and went to the manufactures website for the current drivers you should be zooming right now.
 

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  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo e8400
    Motherboard
    EVGA 680i SLI
    Memory
    4GB Buffalo Firestix
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800 GT - 2x XFX 8600gt
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 300gb 7200 rpm
flashed my bios to a newer version and that fixed the problem, am zooming along just fine now and loving vista coming from xp EDIT: Thanks for the help to guys :D
 

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My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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