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    Vista takes several minutes to run a Setup, WTF?

    Hi everyone, i'm new here, and i just wanna say this forum is great
    Now here's my problem. I'm kinda a great gamer and when i download demos to test incoming games, i try running their setup and it takes a lot of time to start. About 2-3 minutes of waiting before asking if i want to open the file because it was downloaded from the internet (just with the demos i downloaded from the net, sure), and another 2-3 minutes to ask for permission to open it (the account security control or something like that). Then the task appears in Task Manager under "process" tab but it has only 64 kb of ram and it remains that way for another 4-5 minutes. Finally it starts (after about 12-15 minutes total), it installs and here's another problem. When the progress bar arrives to the end, it takes about 10 minutes to tell me installation was completed (during these 10 minutes installation does not busy the cpu at all). This problem occures only with setups, but not only with game's setups, with program's setups too.
    I know there's not such a big problem "at least they install", but it's kinda annoying waiting about 25-30 minutes total to play a damn demo or to install a program.
    Has anyone had that problem? How can i fix it? Here there are my specs (it's an HP laptop, 6730s):
    Intel Core 2 Duo T5670 @ 1.80 ghz, 4 mb L2 Cache
    2 GB Ram
    Intel Mobile 4 Series 128 Mb own ram, 796 total
    HDD 150 GB (about 42,8 free at this moment)
    Antivirus: Kaspersky Internet Security 2009
    Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit
    Please help me, it's sooooooo annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Thanks in advance, and excuse my english if it's not the best


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    Re: Vista takes several minutes to run a Setup, WTF?

    I think it may be because of your browser... I get that problem whenever i download anything off-of Safari 4, and i also have that problem with Firefox, but with firefox its not THAT long. With IE8 though its fine. Thats all the help i can give. I have that problem as-well and i personally dont kno what's-up with it GL man

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    Re: Vista takes several minutes to run a Setup, WTF?

    Alex95:

    That doesn't sound right.

    My first thought is do a Malwarebyte scan in Safe Mode.

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    Re: Vista takes several minutes to run a Setup, WTF?

    Hello Alex95,
    How many running processes do you have going on in the back ground, also take a look at your Kaspersky, see if it is set to scan all downloads before you install them.
    To check your startup programs, go to,
    Search >type "msconfig" >enter.
    Go to the startup tab and see what is going on there.
    Next go to Services tab, check the "Hide Microsoft services" box and see what is left.
    Remember, you can start a program manually when it's needed.
    A malware scan is a good idea. Here is the link.

    Malwarebytes.org

    After that clean your registry with this. (Backup your registry when prompted).

    CCleaner - Download

    Both are free programs and both are good.

    Hope this helps and post your results. Good luck.
    (Your English is better than my Italian).

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    Re: Vista takes several minutes to run a Setup, WTF?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ardneh View Post
    Alex95:

    That doesn't sound right.

    My first thought is do a Malwarebyte scan in Safe Mode.
    I agree with that. Malware can slow down your PC significantly.

    And you might want to add some memory to your PC? I'm sure that will make your PC faster... Correct me if I'm wrong.

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    Re: Vista takes several minutes to run a Setup, WTF?

    Hi, thanks to all for the reply
    To DarkDavil: It happens both with Mozilla 3.? (I don't know wich 3.x is it ) and IE8. So i don't think that's the problem, and i disabled mozilla's autoscan (it scans every file downloaded before you can run it, typing in "about:config" and disabling Browser.AutoScan.Files or something like that).
    To StoneyNuts:
    Little OT: Do you talk Italian? Cool because i'm from Italy
    The number of processes is normally between 75 and 80 (standing on what Task Manager says) and normal used Ram is between 700-950, and i have 2 gigs of Ram.
    I have installed both programs, i think too they are great I will do later a scan with malwarebytes in safe mode. I used to use CCleaner every night, before shutting down the pc (backupping the registry, sure), so i don't think is anything related with "Cr*ps on the registry".
    Msconfig Startup:
    Windows Defender->Enabled
    Synaptics pointing device driver->Enabled
    Intel Common user interface (3 times)->Enabled
    Kaspersky Anti-Virus->Enabled
    Microsoft Operating System (2 times)->Enabled
    SRS Audio Sandbox->Enabled
    Daemon Tools Lite->Disabled
    Microsoft Operating System->Disabled
    MsConfig Services:
    Agere Modem Call Progress Audio->Running
    Kaspersky Internet Security->Running
    Com4QLBEx->Running
    Block/Control devices HP Procect Tools->Running
    Google Update->Disabled
    HP Health Check Service->Running
    hpqwmiex->Running
    HP service->Running
    Intel Matrix Storage Event Monitor->Running
    Install Driver Table Manager->Disabled
    LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service->Running
    PDF Document Manager->Running
    Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Net->Running (rpcnet.exe is always blocked by KIS2009, why?)
    TuneUp Defrag Service->Running
    TuneUp Program Statistics Service->Running
    Yahoo! Updater->Running
    Onda Autorun CDROM Monitor->Running
    To Ojaser: I don't think adding Ram will fix this, sure more Ram always speeds up pc, but more ram won't fix this problem, and adding more Ram is not necessary at the moment
    That's all, please excuse me for the longness of the post
    EDIT: I scanned with MalwareBytes in SafeMode and nothing was found. I'm starting to think is something very strange, i don't want to format for this stupid problem, if anyone has suggestions, please tell me! I will be glad of every suggestion

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    Re: Vista takes several minutes to run a Setup, WTF?

    Hello Alex95,
    There are a lot of programs running in the background that don't need to be, I'm not saying this is your problem, but, if you turn these off, you may gain a bit of speed. I would start by turning these off, and anything else you can think of.
    A program, if and when needed, can be started manually.



    PDF Document Manager
    TuneUp Defrag Service
    TuneUp Program Statistics Service
    Yahoo! Updater
    Onda Autorun CDROM Monitor

    Turn these off and post your results. Good luck.

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    Re: Vista takes several minutes to run a Setup, WTF?

    Ok, thanks for the reply, i disabled those services, except the Onda thing, because that's the driver of my usb modem, if i disable it the modem is not recognized and cannot connect, lol.
    I gained about 25-30 mb or Ram, but nothing more
    I am thinking of a rootkit, can you suggest me a good antirootkit?

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    Re: Vista takes several minutes to run a Setup, WTF?

    This is a good one, and seems to be good at it's job too.
    Everybody will have their favourite, but i like this one.

    New Panda Anti-Rootkit - Version 1.07 - Panda Research Blog

    Hope this helps, good luck, and post your results.

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    Excuse me if i replied so late, but i had a problem with the forum, in poor words, it won't let me write (O_ò).
    The Anti-Rootkit you posted gives me a "Operating System Not Supported" error.
    I've tried Sophos but it has a bug, it asks me to reboot every time i run it, but i rebooted on the install end.
    I don't know wich others i could try, if you can give me a help i'll be glad. Thanks.

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