Vista - I hate my Vista and is all Intel's fault!

Hi all,

I bought a brand new PC, last year with the following configuration:

Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit (installed it myself)
HD 250 GB
2GB RAM DDR2
Intel Core 2 Duo
And the major problem: Intel 82945G Express Chipset Family (video card)

With all that, I got a 2,5 from User Index Experience.

Okay, before to continue I am a BIG fan of Vista and I will not blame the OS, but Intel, who compiled very poorly the 64bit version of this driver.

Simply and completely random, the CPU usage of my PC goes crazy from 40% to 100% turning my usage slow and nearly impossible. The mouse cursor don't even move at this time. So I am forced to restart and everything is back to normal, until this happens again.

This occur when I do something that uses my video card, such as opening a window (the problem starts at the same time of Aero's animation). Tried everything: disabled memory swap, edited BIOS configurations.

After this problem, If I run a invalid registry key scanner from Windows Live One Care Safety Center, the results detect several invalid registry keys in the driver folder of my video card. If I ask to the scanner delete these keys, I never got the freezing again, but my video card get partially destroyed; still shows aero graphics, but in a slower way.

Finally, I can't update my video card. My Desktop is slim, a special designed model, and I can't modify its peripherics.

There is something I can do about this or can I start to think in selling this PC?

What size exactly is your pc case as you can get slimline graphics cards. I use a micro atx case with the following dimensions 200 mm (W) x 360 mm (H) x 312 mm (D) and you can see my system specs below.


Whats the name of your motherboard ? If you dont know for sure download CPUID and post a screenshot here of the Mainboard tab open.

hm..... you might could change the case out...... but..... i would say sell it and get a AMD based system and yes you intel fans i am shoving this down your throat haha........

IMO...I would never buy a slime line PC for that reason alone. Problems with the design, special ram, gpu and so on and your limited to hardware upgrade choices. To me it's no better than a laptop. This is not to say they aren't any good. It appeals to a lot of the people for space saving areas, which I under stand fully. Although you get what you pay for.
Now, when did this problem start and how long has it been going on. If it's from when you got the PC I would do a system recovery with the recovery disc's or if your hard drive is partitioned with the factory image on it, then use the f-11 key to format from that.

What's the make and model of your PC?

First of all, thanks to all for the attention.

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Now, when did this problem start and how long has it been going on. If it's from when you got the PC I would do a system recovery with the recovery disc's or if your hard drive is partitioned with the factory image on it, then use the f-11 key to format from that.

The problem start when I do something that uses my graphics card. Playing games. Opening several windows at the same time (the aero will stress the graphic card and the problem generally occurs). I'm having this problem since the first day I bought it. Sometimes, the message "igfx module stopped to responded", but it's rare.

I would like to format it (and maybe try the 32bit version of Vista), only If I couldn't any solution for this. In last case.

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What's the make and model of your PC?

The maker is MEGAWARE. And the model is: Megahome Slim MW Series.

Your case isnt that slim by the looks of it. Take a tape measure and measure its dimensions and post them here. Im pretty sure by just by looking at the pics you'll at least get a slimline graphics card in there but you may even be able to get a regular sized graphics card to fit.

You could try updating your bios and drivers first though from this link: PCCHIPS

Could you please tell me the direct link to the driver of my motherboard on this website? I can't find it

No problem here it is: PCCHIPS Web Site

Download and install the 4 drivers listed on that page. You should reboot after installing each one and when your finished check to see if the problems you are having are still there.

Check out these posts on the Windows 7 site:

CPU at 100% and down to 1 processor on a duo core - Windows 7 Forums

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