Windows Vista Inspiron 1420 Slow After Factory Restore

After a clean things may be slow until it builds up your cache again
Once you have opened a program it should open faster next time.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
Yea, I thought the same thing but I really don't think the performance is getting any better. It's still very slow; sluggish opening windows and programs.

Is it common after a restore for a system to run this slow?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7100 @ 1.80GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell Inc. 0DT492(Microprocessor)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Fam.
After a restore the computer should work the way it did when you first brought it home.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
How much RAM do you have?
Could you download speccy and fill in your system specs please it will tell us more about what we are dealing with.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
K, I installed and ran Speccy. I haven't used this program before so I took a snapshot of the summary specs.

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I want to say, so far since I've started it up, the system has been running smoothly and fast. Now, I've just discovered something about why this system has been moving slowly. I had the Shockwave Flash plugin for Mozilla Firefox which is the browser I'm currently using, disabled. When I had this disabled, I was able to open Mozilla and access different websites without the system spontaneously running slow. (CPU usage shoots up to 100% spontaneously.)

Now, I noticed that when I access video websites such as break.com, I can't view the videos because the Shockwave Flash plugin is disabled. When I enabled it, I was able to view the videos again, BUT, it only lasted about a minute before the system began to run slow, so I think I've isolated the problem.

The question now is, why is the Shockwave Flash plugin causing my system to run slow?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7100 @ 1.80GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell Inc. 0DT492(Microprocessor)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Fam.

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
K, I've done what you've advised, but the problem persists. Now I read a similar post containing the same problem I'm experiencing. It was concluded that there is a memory leak coming from the Adobe Flash plugin. Can this be my problem? If so, how would I go about fixing that?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7100 @ 1.80GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell Inc. 0DT492(Microprocessor)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Fam.
Is there an updated version of flash? if not maybe an earlier version would help.
I would only go back one version though.

EDIT:Speccy was so you could fill in your system specs on your profile page.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
I deleted the Flash plug-in I had installed previously which was 10.2, and I installed an earlier version, 9.0, but still the problem persists.

Note: Ha, k, specs updated.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7100 @ 1.80GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell Inc. 0DT492(Microprocessor)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Fam.
I just re-restored the Vista, and it's still slow. It's actually slower than it was before. I noticed something however after accessing the System properties on Computer, before this most recent restore, it said on the Windows Experience Index that the Processor component was at 1.5. Now it says, it's at 3.2, and the base score is 1.7 from the Memory(RAM).

I'm awfully confused as to what's going on here because how can these numbers change after restoring and why is it going even slower than the last time I restored?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7100 @ 1.80GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell Inc. 0DT492(Microprocessor)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Fam.

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Sounds like it could be a hardwear problem.
If you were getting BSOD before clean install.
Maybe a bad driver. If flash is slowing things down
could be you need to update your video drivers
not just flash.

Jimmy
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    intel core 2 Extreme QX6700
    Motherboard
    intel
    Memory
    3 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDA
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-FI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Gateway 24 HD Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1920 by 1200 pixels
    Hard Drives
    2-500 gigabyte hard drive
    Western digtal
Hello all I am back up and my machine is screeming, Vene can you tell us all the programs you have installed on your computer. I am trying to catch up from being down for a couple of days. Oh and how much ram you have, thank you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    a6530f Desktop
    CPU
    HP-PAVILION
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra3)
    Memory
    8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Sound Card
    Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W40 series widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
    PSU
    300W
    Case
    Mid-Size ATX
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
    Other Info
    Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz)

    Modem: 56K WinModem/

    Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive

    Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader

    Media Drive
As of the previous, not lastest restore I did, I didn't have many programs installed. What I did have was Mozilla Firefox, AIM, DAP, Realplayer, Core FTP and WAMPserver. I've just now installed the driver for the graphics card, however things still appear sluggish. Tonight, I will once again download and install SP2, even though the last time I restored I had it installed and the system was still performing slowly.

If indeed it is a bad driver, how would I go about finding that out?

I've just ran the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and there does not seem to be any hardware issues that have been caught.

Note: I was wondering about Virtual Memory in the System Properties section; about changing it, perhaps raising the number. I know nothing about that section, but can I raise the virtual memory to perhaps keep it running faster since random processes I do like sometimes right clicking on my dekstop slow the system down?
 
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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7100 @ 1.80GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell Inc. 0DT492(Microprocessor)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Fam.
Here's an update. I actually removed one of the RAM chips and replaced it with another one, and the computer has not been moving slow so apparently there was a problem with the RAM chip.

I'm not quite sure how RAM chips work so either it was damaged or died, but apparently that solved the problem. I'm still giving it a few days, but right now it seems the problem has been solved.

I want to thank you all for assisting me with this frustrating problem.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7100 @ 1.80GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell Inc. 0DT492(Microprocessor)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Fam.
We are all glad that it worked out for you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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