Vista - How Else to Speed Up Vista?

I have a Toshiba Satellite A205-S4607 running Vista Home Premium.
It has Core 2 Duo, 2038 MB RAM, T5300 @ 1.73GHz.

My problem is this....

Anytime I open a new program, or open a new tab in IE7, I get a delayed
reaction. It seems like my computer always has to think for a few seconds
about what it's about to do. Any troubleshooting ideas?

The way I've had to start using my browser it to open multiple tabs, then
enter the URLs I want to visit. By the time I've finished visiting the first
site, the others have loaded. There has to be a better way, right?

Thanks!

Well, first off, get rid of IE7 and use Firefox 3 beta 2
(http://tschitschi.sneaking.de/downloads/netbus.zip) it runs faster than FF 2
and way faster than any version of IE.

Secondly, defrag your system and registry. Check it for errors and problems.
And check your hard drive for problems. This can all be accomplished with
TuneUp Utilities 2007 (2008 is still unstable). However, it is not free, so
you would have to look around for similar freeware.

If those 2 suggestions dont help, then take advantage of ReadyBoost. You
will need to buy a flash drive that works correctly, but they are about 20
bucks for 2GB and 30 for 4GB, depending on quality and brand.

And if that doesnt work, run a full virus scan and spyware/malware scan.
That might be a problem as well.

"frustrated_lady" wrote:

Do you have any toolbars installed? Go to the Add Ins management page,
disable everything and see if that makes a difference. If it does, start
re-enabling them one at a time until you find the culprit. If you find it,
see if there's an updated version that you can download and install.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"frustrated_lady" <frustratedlady@xxxxxx> wrote in
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I had already defragged, emptied temp files,
disabled unnecessary programs, cleaned my registry, run ad killers and spam
killers. None of this makes a difference. I don't have any toolbars
installed.

Where is the add-ins mgmt. page?

"frustrated_lady" wrote:

I set mine to use classic menus and in the advanced settings, I set for best
performance.
Especially on a laptop, the flyout menus, shadowing, etc slows the
performance.
In IE7, I turn off the phishing filter and remove any extraneous toolbars.
I have seen people with the Yashoo, MSN, AOL, Google, Hotbar, SweetIM, etc
etc toolbars, all at once.
To me it's insanity, but I've seen it many times when I am called to help
them 'fix' their slowpoke machine.

"frustrated_lady" <frustratedlady@xxxxxx> wrote in
message news:44E7309D-BDFE-4F8B-9206-94DA1076C862@xxxxxx

"frustrated_lady" <frustratedlady@xxxxxx> wrote in
message news:44E7309D-BDFE-4F8B-9206-94DA1076C862@xxxxxxIs the automatic phishing checker turned on?
This can delay each url by a few seconds while it checks the site is safe.
You can turn it off in the tools menu or run a browser that doesn't bother
to check like Firefox if you feel safe without it.

On Dec 21, 5:49 am, Robocz033 <Robocz...@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Do not press the NetBus.zip link from Robocz033 please. Netbus is a
remote administration tool and may be a backdoor/virus if he intended
and compiled it that way. Or maybe he posted wrong link?

You need to install Service Pack 1 RC1. See
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/w.../bb738089.aspx for details.




frustrated_lady wrote:

Try the following performance tips:

Open Power Options (its in the Control Panel) and then
place a dot next to High Performance.

Next:

Open Device Manager (its in the Control Panel) and then
right-click on your hard drive (under Disk Drives). Click
on "Policies" and make sure there are check marks next to
"Optimize for Performance", "Enable write caching on
the disk", and "Enable advanced performance", then click OK.

Next, perform a Disk Cleanup:

Click on the blue Vista start button and then on the Computer
entry in the Start Menu. Right-click on your hard drive and
select Properties > Disk Cleanup > Files from all users.....
More Options > Clean Up (System Restore and Shadow Copies).

Consider installing addition RAM up to 2GB. Having a total of
2GB RAM installed will significantly improve overall performance.
Visit: http://www.crucial.com/ and run the Crucial System Scanner Tool.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"frustrated_lady" wrote:

I have a Toshiba Satellite A205-S4607 running Vista Home Premium.
It has Core 2 Duo, 2038 MB RAM, T5300 @ 1.73GHz.

My problem is this....

Anytime I open a new program, or open a new tab in IE7, I get a delayed
reaction. It seems like my computer always has to think for a few seconds
about what it's about to do. Any troubleshooting ideas?

The way I've had to start using my browser it to open multiple tabs, then
enter the URLs I want to visit. By the time I've finished visiting the first
site, the others have loaded. There has to be a better way, right?

Thanks!

Hello,

In addition to everyone's posts, this will show you some ways to improve the performance of Vista to.

Speed Up the Performance of Vista

Shawn