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10-06-2008
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| | Problem upgrading to Vista on Sony Vaio laptop My laptop came with XP but with a Vista upgrade disk. I finally decided to do the upgrade and am having real problems. While the computer is light on processing power and memory (1 gig), it is supposed to run Vista. However, I find that it has stalled to a crawl because my processor is always running at 100% while the memory is only in the 60% range. However, in SAFE MODE, the processor only runs at 20%. So I assume something is being loaded that is killing the processor. I also found that, somewhere in the normal bootup process, the processor usage jumpted from 60% to 100%. How do I find out what the problem is. Does Vista have diagnostics that shows how much processor power each process uses? Or is there a way I can load one file at a time while watching the processor meter to see where it jumps? If I can't fix this issue, I'll plan to go back to XP. Thank you. |
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10-06-2008
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| VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64/ 7 x64 / 7x86 | Re: Problem upgrading to Vista on Sony Vaio laptop  Quote: Originally Posted by its_my_dime  My laptop came with XP but with a Vista upgrade disk. I finally decided to do the upgrade and am having real problems. While the computer is light on processing power and memory (1 gig), it is supposed to run Vista. However, I find that it has stalled to a crawl because my processor is always running at 100% while the memory is only in the 60% range. However, in SAFE MODE, the processor only runs at 20%. So I assume something is being loaded that is killing the processor. I also found that, somewhere in the normal bootup process, the processor usage jumpted from 60% to 100%. How do I find out what the problem is. Does Vista have diagnostics that shows how much processor power each process uses? Or is there a way I can load one file at a time while watching the processor meter to see where it jumps? If I can't fix this issue, I'll plan to go back to XP. Thank you. You might have a look under the processes tab in Task Manager and see if that reveals anything Task Manager - Open and Close Applications and Processes Hope it helps SIW2 |
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10-06-2008
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| | Re: Problem upgrading to Vista on Sony Vaio laptop "SIW2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:fed08dfd2dcd74cfe4c5616edff42b5b@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > its_my_dime;854447 Wrote: Quote: >> My laptop came with XP but with a Vista upgrade disk. I finally decided >> to >> do the upgrade and am having real problems. >> >> While the computer is light on processing power and memory (1 gig), it >> is >> supposed to run Vista. However, I find that it has stalled to a crawl >> because my processor is always running at 100% while the memory is only >> in >> the 60% range. However, in SAFE MODE, the processor only runs at 20%. >> So I >> assume something is being loaded that is killing the processor. I also >> found that, somewhere in the normal bootup process, the processor usage >> jumpted from 60% to 100%. >> >> How do I find out what the problem is. Does Vista have diagnostics >> that >> shows how much processor power each process uses? Or is there a way I >> can >> load one file at a time while watching the processor meter to see where >> it >> jumps? >> >> If I can't fix this issue, I'll plan to go back to XP. >> >> Thank you. > Hi, > > You might have a look under the processes tab in Task Manager and see > if that reveals anything > > Task Manager - Open and Close Applications and Processes > > Hope it helps > > SIW2 > > > -- application, an Intel that leads to a file called ZCfgSvc.exe. I don't know if this is something Vista needs, but I've disabled it and the CPU usage has dropped from 100% to 20%!! Thank you. |
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10-07-2008
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| VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64/ 7 x64 / 7x86 | Re: Problem upgrading to Vista on Sony Vaio laptop Quote: Originally Posted by its_my_dime "SIW2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:fed08dfd2dcd74cfe4c5616edff42b5b@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > its_my_dime;854447 Wrote: Quote: >> My laptop came with XP but with a Vista upgrade disk. I finally decided >> to >> do the upgrade and am having real problems. >> >> While the computer is light on processing power and memory (1 gig), it >> is >> supposed to run Vista. However, I find that it has stalled to a crawl >> because my processor is always running at 100% while the memory is only >> in >> the 60% range. However, in SAFE MODE, the processor only runs at 20%. >> So I >> assume something is being loaded that is killing the processor. I also >> found that, somewhere in the normal bootup process, the processor usage >> jumpted from 60% to 100%. >> >> How do I find out what the problem is. Does Vista have diagnostics >> that >> shows how much processor power each process uses? Or is there a way I >> can >> load one file at a time while watching the processor meter to see where >> it >> jumps? >> >> If I can't fix this issue, I'll plan to go back to XP. >> >> Thank you. > Hi, > > You might have a look under the processes tab in Task Manager and see > if that reveals anything > > Task Manager - Open and Close Applications and Processes > > Hope it helps > > SIW2 > > > -- application, an Intel that leads to a file called ZCfgSvc.exe. I don't know if this is something Vista needs, but I've disabled it and the CPU usage has dropped from 100% to 20%!! Thank you. That has known compatibility issues with Vista. Part of Intel utilities for some of their wireless network cards. Suggest you check for new drivers with your laptop manufacturer and Intel . Download Software, Drivers and Utilities Glad it's running better now SIW2  |
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