Vista - Vista build 5744 now pausing

Same long pauses happened to me with RC2 build. A day after installing and
then installing Office + Tech refresh my typing ground to a hault at times.
It was so bad of for me I went back to RC1. I didn't have black screens but
did have resolution problems which I don't have with RC1.

RC2 brought a few more bugs for me and pausing definitely was one of them. I
would have worked with the others but not being able to type quickly drove me
crazy

"Graham7" wrote:

> Vista is pausing for 10-20 second intervals, especially when using Word or
> Excel 2007 tech refresh version. The only new software installed this week
> was two old games the next tetris and total annihilation:Kingdoms. However
> the screen going black randomly for 1-2 seconds has stopped... anyone else
> noting this pause behavior?
>

I had pausing issues in the beginning but after a few days, it stopped. RC2
is pretty impressive.

Make sure you have the latest video drivers. Woundn't suprise me if
Microsoft isn't collecting info the 1st fews of installing RC2.

"pippin" <pippin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7ED7B0A8-FA95-4A12-AB90-1B320128834C@microsoft.com...
> Same long pauses happened to me with RC2 build. A day after installing and
> then installing Office + Tech refresh my typing ground to a hault at
> times.
> It was so bad of for me I went back to RC1. I didn't have black screens
> but
> did have resolution problems which I don't have with RC1.
>
> RC2 brought a few more bugs for me and pausing definitely was one of them.
> I
> would have worked with the others but not being able to type quickly drove
> me
> crazy
>
> "Graham7" wrote:
>
>> Vista is pausing for 10-20 second intervals, especially when using Word
>> or
>> Excel 2007 tech refresh version. The only new software installed this
>> week
>> was two old games the next tetris and total annihilation:Kingdoms.
>> However
>> the screen going black randomly for 1-2 seconds has stopped... anyone
>> else
>> noting this pause behavior?
>>

was your slow down issues really bad for the first few days with RC2?
I didn't even hit anything like the slow down with beta2 pre-RC1 or RC1
itself. RC1 is working even better since the clean install again although I
was annoyed with myself that RC2 didn't work out for me. I was frustrated as
the computer installed on is above any minimum spec shown for the final
release. If this had been my first install I would have given up, perhaps I
was too hopeful that RC2 would have whizzed for me especiallly when the
actual install didn't hang

As soon as I loaded RC1 again my resolution was perfect, your point is
interesting that RC2 may not have loaded the best drivers for my Nvidia card
despite having them for RC1.

I downloaded Nvidia's beta driver after I had reverted but still have the
driver and will try this if I think the sloooooooooooow down in typing or
doing most things would correct itself. Maybe then see RC2 before we can no
longer run Vista.
I did notice an 'odd bit' on the black screen when loading which looked to
be a grahic issue - it vanished with RC1 again.

apologies to Graham for the extra help I have had in his post.
back to the pausing issues Graham has (& I had with RC2)

"Yoshi" wrote:

> I had pausing issues in the beginning but after a few days, it stopped. RC2
> is pretty impressive.
>
> Make sure you have the latest video drivers. Woundn't suprise me if
> Microsoft isn't collecting info the 1st fews of installing RC2.
>
> "pippin" <pippin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7ED7B0A8-FA95-4A12-AB90-1B320128834C@microsoft.com...
> > Same long pauses happened to me with RC2 build. A day after installing and
> > then installing Office + Tech refresh my typing ground to a hault at
> > times.
> > It was so bad of for me I went back to RC1. I didn't have black screens
> > but
> > did have resolution problems which I don't have with RC1.
> >
> > RC2 brought a few more bugs for me and pausing definitely was one of them.
> > I
> > would have worked with the others but not being able to type quickly drove
> > me
> > crazy
> >
> > "Graham7" wrote:
> >
> >> Vista is pausing for 10-20 second intervals, especially when using Word
> >> or
> >> Excel 2007 tech refresh version. The only new software installed this
> >> week
> >> was two old games the next tetris and total annihilation:Kingdoms.
> >> However
> >> the screen going black randomly for 1-2 seconds has stopped... anyone
> >> else
> >> noting this pause behavior?
> >>
>

You might want to correct your day and time , Its not sunday 2"35 am as of
yet

"Graham7" <upshallg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:95CAE5A4-72B6-4761-91BE-A57D653E1175@microsoft.com...
> Vista is pausing for 10-20 second intervals, especially when using Word or
> Excel 2007 tech refresh version. The only new software installed this week
> was two old games the next tetris and total annihilation:Kingdoms. However
> the screen going black randomly for 1-2 seconds has stopped... anyone else
> noting this pause behavior?

Yes. When I first installed RC2, it was very fast. Then I noticed it was
updating using Windows update. Initially, I thought maybe that was causing
it to slow down/pause. I was very frusterated but stuck with it (because of
initial fast response). I posted in the newsgroup about how slow it was and
got a response that it could be my NVIDIA driver. I tried installing the
Vista Beta drivers from NVIDIA but had some problems getting it to install.
I finally did some research and found someone that posted how to install the
NVIDIA GO beta drivers. I finally got the latest driver to install and now
Vista runs like a champ. I honestly believe it's faster than XP.

Also, I decided to clean my fan because my cpu was running very hot. After
the cleaning, I reduced the cpu temp my 10 degrees believe it or not.

I am runing Vista RC2 as my production OS. I have complete confidence that I
will not have any issues.

Hope this helps...


"pippin" <pippin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94DC6739-6369-4394-836A-A7E290E7EFC5@microsoft.com...
> was your slow down issues really bad for the first few days with RC2?
> I didn't even hit anything like the slow down with beta2 pre-RC1 or RC1
> itself. RC1 is working even better since the clean install again although
> I
> was annoyed with myself that RC2 didn't work out for me. I was frustrated
> as
> the computer installed on is above any minimum spec shown for the final
> release. If this had been my first install I would have given up, perhaps
> I
> was too hopeful that RC2 would have whizzed for me especiallly when the
> actual install didn't hang
>
> As soon as I loaded RC1 again my resolution was perfect, your point is
> interesting that RC2 may not have loaded the best drivers for my Nvidia
> card
> despite having them for RC1.
>
> I downloaded Nvidia's beta driver after I had reverted but still have the
> driver and will try this if I think the sloooooooooooow down in typing or
> doing most things would correct itself. Maybe then see RC2 before we can
> no
> longer run Vista.
> I did notice an 'odd bit' on the black screen when loading which looked to
> be a grahic issue - it vanished with RC1 again.
>
> apologies to Graham for the extra help I have had in his post.
> back to the pausing issues Graham has (& I had with RC2)
>
> "Yoshi" wrote:
>
>> I had pausing issues in the beginning but after a few days, it stopped.
>> RC2
>> is pretty impressive.
>>
>> Make sure you have the latest video drivers. Woundn't suprise me if
>> Microsoft isn't collecting info the 1st fews of installing RC2.
>>
>> "pippin" <pippin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7ED7B0A8-FA95-4A12-AB90-1B320128834C@microsoft.com...
>> > Same long pauses happened to me with RC2 build. A day after installing
>> > and
>> > then installing Office + Tech refresh my typing ground to a hault at
>> > times.
>> > It was so bad of for me I went back to RC1. I didn't have black screens
>> > but
>> > did have resolution problems which I don't have with RC1.
>> >
>> > RC2 brought a few more bugs for me and pausing definitely was one of
>> > them.
>> > I
>> > would have worked with the others but not being able to type quickly
>> > drove
>> > me
>> > crazy
>> >
>> > "Graham7" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Vista is pausing for 10-20 second intervals, especially when using
>> >> Word
>> >> or
>> >> Excel 2007 tech refresh version. The only new software installed this
>> >> week
>> >> was two old games the next tetris and total annihilation:Kingdoms.
>> >> However
>> >> the screen going black randomly for 1-2 seconds has stopped... anyone
>> >> else
>> >> noting this pause behavior?
>> >>
>>

Vista is pausing for 10-20 second intervals, especially when using Word or
Excel 2007 tech refresh version. The only new software installed this week
was two old games the next tetris and total annihilation:Kingdoms. However
the screen going black randomly for 1-2 seconds has stopped... anyone else
noting this pause behavior?

Yoshi, thank you very much I will research further for the way to install
Nvidia drivers for my 7900GTX card and then perhaps I will be able to install
RC2 again and enjoy the new benefits over the RC1 install. I would try asap
but have to consider the whole install of Office + tech refresh on a clean
install & I do like Office 2007.

I will make sure I know what I am doing before a format of the setup I have
at the moment but this information will be very helpful especially if
something untoward should happen to my current install at least then I will
have a clear option to try Rc2 again hopefully without the pauses. I am
almost sure it was the GC drivers in my case too. Thank you a little more
research now as GC drivers are the one area in XP also which I am always
cautious about updating. Vista betas have taught me a ot which I never would
have tried on my main PC install.

"Yoshi" wrote:

> Yes. When I first installed RC2, it was very fast. Then I noticed it was
> updating using Windows update. Initially, I thought maybe that was causing
> it to slow down/pause. I was very frusterated but stuck with it (because of
> initial fast response). I posted in the newsgroup about how slow it was and
> got a response that it could be my NVIDIA driver. I tried installing the
> Vista Beta drivers from NVIDIA but had some problems getting it to install.
> I finally did some research and found someone that posted how to install the
> NVIDIA GO beta drivers. I finally got the latest driver to install and now
> Vista runs like a champ. I honestly believe it's faster than XP.
>
> Also, I decided to clean my fan because my cpu was running very hot. After
> the cleaning, I reduced the cpu temp my 10 degrees believe it or not.
>
> I am runing Vista RC2 as my production OS. I have complete confidence that I
> will not have any issues.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
>
> "pippin" <pippin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:94DC6739-6369-4394-836A-A7E290E7EFC5@microsoft.com...
> > was your slow down issues really bad for the first few days with RC2?
> > I didn't even hit anything like the slow down with beta2 pre-RC1 or RC1
> > itself. RC1 is working even better since the clean install again although
> > I
> > was annoyed with myself that RC2 didn't work out for me. I was frustrated
> > as
> > the computer installed on is above any minimum spec shown for the final
> > release. If this had been my first install I would have given up, perhaps
> > I
> > was too hopeful that RC2 would have whizzed for me especiallly when the
> > actual install didn't hang
> >
> > As soon as I loaded RC1 again my resolution was perfect, your point is
> > interesting that RC2 may not have loaded the best drivers for my Nvidia
> > card
> > despite having them for RC1.
> >
> > I downloaded Nvidia's beta driver after I had reverted but still have the
> > driver and will try this if I think the sloooooooooooow down in typing or
> > doing most things would correct itself. Maybe then see RC2 before we can
> > no
> > longer run Vista.
> > I did notice an 'odd bit' on the black screen when loading which looked to
> > be a grahic issue - it vanished with RC1 again.
> >
> > apologies to Graham for the extra help I have had in his post.
> > back to the pausing issues Graham has (& I had with RC2)
> >
> > "Yoshi" wrote:
> >
> >> I had pausing issues in the beginning but after a few days, it stopped.
> >> RC2
> >> is pretty impressive.
> >>
> >> Make sure you have the latest video drivers. Woundn't suprise me if
> >> Microsoft isn't collecting info the 1st fews of installing RC2.
> >>
> >> "pippin" <pippin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:7ED7B0A8-FA95-4A12-AB90-1B320128834C@microsoft.com...
> >> > Same long pauses happened to me with RC2 build. A day after installing
> >> > and
> >> > then installing Office + Tech refresh my typing ground to a hault at
> >> > times.
> >> > It was so bad of for me I went back to RC1. I didn't have black screens
> >> > but
> >> > did have resolution problems which I don't have with RC1.
> >> >
> >> > RC2 brought a few more bugs for me and pausing definitely was one of
> >> > them.
> >> > I
> >> > would have worked with the others but not being able to type quickly
> >> > drove
> >> > me
> >> > crazy
> >> >
> >> > "Graham7" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Vista is pausing for 10-20 second intervals, especially when using
> >> >> Word
> >> >> or
> >> >> Excel 2007 tech refresh version. The only new software installed this
> >> >> week
> >> >> was two old games the next tetris and total annihilation:Kingdoms.
> >> >> However
> >> >> the screen going black randomly for 1-2 seconds has stopped... anyone
> >> >> else
> >> >> noting this pause behavior?
> >> >>
> >>
>

heh re time of posting... it was in my part of the world, its now mid Sunday
morning in Australia!

but back to the issue at hand, the first two weeks with RC2 were great, aero
works great on the intel 945GM, and everything else seems ok... I have
connected to the internet using a LAN, wireless connections and a USB
broadband card, all is well except this pausing phenomenon. that has only
started over the past two days. Fan activity is a lot less than under beta,
i did not install RC1 as the DVD arrived after I had downloaded RC2...

I have not had any black screens since the pausing activity has
commenced....

update only indicates defender definitions, no sign of mSoft installing any
other code on the computer...

"RoadRunner" <watda****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ONY3WKT9GHA.3384@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> You might want to correct your day and time , Its not sunday 2"35 am as of
> yet
>
> "Graham7" <upshallg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:95CAE5A4-72B6-4761-91BE-A57D653E1175@microsoft.com...
>> Vista is pausing for 10-20 second intervals, especially when using Word
>> or Excel 2007 tech refresh version. The only new software installed this
>> week was two old games the next tetris and total annihilation:Kingdoms.
>> However the screen going black randomly for 1-2 seconds has stopped...
>> anyone else noting this pause behavior?
>
>