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Windows Vista VISTA go slow

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by Deejay1975, 2011/01/17.

  1. 2011/01/17
    Deejay1975

    Deejay1975 Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi BBS,

    My other half is running Vista on an ASUS X58L laptop and it's running like a complete dog. :mad:

    Can you offer some advise on what could be causing this?

    Thx
     
  2. 2011/01/17
    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Hi Deejay1975. Try following these steps to help make the labtop run faster and more efficiently.

    1. Click Start< Control Panel< Uninstall a Progam and uninstall any programs that you don't use.
    2. In Control Panel under Programs and Features click the link that says Turn Windows Features On or Off and uncheck all the checkboxes except for Games, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Windows Ultimate Extras and click ok when you are done. (If you use a Windows Feature that is listed then don't uncheck its checkbox)
    3. Download and run ATF Cleaner and select all the checkboxes in the program then hit the empty selected button, ATF Cleaner.
    4. Run Disk Cleanup. Click Start< All Programs< Accessories< System Tools< Right click Disk Cleanup and select Run as Administrator. Once Disk Cleanup finishes calculating how much space it can free up make sure that all the checkboxes are selected except for Hibernation Cleaner. Once all of those checkboxes are selected click the More Options tab and under System Restore and Shadow Copies click the Cleanup button. Click Clean up to delete all of the old System Restore points. Once thats done click the Ok button to perform the requested actions and click Yes when prompted to allow Disk Cleanup to remove unnecessary files on the computer.
    5. Disable any Windows Services that you don't use by following Black Vipers Services Guide.
    5. Download and run Auslogics Disk Defrag from here, Auslogics Disk Defrag.
    6. Download and run Quicksys RegDefrag from here, Quicksys RegDefrag.
    7. Download and run Autoruns from here. When you open the program click the Logon Tab and remove any programs that you don't need to startup with your computer.
    8. Does the computer have Windows Vista Service Pack 2 installed? If it doesn't then you should install it since the service pack will fix bugs in Vista and speed up the operating system. Download it from here.
    9. Could you let me know what security programs you have installed?

    Let me know if the computer is any faster after performing the above steps. :)

    Also please enter your System Details. It helps us in answering your questions.

    Note: A common error is to forget to show your System Details in your profile:

    Make sure to do the above when entering your System Details, thanks.
     
    Last edited: 2011/01/17
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