Extremely slow downloads from Microsoft
Lately while trying to download updates or software like IE8 I've been getting really slow downloads on average between...
Open windows slow to close
Since finally getting all the Vista updates to successfully install, there seems to be some sort of delay between click...
Slow Internet Cooection Sharing Sppeds
Hello All:I have a Compaq Laptop running Vista Home Premium SP1 connected to an IBM Thinkpad running XP Prol SP1 using '...
Slow file transfers?
I have a home network built around an SMC Gigabit switch. I have two VISTA machines on the network. When I copy a &quo...
very slow dvd burning on my dell 1520 inspiron vista laptop
hi! i don't know what happened, my dvd burner was ok... but now i can't burn even 1 dvd it's very verrrrrry slow. more t...
Slow Boot Time on new computer running Vista Ultimate x64
I've recently put together a new computer using these parts:E8400 CPU OC @ 3.6 Ghz Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R with latest BIO...
Vista 64 Ultimate slow bootup
I have a pc that has been booting slow and I checked in the performance area and found two issues effecting the system....
Moving from folder to folder slow
Hello AllI've been reading a bunch of posts here about this problem. It takes a few seconds to move from one folder to a...
Firefox 3.0.3 + Search Engines (Google etc.) + Vista = Slow
Hi,I have Firefox 3.0.3 on Vista Ultimate. It was working fine until recently but now I have noticed that links from se...
Vista 64 Network Share Perfromance SLOW!!!
I can connect from a Windows XP to a Windows Vista x64 shared folder and copy a 1K file in a matter of milliseconds! Whe...
USB so slow + DVD backup
X- post: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general + microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices FU2: microsoft.public....
Speech Recognition slow
I have a Dell Dimension E521 with an AMD 3200+ processor and 4 GB of RAM. When I run Speech Recognition, using a Plant...
Vista slow wifi LAN transfers
A few months back I had to switch to Vista on a replacement laptop (Samsung Q45). The performance is fine as is the RJ...
Vista Search slow to access Outlook 2007 email & RSS
I installed the update to WDS 4.0 and it's great. There is a performance issue I am having with outlook 2007. If I op...
Slow internet with Windows Vista
I am getting very frustrated with slow downloads, even a jpg file takes forever to open when I visit a blog site. I ca...
Very slow home network access, explorer freezes
I've got the following system setup:Dell Studio Laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium. Home wired & wireless net...
Slow bootup!
Hey guysTo start off, my specs are: Gigabyte MA770-UD3 AMD Phenom II X4 940 6gb 800mhz ram 8600 GT XXX Zalman Fanksink 6...
after installing SP1 displaying networkdrive is very slow
after i installed sp1 on my system displaying the contents of a sbs2003 network directory is verry slow. This problem o...
All program installation are very slow
Hello, I recently used a 3rd party uninstaller (Revo Uninstaller) to uninstall a program that I had installed on my comp...
VNC Runs really slow on my Vista64 box?
Hi there...I am having trouble getting VNC to run in vista64. I have it installed on a few XP systems and a few vista 64...
slow switching>
Live mail use to work much quicker. seems to really dog down when I change account or news group. It is really noticeab...
System Restore really really slow!!
When I select Restore it takes approximately 3 minutes before the selection screen appears. Is this normal time??TIA...
Good system booting extremly slow
Hi, I have a Windows Vista x64. I never really minded the boot time since I would walk away when it boots. But when i re...
very slow file copy disk to disk
-- vista32bit ultimate.2x750gb sata hdd. 4gb ddr3 ram.intelquad core q9550 2.83ghz cpu 1330fsb asus mobo ..and OC...I h...
Vista .make the vfp program very slow
I got a vfp application (place in the server ) the system will share one folder (which place the database) all the PC wi...
Slow new message
Hey! When I want to send a message to a contact , selecting "to", WM takes about 15 seconds to show me the l...
Neewsgroups: Mark All As Read extremely slow
If I try "Mark All As Read" for a newsgroup it takes FOREVER to finish. However if I Ctrl-A and Mark As Read ...
Dell Precision 670 slow frame rates with several video cards
I've had a Dell Precision 670 for several years now. It originally came with a NVIDIA Quadro 3450 video card which died...
Windows Live slow deleting mail and slow overall -- help!
I'm having issues with WLM. Example, when deleting a message it just sits there, if I click on the next message I get ...
Slow due to unavailable network
I am using Vista Home Premium 64-Bit. There are several other PCs mounted via LAN. Some with Map Network Drive and some...
diablo ii running slow with vista
I'm having a big problem with diablo 2 in vista, it was running great until i sent it back to hp for problems, got it ba...
UAC Prompt Very slow to display
Hi,I have been having this problem for a number of weeks, and it started about the second day after installing Vista. My...
SOLUTION: Windows Vista Very Slow.. Locking Up.. Freezing
I had read somewhere where Windows Vista cannot manage large files as XP could.. and that a large addressbook would kil...
Slow Shared Printer - Extrememly Slow Shared Printer
Problem: 1) Extremely slow shared printer response 2) application nonresponsive while printingNetwork Topography: 1 V...
slow connection times/ d drive full
i recently got my computor rebooted by pc world, it is back to factory settings. I did this as my internet stopped work...
IE7 & IE8 Slow Loading
My browser, and it doesn't matter which version, loads real slow. After loaded it loads web pages fairly fast. But it...
Mail is super slow
I just got a new laptop running Vista. I imported my large, Outlook Express address book and thousands of old emails in...
slow boot 195 sec. windows update KB954430?
For the last few days my 'pc' (http://www.vistax64.com/#) takes three and half minutes to load. I did have the windows u...
way TOO slow
Vista 64 home premium is suddenly very slow, too slow to the point of programs not even launching.When trying to start ...
Vista x64 Horribly Choppy and Slow
Alright So I just recently built a new Machine with vista 64 bit home premium and I'm having all kinds of speed issues. ...
Very Slow Broswer , Help!
Hi everyone, for the past few mounths my Inernet Explorer has been preforming very slow lately, somtimes it will just fa...
vista entirely acting slow and choppy with everything i do!!
hey everyone!=) im new to this forum and im wondering if anyone can help me with a problem i have.i recently *installed ...
Printer selection very slow
I am running Vista Home Premium on a new desktop with Intel, 3gb ram and a 500gb drive. Everything seems fine except fo...
Slow Boot Problem
I know its an age old problem, but this is baffling me.My computers clean, defragged and running fine. But booting takes...
Slow boot first time in the morning
My problem is more than just slow boot. It takes about 2 minutes to boot to all my startup programs. However, for the n...
Slow Reads on HD in Vista
I haven't been able to find a post that describes my problem, and it's a strange one.I've got a problem with disk READS ...
Vista & Server 2003 - slow access on network shares
Running Vista SP1 on a few PC's. The file access to network shares is ALOT slower than it was with XP. We are running ...
winmail is very slow when the reply?
Help me winmail is very slow when the reply!The longer the message back to the more slow response to rewrite the title ...
Slow Wifi Transfer But / Faster Wifi Internet
Greetings,I have a Wifi Router/Modem to connect to the internet, and to connect my Vista Laptop (Wifi g all the time) t...
windows explorer slow
Windows explorer hour glass/vista circle icon is on and explorer is not responding.I have multiple drive mapped and add...
Add to favorites - slow?
There's a one to two second delay when I "add to favorites". Is this normal in Vista?Note that I store my favo...
Slow internet speed with Vista
I have a fairly new Acer Windows Vista Laptop that seemed to be dissconecting from the internet ever few minutes which ...
Drivers not loading; slow boot
Hi all,Vista Home Premium, 1.8 GHz Intel Duo Core 4300, 2Gb, 1000+ GB working fine albeit a bit sluggish after a year. S...
Windows Mail- Create Mail and Contacts Slow to Load
Issues: 1. Opening Create Mail and Contacts slow to load.Condition: Condition present after inmporting *.wab folder fr...
To: button very slow
Everything in Windows Mail is working great except the to: button when creating new email. When pressed the window pops...
Excel and Word Files Open Slow in Vista
Why is it that when I open associated files for Office 2007 (.xlsx and .docx) that they open slow (approx 15 seconds). ...
Whenever it opens up something..its slow.
Ok whenever i click on something like 'My Computer'.. it goes really slow. When i gotthe laptop it wasn't that slow :mad...
Very Slow printing my network printer
Hello!I have problem when i try printing any computers my home network to konica minolta 1300w laser printer.I have hom...
100Mbps Enet is very slow - how to debug?
WinXP desktop and Vista laptop, connected via Enet ADSL modem+switch. Backing up to the desktop takes many hours even ...
slow wireless
Hi - Just got a new PC with Vista and am having trouble with wireless. Although connection to the net is fine via the e...
Vista slow with Verizon usb card
My sony vaio is super slow with upload and download speeds on wireless card, and rebuffs videos every 2 seconds,replace...
Very slow menus in Vista
My start menu and sub menus are sometimes very slow to open. When they open they are empty then take about a second or 2...
General system slow down issue
- Vista Ultimate SP-2 (all current updates) - AMD 64 X2 6000+ - 4 gigs PC6400 RAMI am experiencing a general slow down o...
Vista slow to reconnect network after sleep
I have a whitebox with an AMD Athlon 3000+ processor and an Asus K8U-X mainboard. I'm running Windows Vista Premium x64....
Slow Typing in Office 2007
I notice that the keyboard response in Office 2007 is lagging. It is fine in other applications.This is brand new build...
Laptop Slow to Power Off
I have a brand new HP laptop dv7-1007TX with Vista Home Premium. At times the power and all lights stay on for a couple...
Internet browsing ( Firefox, IE ) is slow- Vista 64 bit
Hey guys,I just got a new Gateway desktop and everything is fine except when I use the internet. Loading pages takes for...
Slow printing, both network and local printer in Vista
I have a laptop (new HP) with Vista Home Premium SP1 preinstalled, 3 GB RAM, 250GB HDD, AMD Turion 64 processor. Using...
Office 2003 & Slow Directory Change
I replaced an older laptop with a new Vista Basic machine and installed my distribution CD with Office 2003. All works ...
Slow browser help--GOOD STUFF!!!
As already noted, dump the registry cleaner/booster. I don't know about UniBlue Speedup, but you could stop using it as...
When i try to reinstall windows vista my computer goes slow.
Well, as you can see in Description then I goes black. It goes to show a mouse. It goes to show chose languge. It goes j...
wlm slow
Compared to wm, wlm starts up later... Once it starts up it is ok, but it feels a bit clumsy, bulky... (on a core 2 duo ...
Slow contacts list.
Lately, when I forward or send email, the contacts list will take up to ten seconds to load. Even when I just try to o...
VISTA very slow on shut down
Had a mouse and keyboard problem, that seems to be fine now.I also went into msconfig or whatever they call it in vista ...
Parental Control = IE7 very Slow
I have turned on Parental control into 2 kids accounts, and disabled almost all programs except a bunch of programs lik...
vista indexing slow network drives?
I'm running Windows Vista Business SP1.I browsed to a file share on a samba server that is at a remote site, reachable b...
slow between newsgroups
I use Windows Mail for reading groups and I find it takes quite a while (at times up to 30 seconds) when going from a n...
Need help about Vista desktop boots slow
When I restarted my computer, the desktop loads extremely slow like 3-4 minutes. I could not do anything but wait. My ...
Ok Please help windows vista startup vary SLOW!
Ok recently my windows vista pc has been taking forever to startup and i did some research on this and found out how to ...
slow-file transfer
I have been struggling for months now with slow file transfer (Vista Home Premium SP1 to Vista Home Premium SP1). Curr...
Typing in web email is very slow
Hi, I purchased a new Dell laptop with inbuilt Vista 32 bit. When ever I type emails in web based like hotmail and yaho...
my hp pavillion dv6000 is runing slow
about amost a year ago i bought an hp pavillion dv6000 and i had no problems with it until i accendently wanted to refor...
Vista sp1 - mail - Slow to swap between news accounts.
I have 3 news accounts ( teranews,microsoft communities and my isp's news account. Theres always been a momentary lag ...
re slow internet-earlier post
many thanks to everyone who replied recieved some helpfull suggestions one of which was to switch to firefox i have bee...
Vista EnumPrinters level 1 is awfully slow?
Hi,I am using EnumPrinters with level 1. It returns in less than a second on my home network (2 pcs, 1 XPPRO and 1 Vista...
Peer-to-Peer recognition "slow" on Home LAN
I've just set up first network with one WIN98SE PC, one network storage adapter connecting USB HDD, two Vista laptops a...
Windows Mail under Vista 64 very slow, freezing system
does anyone know of a way to optimize Vista 64 so that Vista mail does not hang up and freeze the system? Main freeze...
Slow and sluggish
Just bought a new HP Laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium, 3GB of RAM and a AMD Turion x2 Dual Core Mobile ZM-80. It ...
File DVD Loading Very Slow
Vista Ultimate SP1 with all recommended updates.Occasionally, Explorer seems to go into a loop when I load a DL DVD and ...
Slow transition from one HDD to another License Issue
I am running a 16 MD cache with Ultimate and want to rebuild a new HDD - same Vista license - with a 32 MB cache. I li...
Why would Vista be so slow?
I am concerned about two specific operations which are extremely slow.1. I went to burn a Utility CD with about 200 MB ...
POST beep - slow ?
I use a Sony desktop Pentium D now 3.5 years old. I really like it as its very very quiet. Recently, during the prep ...
rename large html file is very slow
Hi.I have this issue. I downloaded a large file in chunks from rapidshare. The file is named a.part1.rar.html to a.par...
Vista Home Premium 64 - terribly slow internet
Hello all...I just bought a new Asus laptop - Centrino 2, 4GB RAM, 1GB 9600M...and the dreaded Windows Vista 64 bit.The ...
How do I diagnose a slow Vista Home Basic machine?
A friend found out that I have a Vista computer so he brought me his wife's computer to find out why it is so slow. I ...
Slow boot.
I am running Vista Home Basic on an HP Presario with 2 GB of RAM. A few days ago I installed an HP Deskjet F4280 all i...
Slow keyboard after upgrade to Vista/IE8
After upgrading to Vista X64 from XP, as well as to IE8, my keyboard can't keep up. Worse on some websites (like bankin...
Vista install slow and will not complete
Hi, about a week ago I decided to do a clean install of Vista to replace my XP and Ubuntu. After formatting my drive and...
Windows slow to show "undlivered mail"
Hi all:I have recently noticed that any email I send that is "undelivered" ex. (I typed in the wrong email add...
My Vista is Slow During Fast Downloads
I'm running a pretty new laptop: Vista Home Premium on a Core 2 Duo (1.83 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 FSB) with 3GB RAM. Wh...
Vista Boot slow
Vista used to boot up very quickly. Now it spends ages on the page with the "loading" bar. Is it performing so...
Slow windows explorer
I open a file in my public directory. This is on the C drive on my local Vista Premium 64 machine. The green bar slow...
IE 8 too slow / wish to revert to IE 7
I have have continuous slow response in loading of web pages since install IE 8.Am running on a 5 meg internet connecti...
internet slow
hi i am having a real headache at the moment trying to connect to web sites every time i try to open up a page it takes...
Printer slow to print
I installed my Brother MFC9700 on this Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1. Since this new HP machine does not have...
slow start up/booting vista 64
it takes 52 secs for my laptop vista 64 Home Premium to pop the log in screen & 58 after log in to load 8 start up p...
Slow Computer and Error Message
Hi everyone,I have a problem on my laptop which is making it run very slow. I have Vista Home Premium.I will admit to ...
Certain operations EXTREMELY slow on 64 bit Vista Premium: o
Certain operations are extemely slow. After I choose the command or menu item, the progress bar freezes about at the 50...
vista explorer is SLOW
Can some one give me ideas why Vista explorer is way slower then XP? Same network configuration, same location, same bas...
Slow Internet Connection, HELP
HeyVista Home, I guess it's an Acer Laptop, (don't have the computer in front of me now)My girlfriend has a got a new IS...
Slow Boot- Black Screen- Takes FOREVER
Toshiba Satellite 320gb 4gb 64-BitHave all updates done. AVG clean, no ad-adware. Have startup programs under msconfig ...
Internet Prolem - Fast connection but slow internet
Hi, I have a Toshiba Equium P200 connected via wireless to a BT HomehubFor the last 2 days ive had horribly slow interne...
My Vista Explorer is so slow
A while back, when SP1 was available, I did a clean load of Vista with SP1. Opening my explorer was nearly instant and ...
SD Memory and Memory Stick Slow and Errors
I have a new HP Compaq Presario PC (SR5448F) computer runnung Vista. When I insert a SD card from my Camera into the SD...
Very slow Epson printer?
::All phases of the printer operation run very slowly with all programs. It is a matter of Click and wait for probably o...
E-MAIL SLOW SOMETIMES NO RESPONSE HAVE TO CLICK 2 -3 TIM
slow GET NON RESPONSIVE COPY AFTER SECOND OR THIIRD CLICK FINALLY COMES AROUND BUT TAKES 30-45 SECONDS WHAT IS...
My laptop is slow, how do I delete rubbish from the harddriv
My laptop is stupidly slow and everytime I use it it would either lag, not respond, or take more than a minute to load u...
Hp Laptop running slow
*HP Latop & Dell Desktop* Guys, I have a HP Laptop running Vista and it is running slow. It is on a home network...
HELP!!!! Safari for Vista just got SLOW after recent Vista u
I just installed the latest updates to my Vista 2 days ago. Now my Safari for Vista is taking a ridiculous time to star...
very slow ide DVD read in vista x64
::I installed vista x64 ultimate RC1 on a Gigabyte E45-UD3R motherboard with 8 megs of RAM. Everything seems to be work...
Slow transfer
HiI have Vista Ultimate networked to a XP Pro through a Speedstream Ethernet Modem/Router which is said to be a 100MB/Se...
Slow connecting to shared folder over network
Just ran into this after getting my new laptop and trying to transfer files from the desktop to the laptop.Problem: Conn...
Windows Vista too slow
HiWindows Vista is running too slow for a few days. I checked for spy ware using Malware Byte but none found. The CPU s...
as big as a whale a slow as a turtle as dumb as frank
"as big as a whale, as slow as a turtle, as dumb as frank"That's Vista of course! Perfect description!...
Vista's boot time suddenly slow
Hello,my Vista booted with scrolling the green thingy about 7 times. Yesterday, all of a sudden, it started to boot with...
Slow Access to Certain Start Menu Items
There's a couple of folders in my start menu that take more than 30 seconds to expand. One folder takes over a minute t...
Slow login
I have a user on a laptop that seems to take 3 - 4 minutes from after entering his password till he gets his desktop. ...
Extremely Slow fax transmission - Help Please
Dear All,I have a "Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem" connected to Com3 since com1 & com2 are said to be in ...
-> Copy so slow the machine almost freezes. Why? <-
Hi, I have copied a 9.8Gb data file from my former laptop under XP Pro SP3 onto an external USB2 hard disk. This took 8 ...
Very slow modem - Please Help
Dear All,I have a "Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem" connected to Com3 since com1 & com2 are said to be in...
Discussion Group access via IE8 is slow
Access to all of your discussion groups, not just m.p.w.v.g is generally sluggish. I've been using the groups for seve...
super prefetch causing slow system
Hello, i have got a problem prefetch is giving me a hard time the first 2 minutes after i started up my system. I dont u...
System Resore is verrry slow
I'm running Vista 64 Ultimate (retail version) on a ASUS P5Q Pro with an Intel quad-core processer with 8Gb ram and mult...
Extremely slow shut down
I recently installed Vista Home Premium on my computer. I have no problem with start up but am experiencing a 3 to 5 min...
Slow USB flash drive on Vista
Hello group members,After installation of some software on my fresh install of Vista x86, I have trouble reading and wri...
SOLVED(?) - slow .jpg opening on Vista 64 bit
I'm hoping this solves my problem: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/KB970987...
Slow https on Vista
Have recently installed a handful of Vista machines running IE7 on network. Access to http sites works gret but access ...
Super slow processing when RIPing a cd
I have a vista home premium quar core intel,4GB system . Most often when I am ripping a cd the process flys right thru...
good computer booting slow
Hi, I have a Windows Vista x64. I never really minded the boot time since I would walk away when it boots. But when i re...
Slow printing in Word 2003
Hi I have a problem printing from Word 2003 on a Vista PC. If I send a print job from Word 2003 to a networked HP Colou...
Slow boot up on welcome screen...
Hi, I have had a slight problem with boot up. Everything flies until I get to the welcome screen then it sits there for ...
COD4 Runs slow with lots of lag on Vista 32bit
Machine specs:Intel Quad 2.66 Ghz 4 GB RAM Hard drive: Raid (mirror) 15gb Raptors EVGA NF780i SLI Mobo Dual Nvidia 9800G...
slow, practically frozen
i have 32bit home premium i boot the laptop, click on my user account and the desktop and stuff loads up 10 seconds late...
IE too slow in Vista
hi,i upgraded from XP to Vista a week ago, and IE is now really irritating me.it's so slow, it takes ages to load pages ...
HELP!!! Blank Control Panel, No Admin Tools, EXTREMELY Slow
God, I am getting sick and tired of how crappy Vista is! I used to recommend it to people, but now I wouldn't wish it o...
this room is slow im smiles hi all
im stell tring to do this mail whats a pop 3 got this pc off desply no instrukshions lost with up side down smile...
Slow network browsing in Vista
Hi,Vista Business with SP1 Brand New Dell Latitude D531 with Dual Core Turion CPU and 4GB RAM Computer domain client und...
synchro offline files & folders very slow
Hi evryone I have a laptop with Vista Business SP1, in a AD domain with SBS 2003. When i syncronize the offline files it...
eSata extremely slow.
I am getting eSata transfer rates of _1-2MB/s_.Lacie 4 Big Quadra 4TB (4x1TB) configured by Lacie as RAID 5 with _expect...
Painfully Slow Printing
We are home networked with an XP computer connected to the printer and the router. There are two Vista machines connec...
excrutiatingly slow laptop
I have toshiba satellite 2gb ram 160gb harddrive vista home premium. I turned on my old desktop the other day - it has...
Startup slow
Initial startup of Windows Mail is very slow. Is there some way I can speed this up?Thanks!Charles H. Parker -- mike11...
Slow printing on network and local printer in Vista
I originally posted this 6-24 on only the Vista Printer_fax_scan NG with no response. Multiposted now to broaden the ra...
Slow DVD writer access
Hi AllI have been using Vista for about a year now and have managed to sort out most of the kinks in my system, but one ...
Comodo caused very slow boot up and shut down
Vista 64 bit Avira anti-virus 4gb RAMSince installing Comodo 3.0 on my PC is now taking about 15 minutes to shut down an...
Slow internet
hi i am having a real headache at the moment trying to connect to web sites every time i try to open up a page it takes...
Slow Boot: 2'35" average
VISTA Home Premium, 2GB, Dual Intel 4300, 1.8GHZ, 1000+ GB, SP1slow booting after SP1, showing black screen / no activit...
Windows Vista slow file handling with large numbers of files
Ok this has got to be one of the more annoying problems for me . Even more than the random folder view every time you e...
Copy process becomes dead slow...?
Hi,I have Win Vista Ultimate 32bit. Intel D945GNT Motherboard. Pentium D 3.0 1.50 GB of RAM 160 GB SATA HD.A few days ag...
Slow USB Transfer Rate.
I am a Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 32-bit User with 2.5 GB RAM. It was 1GB (512 + 512) originally, and I upgraded one...
External USB HDD and Slow Boot
Hi there,Unlike XP, my external 250 gb WD HDD slows down vista boot process considerably. Any suggestions? I am really ...
Slow UAC
Hi all,When I run a program as an administrator or when windows needs my permission to run a program "User Access ...
Slow computer - what to do?
My cousin's son got the latest model laptop a few months ago. Running Windows Vista.He was thrilled about it - but now ...
Slow right click and/or copy when accessing memory card
Hi! I suppose that this issue is not new. Vista copying problems are known in general. I have Vista Ultimate SP1 (32bit)...
Vista slow on a network
Hi,The compilation of programs using Borland Delphi 7 in Vista Enterprise (with SP1) takes a lot of time - almost three ...
Slow Printer Speed
I am running Vista Home Premium edition on an Everex stepnote 2053I am connected wirelessly to a router and I have an XP...
No viruses, but web browsing is insanely slow
I recently put together a new Vista Ult. box. Unfortunately soon after it got infected with a strain of Vundo, which I ...
Slow Vista
I just bought a new laptop a Dell XPS 1330, with Vista. And it is slow in launching everything. Once I'm in a program,...
Why is my Windows Vista extremely slow?
My laptop has gotten so slow and I dont know whats causing it and would like to know how to fix it without having to sen...
Vista 64bit very slow WLAN connection
Hi,Hopefully someone could help me and possible people with same problem to solve this problem. I have Vista 64bit with ...
A slow start Jerk Status
Jerk Status ScorecardOnly 3 dumb responses so far. But wait I sure we will see a surge soon....
Why is the Create a new e-mail to very slow£¿
Why is the Create a new e-mail to very slow...
VERY slow to Respond a Mouse
Hi: This morning, it's VERY slow to respond a mouse when I click to either 'close' or 'open' upon clicking 'X' at the f...
Very, very slow printing to network (server based) printer
Vista SP1I have recently started to encounter very, very slow printing to an Epson C88 hanging off LPT1 on my win2003 se...
Re: Slow keyboard after upgrade to Vista/IE8
Just to make sure I understand. Is it correct that the new computer you bought 2 months ago has NEVER worked correctly ...
Windows Mail Slow to respond to commands
Every command in Windows Mail takes about 45-70 seconds to respond...whether it's opening and email, sending a message,...
Any tool to trace and troubleshoot slow name resolutions?
Hi,The name resolution to some pcs in my small workgroup network is very slow. If I add the names in "hosts" f...
vista slow to save
Vista Home Premium Can't find the answer to this - probably because I don't know which key words to use. I have 2-3 ap...
slow Reboot
I was wondering if anyone can help me fix the reboot. If I turned on the computer, it'll work fine but when I reboot t...
why vista is so slow??
Is anyone using svn on vista 64 bit? When svn is finishing an update, vista simply stop to respond for 30 seconds.the s...
Works Word Processor Slow
I have Microsoft Works 9.0 on new Laptop - Vista Home Premium - Memory 4GB. Works Word Processor is slow to load (about ...
retrieving messages suddenly very slow
using POP3 mail.charter.netWindows Mail 6.0.6000.16386In the past few days it has suddenly become very slow to retrieve ...
Delete slow
When I right click a file to delete, it takes 20 seconds for the box to open to where I can delete the file. How can th...
Vista Remote Desktop connection slow with show local devices
Since upgrading my Office machine from XP to Vista Business I have noticed the remote (Office) machine is very slow to...
Extremely slow boot and lots of errors
My computer takes about 20 min. to boot up. First it asks for my password, then the screen is black for the other 15 mi...
Why is my vista64 so slow in booting up?
Hello, I have a vista ultimate 64 installed on my workstation. HW is as follows: Motherboard Tyan S2915 2x CPU Opteron ...
Slow/No Wireless Connect During Startup
When I boot up, Vista doesn't even see my router. I have to go under "Connect To a Network" and hit Refresh a...
Slow internet performance
Internet Explorer and Firefox have slowed dramatically. Have to hit refresh in most cases to get screen. Started about ...
Fable running slow in Vista 32
sorry, I must be tired. :p -- Rising...
Windows Mail Slow to start
If I start Windows Mail right after I boot up my computer and the desk top is first available, it takes 2-3 minutes for...
My Vista Laptop Hp Pavillion DV9k+ is starting to run slow
Well I dont know where to start, But the memmory usg is starting to become 50% and lower. Also everytime i open up a ce...
[nForce] Slow Internet
gasp. help. slow internet.*I'm on a network consisting of 3 computers.* A vista 32bit Desktop Tablet xP Vista Laptop*Net...
Slow computer
How can brand new computer freeze up sometimes (of course I have a zillion windows at that time), and I think it is slo...
Technet Plus Downloads - Slow to Post Vista Ultimate w/SP2 S
Considering there have been some (doubtful..?) images available on various torrents for weeks now, I'm wondering why so...
Send mail is extremely slow
I have a new machine running Vista, and have just imported the messages and address book from Outlook Express. Reading...
Vista Really Slow Internet
Hi all, I know this has been aked a lot but I've tried everything I've found. My internet seems to recently gone very sl...
Slow start up
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