Vista performance tumble

[Street_Spirit]

I just booted to vista and found it crashs ALOT...evry 30 secs or so it crashs...i havnt changed anything for ages no new software drivers or anything..ive checked all my CPU temps and stuff and all is fine..ive also done a disk check..occasionally it says microsoft windows has stopped responding it may if you wait...then i gotta restart my explorer.exe....also when it lags i was watching in task manager the cpu priority is like 0-8% then goes to like 50-100 and back to 0-8 and it goes up and down..

[+allan MVC]

1) Are you getting a blue screen error? If so, what is the error message?

2) Have you run a full virus / malware scan?

3) When the cpu spikes which process is eating the cycles?

[Street_Spirit]

no processes go up and down in CPU.....comp is virus free...no errors just crashes then after 10secs or so evrythting goes back to normal then after another 30secs-1min of usage crashes again......i havnt changed anything

[Stokkolm]

When the CPU spikes check your processes to see which one is causing it to do that.

[+allan MVC]

Correct. If you say that the cpu spikes then one or more of the processes have to go up. Open Task Manager to the "Process" tab and double-click on the word "CPU" in the title bar at the top. This will sort the column with highest usage at the top.

Also, saying your system is virus free doesn't make it so. Did you run a full scan?

[Street_Spirit]

i think process that im running...like if im running my comp then explorer.exe...winamp then winamp.exe..fifa08 then fifa.exe and stuff....its not a app issue cos all work in xp fine

[Fabian-]

have you checked your event log?

[Stokkolm]

There are more processes than just the apps you are running and any one of them could be causing the issue. Just monitor the processes and tell us which one is causing the highest CPU usage.

[Preppy Veteran]

I just booted to vista and found it crashs ALOT...evry 30 secs or so it crashs...i havnt changed anything for ages no new software drivers or anything..ive checked all my CPU temps and stuff and all is fine..ive also done a disk check..occasionally it says microsoft windows has stopped responding it may if you wait...then i gotta restart my explorer.exe....also when it lags i was watching in task manager the cpu priority is like 0-8% then goes to like 50-100 and back to 0-8 and it goes up and down..

What's the fault bucket data?

[Street_Spirit]

nothing seems to being going up in CPU......System Idle process is only thing taking CPU which is normal....

[zhangm Supervisor]

Please post event log information for the crashes.

Also, you might consider posting a Hijack This log to give us a better idea of what's running on your computer.

[rajputwarrior]

if this happened all of a sudden, imma say it's hardware related, maybe ram.

[(Spork)]

i think process that im running...like if im running my comp then explorer.exe...winamp then winamp.exe..fifa08 then fifa.exe and stuff....its not a app issue cos all work in xp fine

love it when people say this . and you say you havent installed or changed anyting in a long time some of them programs may be trying to run in the background and are not compatible with vista

post your event log that will help

[Ji@nBing]

if this happened all of a sudden, imma say it's hardware related, maybe ram.

But don't you know, it's cool to blame Vista these days :whistle:

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But don't you know, it's cool to blame Vista these days :whistle:

sad but true

[Street_Spirit]

i think process that im running...like if im running my comp then explorer.exe...winamp then winamp.exe..fifa08 then fifa.exe and stuff....its not a app issue cos all work in xp fine

that was rong..they dont go up in CPU......only system idle process is up which is normal...also explorer.exe seems to crash a fair bit when it crashs when im using my comp or right click on desktop....ive reseated my ram...still crashs

[kouhii00]

Street_Spirit,

When you ask people for help, you have to listen to what they tell you to do, if NOT THEN DON'T ASK IN THE FIRST PLACE.

[jesseinsf]

This guy sounds like a phony. There are people out there that like to make things look bad when they are not. They feed off of this stuff. Plus this guy sounds like a tweaker. Sounds like he's tweaking so much that he can't even respond correcly. He also knows about explorer.exe....who knows, he was probably tweaking so hard that he can't remember if he deleted something in the registry...lol

[Street_Spirit]

i think process that im running...like if im running my comp then explorer.exe...winamp then winamp.exe..fifa08 then fifa.exe and stuff....its not a app issue cos all work in xp fine

i was the one who said that in first place...

[soldier1st]

Street_Spirit:alot of apps may work under xp but some may not run under vista and could you post ur system specs?maybe ur hardware aint up to snuf for vista,also what av are you using?also vista doesnt need to be tweaked as much as xp does.also i suggest you go into ur services and turn on the compatability services,also have you done a windows update?

[zhangm Supervisor]

You're asking us for help, and we're requesting more information from you. Help us troubleshoot the issue.

Please post event log information for the crashes.

Also, you might consider posting a Hijack This log to give us a better idea of what's running on your computer.

[Preppy Veteran]

^-- What he said. The exact event log information (fault data) == possible route to solution. I respect you're trying to tell us what you know, but look up the fault bucket data on your system (info on how to do this here, and maybe there's something obvious people can help you with. But people aren't psychic, so when they ask questions, it helps to answer them. :)

[(Spork)]

some people just refuse to understand it may be there hardware and not software

[Brandon Live Veteran]

Does it crash in safe mode?

Have you tried removing individual memory sticks to see if one is bad?

[Street_Spirit]

in event viewer i cant see anything unusual..if it were hardware xp would be screwed to which it isnt

AMD X2 4800+

2gig 800mhz ram

512mb 8600GT

250gig Seagate HDD