New to Vista ...

[A.Gabri]

I`m a new to vista and i have a question (Vista Ultimate x64)

i`m always feeling like something is working in the background when i open task manager i can`t find anything wrong ?

also how can i improve it`s speed ?

[NateB1]

Is it running slow? Vista does do things in the background to speed up your computer, like index your documents and cache often-used programs so they load quickly. Also, make sure you're running Service Pack 1 - performance is measurably better.

If you're the type to turn your computer off immediately after using it, consider leaving it on occasionally overnight, so Vista can do the tasks it does when it's idle.

Also, if you bought your computer with Vista preinstalled, uninstall all the garbage that comes with it. I recommend using this tool to automatically remove most of the junk.

If you have any version of Norton before 2009, or McAfee, or Zonealarm, that might also be a cause of sluggish performance.

[Mystical112]

You can turn off the indexing service, if you dont need it.

[A.Gabri]

Is it running slow? Vista does do things in the background to speed up your computer, like index your documents and cache often-used programs so they load quickly. Also, make sure you're running Service Pack 1 - performance is measurably better.

If you're the type to turn your computer off immediately after using it, consider leaving it on occasionally overnight, so Vista can do the tasks it does when it's idle.

Also, if you bought your computer with Vista preinstalled, uninstall all the garbage that comes with it. I recommend using this tool to automatically remove most of the junk.

If you have any version of Norton before 2009, or McAfee, or Zonealarm, that might also be a cause of sluggish performance.

ok thanks i`ll try and see what will happened .

You can turn off the indexing service, if you dont need it.

already done that but still something going on

[stevember]

ok thanks i`ll try and see what will happened .

already done that but still something going on

What hardware specs?

With Vista it improves over time the first days, weeks it will improve, give it time.

[zhangm Supervisor]

Task Manager > Performance (Tab) > Resource Monitor. See what's using the disk.

Let the system settle down, it gets faster as it gets used to your usage patterns...unless you've disabled its adaptive abilities by running harmful tweaks.

[Krieg]

Task Manager > Performance (Tab) > Resource Monitor. See what's using the disk.

Let the system settle down, it gets faster as it gets used to your usage patterns...unless you've disabled its adaptive abilities by running harmful tweaks.

Vista is garbage, get rid of it. I for one got tired of waiting for my PC to "settle down", performance never improved for me.

for all you Vista Kool-Aid drinkers who are gonna say my HW was crap:

4GB RAM

150GB WD

nforce 2 chipset

nvidia Geforce 9800 VC

and yes, i was running SP1...

[A.Gabri]

What hardware specs?

With Vista it improves over time the first days, weeks it will improve, give it time.

Intel Q6600

4GB 2 x 2GB Kingstom hyper X

P5Q

ATI 4850

WD 640 GB

@Relativity_17: what harmful tweaks ??

[Mark Schieldrop]

Vista is garbage, get rid of it. I for one got tired of waiting for my PC to "settle down", performance never improved for me.

for all you Vista Kool-Aid drinkers who are gonna say my HW was crap:

4GB RAM

150GB WD

nforce 2 chipset

nvidia Geforce 9800 VC

and yes, i was running SP1...

Are you serious? The nforce2 was never even supported by Nvidia for Vista. It is NOT a machine that anyone should even try to run Vista on, even with 4GB of ram. Your machine is flat out UNSUPPORTED and this explains your poor performance.

Nobody is drinking kool-aid here. You were the one drinking it if you thought running an aincent platform was suitable for Vista. Your hardware isn't "crap," but it is many years old and lacks the proper drivers for Vista to run. You should have never tried using it in the first place and didn't do enough research to ensure your upgrade work work smoothly.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Intel Q6600

4GB 2 x 2GB Kingstom hyper X

P5Q

ATI 4850

WD 640 GB

@Relativity_17: what harmful tweaks ??

Windows Vista should be running well with your hardware. I have similar specs with a hard drive that needs to be defragmented and Windows Vista still runs smoothly.

[zhangm Supervisor]

Intel Q6600

4GB 2 x 2GB Kingstom hyper X

P5Q

ATI 4850

WD 640 GB

@Relativity_17: what harmful tweaks ??

This is a general outline of some of the most common ones that apply to both XP and Vista.

http://lifehacker.com/5033518/debunking-co...-tweaking-myths

SuperFetch really does help speed things up over time, but you'll notice that your hard drive will really crank after every fresh boot, as it loads commonly used files into your unused RAM. The TCP/IP hack is also a joke surrounded by fanatics.

There is this...odd idea, shared among some self-professed tweaking experts, that Microsoft has for some inexplicable (or nefarious reason) toggled some settings that cripple the performance of Windows, and that by finding and flipping these bits, you really can boost your performance to some imaginary full potential. The tiny grain of truth in this notion is that due to the wide array of hardware that Windows is expected to support, there are rare cases in which tweaking default settings will boost performance on specific and unusual hardware configurations. If you're running hardware manufactured in this decade, that wasn't bought from a Chinese merchant in a dark alley somewhere with an oddly familiar (but not quite right) name like Gigabite or Azus, you should be fine with a fresh default installation of Vista.

for all you Vista Kool-Aid drinkers who are gonna say my HW was crap:

Oh boy, you've really discovered our secret. Everyone who has had good experiences with Vista is in fact, lying to you. Better yet, we're all a Billy G/Steve Ballmer hybrid (Bill Gallmer?), trying to promote Vista and increase our (my) collective post count on Neowin. Better hide under your bed, the black helicopters are on their way. :rofl:

Edited November 19, 2008 by Relativity_17

[A.Gabri]

Thanks Relativity_17

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

i had the same issue as you, GAGA, when i first installed Vista... it'll subside. it's common.

[A.Gabri]

i had the same issue as you, GAGA, when i first installed Vista... it'll subside. it's common.

is this normal ?

[Lant]

is this normal ?

Yup, one of my 12 svchost's is using 170MB.

[primexx]

already done that but still something going on

that's your problem (or part of it anyways). don't ever listen to people who tell you to stop the indexing service. they're usually total idiots. the service takes a bit of resources initially to index your system, but once it's done it helps your system run so much better. also, go and edit the locations that it index, and make it not index useless folders like %programfiles% and %appdata%, etc.

[NEVER85]

Vista is garbage, get rid of it. I for one got tired of waiting for my PC to "settle down", performance never improved for me.

for all you Vista Kool-Aid drinkers who are gonna say my HW was crap:

4GB RAM

150GB WD

nforce 2 chipset

nvidia Geforce 9800 VC

and yes, i was running SP1...

Problem solved. You look smart.

[bradavon]

Vista is garbage, get rid of it. I for one got tired of waiting for my PC to "settle down", performance never improved for me.

You're better off getting used to it and learning how it works. Windows 7 is based on it, unless you stubbornly plan to stick with XP forever of course.

Personally I disable the Windows Desktop Search (I've no real need for it) and Windows Defender (I use something else). I've left most other ones on, as they're useful.

[bob_c_b]

Vista is garbage, get rid of it. I for one got tired of waiting for my PC to "settle down", performance never improved for me.

for all you Vista Kool-Aid drinkers who are gonna say my HW was crap:

4GB RAM

150GB WD

nforce 2 chipset

nvidia Geforce 9800 VC

and yes, i was running SP1...

LOLS, move along.

[Unimatrix Xero]

rofl nforce2 !!!! ahahahaha thats the biggest own goal ive seen in ages, thats made my day

[ViperAFK]

Vista is garbage, get rid of it. I for one got tired of waiting for my PC to "settle down", performance never improved for me.

for all you Vista Kool-Aid drinkers who are gonna say my HW was crap:

4GB RAM

150GB WD

nforce 2 chipset

nvidia Geforce 9800 VC

and yes, i was running SP1...

fail.

don't blame crap on vista that isn't the fault of vista. Nvidia has no support at all for nforce 2 in vista therein lies your problem. Nvidia not supporting their chipset in vista, it is not vista...

[ßéár]

Yup, one of my 12 svchost's is using 170MB.

Yeah 103MB here too I got 13 Svchost's (But then again I could have counted wrong :p)

[CPressland]

Hey man, as a lot of people have mentioned Vista does things in the background to make your user experience on the hole much better.

I have a very similar spec to you and the main reason for Vista being slow was that the Quad Core Intel Processors wearnt supported by the P5Q Series Motherboards properly until the most recent BIOS update. There is a whole lot of hate you can go read on the ASUS forums, after updating that and making sure all the Driver updates were in order my system quickly picked up speed.

Remember, Windows XP was designed to SAVE memory, which is a very backward way of thinking. Windows Vista on the other hand is designed to USE memory, which makes a lot more sense, it's there, why not use it? So that would explain the hard drive thrashing you're probably seeing after bootup.

Just thought i'd jump in and say LMFAO, nForce2, that's the definition of FAIL! What are you running dude? Windows 2000? Windows 98? LMAO.

[A.Gabri]

Hey man, as a lot of people have mentioned Vista does things in the background to make your user experience on the hole much better.

I have a very similar spec to you and the main reason for Vista being slow was that the Quad Core Intel Processors wearnt supported by the P5Q Series Motherboards properly until the most recent BIOS update. There is a whole lot of hate you can go read on the ASUS forums, after updating that and making sure all the Driver updates were in order my system quickly picked up speed.

Remember, Windows XP was designed to SAVE memory, which is a very backward way of thinking. Windows Vista on the other hand is designed to USE memory, which makes a lot more sense, it's there, why not use it? So that would explain the hard drive thrashing you're probably seeing after bootup.

Just thought i'd jump in and say LMFAO, nForce2, that's the definition of FAIL! What are you running dude? Windows 2000? Windows 98? LMAO.

so i have to update my BIOS ? if so can u tell me how cause i don`t know how to update it ?

[A.Gabri]

I have another question regarding folder Views , i want Vista to remember my settings for viewing folders for all of them .

i know that i can do this by going to the view tab and click apply to all folders but it seems that something is wrong cause after i made this step i found that some folder do remember and some not , so how can i do it properly ?