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Vista Home Basic EXTREMELY slow

  • 14-10-2009 01:41AM
    #1
    xprepairs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭


    Hi, I usually work on XP OS's but a client brought me his HP 530 with Vista Home Basic installed. He just had a new HD installed with all the bios up-dates etc. He wanted to see if I could speed it up for him. Now, this thing is a real PIG (resource hog)!
    I did almost all the tweaks on this site:
    http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html
    and it still takes 350 seconds to boot up...'yawn' , almost enough time to have bacon and eggs with coffee before it's ready to roll.

    I also removed McAfee security which really slowed it down plus I did all the necessary malware and virus checking before installing MSE as the AV. I tried Avast but it still was quite slow so I'll see how this goes.
    I also know that the laptop could use more ram, I'll never figure out why they would sell a PC with barely enough ram to run the operating system.

    Anyone have any more ideas on this besides loading XP pro on it which I KNOW would improve the performance.
    Now we know why Vista is getting phased out so quick by Windows 7....I feel sorry for all the people who HAD to buy Vista because they discontinued XP.
    Thanks for your time.
    xprepairs
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Comments

  • #2
    MrMagic1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭MrMagic1


    Its Vista Basic, whenever You see the Vista Basic sticker, run. Its not really capable of running Vista so they stick basic on it. Bet its only got 512MB ram and a celeron. Also Vista is now Service Pack 2, not at all like it was when released

    Best bet is to upgrade it to 1-2GB ram and stick Windows 7 on it


  • #3
    Deano12345
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭Deano12345


    As MrMagic1 said,the low amount of Ram kills Vista systems.I would say at LEAST 1 Gb of DDR2 is needed.2+Gb is ideal

    +1 to installing 7 when it comes out,I've ran that decently on an old Pent.M (1.4 Banias) with 7xx mb Ram.

    With a low end dual core (I' posting this now from my dad's 1.8 Centrino Duo,1Gb ram) it will fly along


  • #4
    xprepairs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭xprepairs


    Thanks guys, That's exactly what I mentioned to him and he's gonna try 2GB of ram from crucial (real inexpensive there) and see how it works, yes, it only came with 512 ram and it is a celeron....so you were both right on both counts.
    Thanks for the replies!
    xprepairs


  • #5
    Deano12345
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭Deano12345


    Those Celerons are horrible,but the 2G Ram will make a big difference


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