joker Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Hey all, This problem has been bugging me for a while now so I thought i'd get your advice on this! I picked up a new Dell XPS M1530 laptop a couple months ago, I maxed it out with the best components so I have a Dual Core 2Ghz, 4GB Ram, and a nice 256MB Nvidia graphics card... The only problem is that it comes with Vista! I have never had any problems with XP (I downgraded my old laptop from Dell from Vista as I found that one laggy with Vista as well!) but with Vista I get random internet explorer crashes when I am on sites like youtube which goes off maybe every couple of hours. I have checked for viruses/spyware/trojans and it's all clean. I use spybot and adaware to clean my system regularly. And there is no fragmentation. Also not many unneccessary start up programs are running & all software is up to date. At the moment I am running on "Performance" mode, so everything looks like Windows 95/98 but I still get the random lags... Do you guys have any ideas? Is Vista just carrying some bugs? Thanks in advance, J Link to post Share on other sites
ReecoSuave Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Try doing the full test on this site and post a link to your results Here is how you make a tech express link http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?act=techexpresshelp It can either rule some things out or give a good idea where the problem lies. In any case its always a good idea to do first. Link to post Share on other sites
Jacee Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Joker, I have two Vista machines....neither one is 'laggy'. You may have more 'services' than you need running, or possibly more Dell gunk running in the background. If you have Norton Antivirus, that will definitely slow you down, as will AVG's LinkScanner (if you have AVG) Link to post Share on other sites
joker Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 Hi guys, thank you for your reply! I have that up now, I am defragging again from the advice. Is there anything else? Link to post Share on other sites
law9933 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 (edited) The test Software>Processes, states the two in orange should be disabled & there are several optional ones in blue. Using ATF cleaner or CCleaner might help some. You might find these of interest???? http://www.download.com/PC-Decrapifier/300...4-10636481.html http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm Edited November 25, 2008 by law9933 Link to post Share on other sites
TheKastOne Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 My computer is pretty quick, but it still lags when i am viewing simple pictures. I dont quite understand....I want to like it, but its so hard. Link to post Share on other sites
Jacee Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 TheKastOne, explain what you are experiencing when viewing "simple" pictures. Link to post Share on other sites
TheKastOne Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 TheKastOne, explain what you are experiencing when viewing "simple" pictures. I did go through to speed up my computer as much as possible, I got a 5.4 rating. However I get that little circle thing every now and then when browsing, the extra second it takes to go from one picture to the next on occasion is confusing. Link to post Share on other sites
amd-rules Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 5.4 from what?? gpu cpu or memory? what are your specs?? i got 4gb ram amd 6000 at 3.1 and dont lagg and its on 32bit... so hmmm Link to post Share on other sites
TheKastOne Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 5.4 from what?? gpu cpu or memory? what are your specs?? i got 4gb ram amd 6000 at 3.1 and dont lagg and its on 32bit... so hmmm On vista you can get your computer rated depending on performance. 5.9 being the highest. I have an intel quad core 6600 with 4 gigs of ram and dual vid cards. The 5.4 was my lowest score for memory/ram. Graphics, processor and primary hard disk were all topped and gamng graphics was 5.7. Link to post Share on other sites
joker Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hey guys, thanks for the replies. I used http://www.download.com/PC-Decrapifier/300...4-10636481.html, I dare not to touch the service pack unless i mess something up! It still randomly jars up - most recently when transfering files my from external hard drive; I was moving a number of files which totalled 6GB, the moving box said "not responding" until the file transfer was complete... :S Link to post Share on other sites
Jacee Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 joker, this most likely won't help you in transferring files, but it will let you know which applications are out dated and could be vulnerable to malware. Java and Adobe need to be updated. Download Secunia's PSI from here... http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ Link to post Share on other sites
law9933 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I have never seen a post saying blackviper messed up their PC The Safe listing should be fine if you follow the instructions & you can change it back if something is a problem. I used it on XP no problem. The pittest orange processes stopped from auto-starting should not cause a problem Click on each for details. As you say, better safe than sorry??? I am not sure the above would be a great improvement. Link to post Share on other sites
Jacee Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 law9933, as I said..... it may not improve anything, but the likelihood of a vulnerable application Link to post Share on other sites
law9933 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Sorry Jacee, I was meaning the above thoughts in my own post not your post above mine. I would never contradict a pro purposely. Link to post Share on other sites
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