Vista computer very slow?

Hello,

Since your computer is running Windows Vista, it meets the system requirements for Windows 7. However, I recommend that you download and run the free Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor from the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upg... webpage on the Windows website. It helps find potential issues with your computer’s hardware, devices, or programs that might affect installing Windows 7, and gives recommendations on what to do. I hope this helps.

Jason,

Windows Outreach Team

I would say you first of all scan your system with any good system cleaner such as Reginout to clean your system of excessive data that gives errors and cause slowdown. Also, uninstall unnecessary programs. I hope your problem will be solved. Few more steps will also help you:

1. Make Sure Your Hardware is Sufficient: Above and beyond everything you can do with software to optimize the function of your computer, making sure you have the proper hardware to support Windows is critical.

2. Clean Your Desktop: Is your Windows Desktop dotted with files? Have you noticed that your computer has been running slower and slower? Do you see the hard drive light often flashing while you wait for the computer to respond to an action? There are steps you can take to fix it. Read this article.

3. Scan Your Windows System for Errors: An operating system is a collection of files that perform different functions. It is possible, over time, that one or more of these system files has changed or become corrupted. If this happens, the speed of your system may decrease. By using a utility called “System File Checking”, it will inspect these files and correct any problem it finds.

4. Scan for Viruses, Spyware and Adware: Every Windows computer is vulnerable to viruses. Viruses are nasty little programs that cause both major and minor problems for users. Spyware and Adware are programs created by companies to find out more information about customers, so they can better market products to them. Spyware and Adware can load into computer memory and slow it down.Periodically scanning and removal of Viruses, Spyware and Adware is a great way to improve computer performance.

5. Uninstall Unused Programs: Over time, you may have accumulated programs on your computer that you do not use. When a program is installed, it creates connections between the program and the operating system. Even if you don’t use these programs, they can slow down your system. If you have the original program’s installation disk or file, removing programs will free up space on your computer and may speed up your system's performance.

6. Adjust Visual Effects for Better Performance: Windows provides a number of interesting visual effects including animated windows and fading menus. If you do not have enough operating memory (see above number 1), these effects can slow down your computer. Adjusting or reducing visual effects can make a difference.

7. Don’t Automatically Start Programs: Programs use operating memory (RAM, also called system resources). Unless you always use these programs, you can keep them from loading at Windows startup and speed both the booting of your computer and its performance. Manage startup programs using reginout.

8. Defragment Your Hard Drive: The more information and programs you have on your computer, the more it is likely that Windows has placed parts of the same file in different locations on your hard drive. It may do this for hundreds of files and programs, depending on how much space is available. Defragmenting the hard drive places all information for each file in one place. The result can be a faster computer experience.

Vista or 7 both really need 2 Gb RAM to run well. Also uninstall the crapware that may have come pre-installed with Vista. The less that starts when Windows starts the smoother your computer will run.

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php

Upgrading to 7 will not make a difference if you still have the same RAM and same installed programs.

some things that could be causing the is that you have little ram and having to use the hard drive as virtual memory, another thing that could be causing the problem is that your hard drive is full and the computer will take longer to load the operating system and if you plan to upgrade your system then i would recommend at least 3Gbs of ram for 32 bit and 4 or 6 GBs for 64 bit but before you upgrade your OS make sure you can get drivers for all the external stuff like VGA HDMI USB and optical drive for your computer that are compatible for win7

The problem with slow computers is that most of the time. It's all to do with a hidden part of your system .This part of your system is called the 'registry' and is a huge database which stores all the settings and options for your PC.The reason why the registry is responsible for making your computer run slow is because it is actually prone to getting corrupt and damaged. Because Windows is constantly using the database when you're using your computer, it's constantly got 100's of registry files open. This unfortunately means that Windows gets confused, leading it to save the registry files wrong, making them incredibly difficult for your computer to read. Think of them as files which are all jumbled up, making your computer have to spend longer to read them. You just need to be able to clean out all the damaged files from the registry, allowing Windows to read all the files it needs, when it needs them.And to do this, you just need to use a tool called a 'registry cleaner'.I should like to commend Registry Easy to you ! http://clean-up-registry-faster-pc.com/

Upgrading should definitely help. But if you don't feel like doing it right now, read this article. Some very useful Vista speedup tips.http://www.auslogics.com/en/articles/speed-up-vist...

You need to check the start up programs by running "MSCONFIG" then turning off all the start up programs except the absolutely needed ones.

Other than that, Windows 7 will start up slightly faster yes.

Hey there,

You can speed up your pc and get rid of viruses, worms and trojans by cleaning up your register. A good free program is CCleaner. Link here http://j.mp/UrAJzW

It works very well.

Good Bye

xp is a lot faster than vista anyway because vista has a lot more to it

Alternatively, you buy a MAC and problem is solved by itself.