Windows 7 - Why does Windows seem to lag when MULTITASKING?

I am d/l some files have plenty of RAM and HD space but when I go to do something it is very sluggish. Is there a way that I can improve this? If I stop d/l then it is fine. THX

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Gary

I have noticed that too in some cases, when I download or especially when I copy files from network locations (lan and wireless) Windows gets laggy until the transfer finishes...

I think it has something to do with the disk writes....

Please confirm anyone...

I do agree that with downloads and transfers certain applications get laggy, especially IE 32-Bit.

Hmm, only d/ls I have done have been from the net, but I haven't noticed any big hit in performance. Well in IE, but I figured it was cause the bandwidth was being used by the d/l.

Gary

Well, we wouldn't even be able to tell if you even had true multitasking capabilities if you don't fill out your specifications.

Okay I did it in it. (sig).

If I download and then go to move a window, the screen lags in re-draw. Also if I unzip, it does the same thing. I would have thought that this wouldn't be possible in a modern system. Otherwise it feels fast. Another operating system doesn't feel like this but I am liking windows 7 a bunch.

Is there a setting I could change that would help.
Updated the system found the place to set it for this board

You have to remember that when your downloading or uploading your discs are in use. So if a sata 2 dics has a true throughput or 50-60Mps then this will be greatly impacted on other applications trying to access the disc, wether it be for read or write. Is the disc/discs in use both used for download directory and access for the app or function that you are using?

Sounds like a disk time issue. I wonder if 7 talks to the HDD more than the other OSs have. Also important to remember that this is still a beta and betas are supposed to be buggy I would try (if you have another HDD) moving your page file to another HDD to see if that helps. I know that in order to make it boot faster, it doesn't load as much stuff up front as before. Also, if you are downloading via IE8, it could very well be that because the download window is a plugin of IE. I know that for me, IE8 isn't playing too nice and it gets really slow, like when typing, but the rest of the system remains perky.

I don't understand what you want me to try. I can put in another hard drive if you want but not sure what you want me to do. I am using chrome as my browser but it is not just the internet, just moving a window, any window when doing something like unzipping causes the window to lag and redraw like an old win95 machine. Otherwise it runs fast EXCEPT when I do anything hard drive intensive and this seems a little unusual.

Please tell me what you want me to do.
Thx
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