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Windows 7 Ultimate X64 extreme lag
Hello, I've been having a problem ever since I installed my W7 2months ago.
My configuration is:
MOBO: Intel DH55TC
CPU: Intel Core i3 540M
RAM: 2GB Kingmax DDR3 @1333MHz
GPU: nVidia 250 GTS
HDD: 80GB Seagate Barracuda (1 year old)
My problem revolves around the fact that everything is moving like my P2@200MHz I had 7 years ago.
I am running a triple boot between Linux, OSX and W7.
I have a licensed copy of Windows (student/employment program)
Having OSx on board also means that my transfer mode is set to AHCI in BIOS. But wether I turn ahci on or off, the problems are still there. Enabling AHCI in W7 required of me to make a registry modification that I found on these forums.
It's like my pc is better only at UNItasking, the games are running great, maxed out options etc. But let's say I have Firefox opened and I run a 2MB installer for some miscelaneous software, doesn't matter what it is, any concurrent process to the actual opened one, be it FF or Word or Photoshop makes everything lag, that 2mb app that I am talking about takes about 3 4 minutes to install, when on my second pc (AMD 3000+ x2, 2GB RAM@800MHz), the same piece of software install in about 30seconds, next's and license agrement included.
It's not that it's moves slowly, but all the apps are hanging, FF stops responing, the app install pauses, just stands there, I can still open the start menu and select an application, which starts after 1minute or so.
I have tried that with and without antivirus, same deal.
The HDD can't be broken because the last Windows it had on it was still a W7 but in a AMD configuration. I formatted it and installed W on this machine.
The RAM is OK, OSX and linux are blazing fast compared to my W7, when on my older pc (the AMD mentioned above) W7 moved blazing fast and the Linux and OSX moved slower.
Anyhow, I am totally out of ideas, I am thinking of buying more RAM (low budget right now) but I am certain this is not the cause to all that is happening.
I am a experienced to very experienced PC user, I tried to cover here some of your possible questions, but I am sure I overlooked something.
Please, pitch in, have any of you had this problem? I can't seem to find anything completely related to my issue in Google.
Thanks, Arthur