Just today I installed windows 7 on one of my older machines. The problem is that I get really crappy performance and 100% usage.... kind of. Let me clarify. When I first start up the computer I can surf the web, listen to music and even do some light gaming with no problems, and the performance is quite snappy. But, if I try to open the control panel, or view the system specs, or change my home group or anything like that I get problems. First, the window will take forever to open and run the CPU up to 100%, and when the window opens it will still be maxed out. If I open Task Manager all the processes will read 0% even though the manager itself reds 100% usage. My system has a 3.4 Ghz P4 with 2 Gigs of RAM. It had Vista previously (Bleh) and ran it quite well. Any ideas? Oops, almost forgot. I'm running Win7 Ult. 32 bit.
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell Inspiron 530s
- OS
- Win 7 Ult. x32 | Win 2000 Pro
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 Ghz
- Motherboard
- Dell 0RY007
- Memory
- 2GB DDR2
- Graphics Card(s)
- HIS Radeon HD 5570
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell S1709W
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Other Info
- It's no gaming rig, but it does what I need it to do.
