Disable "Windows has detected slow performance" nagging

[GeeZuZz]

Is there some way to stop Windows telling me that the performance is slow?

I get this message: "Windows has detected that your computer's performance is slow", with the option to change to basic theme, or keep the existing. But even when i select to keep it, it still keeps nagging me.

What's even more frustrating, is that the computer runs perfectly fine.

This happens in two cases:

1. I view video in VLC on my secondary monitor (uses 3% CPU, 3GB RAM free...)
2. I run a virtual PC via VMWare (uses 2GB RAM and some CPU, but PC still runs perfectly).

There must be some way to disable this nagging? It's obviously not working like intended (since performance is not slow at all).

 

[Caslon]

You might want to go to Start-Run-Msconfig (type in if needed), then Startup. Go down the list of programs that start up upon boot. Many of those programs on the list can be unchecked. Obvious ones include programs related to Real Player, QuickTime, DVD burner programs,Nvidia,ATI, etc. Uncheck those and reboot.

Also, as a test, disconnect all periphials except your mouse and keyboard and see if the notification occurs.
And as always, run a malware program. Update video drivers.

 

[GeeZuZz]

As mentioned, performance is NOT a problem - i just want to have windows stop trying to check this.

There must be a way to do this? In gpedit.msc for instance?

 

[Caslon]

This may not be of any help, but some guy had same problem. He had set his preferences to rotate his wallpaper every 5 minutes. Try messing around with your desktop theme/look/whatever. I know this is grasping at straws, but there's only a few posts out on the net about this problem and I've found noone has a one fix answer yet.

 

[not so gray matter]

I don't think there's a way to disable the pop up. Sometimes it is caused by faulty video drivers, a few people have reported it being caused by rotating wall papers as well.

I recommend you update your graphics drivers to the latest stable version and turn off any rotating wallpaper.
Once you've done that, refresh your WEI score.

BTW, Please fill in your system specs.

 

[Bill2]

Hi Geezuz,

Turn off your Aero theme. Some games and apps require huge memory and resources, which is not possible with Aero running. You can do either of the following:

1) Switch to a non-aero theme.

2) If you think option 1 above is terrible, then the alternative is Right click on your application exe file, then click on properties, click on Compatibility, then check (tick) the "Disable Desktop Composition" option. Now, everytime you start the particular app, windows will disable aero and hopefully your performance nags will disappear. When you close the app, aero will be restored.

 

[GeeZuZz]

Thanks for your replies!

Specs are: Core i7 920, 6GB RAM, Intel SSD, Radeon HD 4850 1GB - which should be enough in any case. And as mentioned, perfomance is still excellent even when Windows says it's not (I don't notice any slowdowns at all).
I don't have rotating backgrounds.

After nagging me a about 5-10 times, it will change to Basic theme automatically.

I'll try to update the graphics driver, but I have my doubts. I'm using the classic theme now and it feels a bit snappier and does not waste so much space in taskbars etc (unlike Basic theme), so I might just continue using it, despite the old look

 

[GeeZuZz]

So there's really no way to turn off this? I just opened a remote desktop connection to a win 7 computer, and windows changed to basic theme, and didn't change back again when i quit remote desktop. It's ridiculus, cause performance is NOT affacted at all.

 

[Johnal]

I have the same problem when I run VLC in full screen on my second or third monitor in full screen. Eventually it disables aero theme but I'm running a system that doesn't have a problem handling the videos.

Windows 7 - 64-bit
Intel i7 940@ 2.93GHz
6.0 GB DDR3 Ram
2x ATI Radeon HD4800

 

[marcusforreal]

AMP win off program

There is a program called amp win off which will switch your pc off at a certain time it is free and works very well it can be set to automatically force shutdown at the set time it works for me every time give itg a try...

 

[defaultname365]

I experienced the same issue for 3 of my games - BFBC2, Dirt 3 and Homefront. I did a search on how to disable the message but couldn't quite find a solution. I spent hours trying to stop the message, from disabling error reporting, to performance log reports, etc.. but still the message continued to appear when playing these particular games.

I finally found the solution - updating the game. Turns out certain games have a memory leak issue, using up all of the memory on your computer in a certain amount of time. There is nothing wrong with your computer, but with the game itself. Having just released Dirt 3, a recent update solved the problem. I hadn't updated BFBC2 and Homefront in a while, and when I did, no more messages appeared. I can't believe the solution was so simple.

Other solutions out there on the web includes changing paging file and changing RAM configurations from 1T to 2T. You need not do any of this. Just update your game.

 

[taozilla]

This is a bug in the system due to Windows ATI issues

I am running ATI/AMD quad core with 16 gigs of DDR3 ram along with a second video card running 1 gig of DDR3 memory. This is a recent install of 7-64 bit. I did not have the error until I just got force fed an update (9KB2532531 and KB915597).

This is a new system with very little resources being used so it must be related to my ATI crossfire configuration. I am getting this when I am getting 60FPS in WOW so go figure.

 

[jimhap]

Same Problem Here

I too am running a new system:
AMD Phenom x6, 8GB DDR3, ATI Radeon 3000 (on board), ATI Radeon HD 5750 (external)
and also getting this annoying problem.

The nags usually begin with video or media visualization on second monitor then eventually turns off Aero with a message about not having enough dedicated video memory (DVM), which is BS according to Process Explorer.

It show's typically less than half the DVM is actually in use.

I recently turned off "User Account Control", and it seems to have mitigated the problem, even when pushing the GPU usage to the limit. But I'm still not sure if this fixed the actual problem and I also don't like disabling ALL the safety nags (some are good, imo).

 

[cammac116]

Bill 2 has the answer - it works

The popup hits me when I am playing BattleField 3. Just when I am in the middle of a bun fight - grrr.

Answer is - for a specific hard hitting graphic app:

2) ...then the alternative is Right click on your application exe file, then click on properties, click on Compatibility, then check (tick) the "Disable Desktop Composition" option. Now, everytime you start the particular app, windows will disable aero and hopefully your performance nags will disappear. When you close the app, aero will be restored.

 

[candergart]

Windows Service "Desktop Window Manager" is responsible for that msg

Read up on Desktop Window Manager

Hopefully MS will realize their "miss" with this "feature"

I tried to set this service to stopped and disabled the automatic start just for fun.
I lost a few nice visual effects immedieately when I killed the service which was sad, but the message is really that much annoying that I rather have less spacey visuals than live with that "less than smart" notification

 

[qhfreddy]

This might help:
[Solved] Windows detected performance is slow? - general-discussion - windows-7

 

[thedish]

so im having the same issue

athlon II X4 3ghz, 16gb ddr3 1600, 2x 6670 2gb, 2x 120gb ozc ssd raid 0

realy dont think i should be having this issue.. by any chance do we all have steam installed and opted in to ati updater that is built into steam? only seems to have started since i installed the newest drivers.. also after this my "experience score" for my aero droped by 0.5.. think this could be the problem?

 

[techjuando]

Did you try setting your System Properties' Visual Effects to "Adjust for best appearance"?
This may occur if it is set to "Adjust for best performance" and is throttling appearance (Aero) down for better performance.

 

[gregrocker]

What I do when I see this error is adjust Visual Effects to disable fading, sliding, animation, selection rectangle, and dragging intact - as shown in Optimize Windows 7 - Windows 7 Forums.

These take a lot of pressure off of resources to relieve the Desktop WIndows Manager, but isn't visually noticeable.

I would not turn off Aero or adjust for Best Performance which are unnecessarily radical and have their own ill effects as mentioned above. If your hardware cannot support Aero it will not turn on to begin with.

And always have the latest Display driver, ideally from optional WIndows Updates.

 

[WolvenOne]

If all you are looking to do is getting rid of the constant alert message, without changing all your settings, and performance, and Aero, and everything else, then I would suggest this article. Worked like a charm for my work computer.

How Can I Disable Windows 7?s Aero Performance Warnings?