performance worse than Vista

[JayD]

i found this highly worrying to be quite frank, ive been running Vista Ultimate 32x SP2 for a long time no problems atall including with performance.

over the weekend i VM'ed a win 7 machine through Vista using the same Laptop receorces and it ran ok.

I then thought i might aswell move onto win 7 as vista is no longer the main focus point of compatability

So i formatted my drive fully and installed win 7 ultimate 64x within 30mins.

This is whats getting me though its slower than Vista! startup and log in just takes an age and Idle is at 900Mb with no startup Apps apart from the AV and windows stuff thats essential to start up.

Any ideas as to why its so slow to start up and using so much RAM at IDLE?

 

[Tews]

Open up your task manager and see what program is using the most RAM .... Post a screenshot...

 

[Jonathan_King]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-how-post-screenshot-seven-forums.html

 

[richc46]

i found this highly worrying to be quite frank, ive been running Vista Ultimate 32x SP2 for a long time no problems atall including with performance.

over the weekend i VM'ed a win 7 machine through Vista using the same Laptop receorces and it ran ok.

I then thought i might aswell move onto win 7 as vista is no longer the main focus point of compatability

So i formatted my drive fully and installed win 7 ultimate 64x within 30mins.

This is whats getting me though its slower than Vista! startup and log in just takes an age and Idle is at 900Mb with no startup Apps apart from the AV and windows stuff thats essential to start up.

Any ideas as to why its so slow to start up and using so much RAM at IDLE?

Tews gave you a good suggestion, follow it. If the problem continues do a check disk for errors c drive, properties. If that fails, type troubleshooting in search, by start menu.

 

[helmutcheese]

I then thought i might aswell move onto win 7 as vista is no longer the main focus point of compatability

Vista has more support than Win 7, infact you end up using Vista drivers for Win 7 in many cases.

Win 7 support will come in time but Vista support aint going anywhere soon, there is SP3 to come.

 

[Tews]

I then thought i might aswell move onto win 7 as vista is no longer the main focus point of compatability

Vista has more support than Win 7, infact you end up using Vista drivers for Win 7 in many cases.

Win 7 support will come in time but Vista support aint going anywhere soon, there is SP3 to come.

As well it should... You cant compare an OS with 2sp's to one that has only been on the shelves for a month.. not really fair if you are honest about it...

 

[helmutcheese]

I don't know if you mean his comment or mines.

I was not comparing just making a statement that the FACT Vista has more support so his comment I quoted is a moot point.

 

[zigzag3143]

i found this highly worrying to be quite frank, ive been running Vista Ultimate 32x SP2 for a long time no problems atall including with performance.

over the weekend i VM'ed a win 7 machine through Vista using the same Laptop receorces and it ran ok.

I then thought i might aswell move onto win 7 as vista is no longer the main focus point of compatability

So i formatted my drive fully and installed win 7 ultimate 64x within 30mins.

This is whats getting me though its slower than Vista! startup and log in just takes an age and Idle is at 900Mb with no startup Apps apart from the AV and windows stuff thats essential to start up.

Any ideas as to why its so slow to start up and using so much RAM at IDLE?

Hi and welcome

How much ram do you have? win 7 uses memory different than vista did. It takes about half of available memory in cache to speed up requests. Thats a good thing and the way it is supposed toi work. what is the WEI rating?

Kenn J++

 

[helmutcheese]

Both do the same (be it tweaked as Win 7 is newer), they both can at times Cache ALL your left over (not Physically in use) Memory.

You can adjust this in the Registry or through a Cmd Window, settings are 0 / 1 / 2 / 3.


Increase the FileSystem Memory Cache Size in Vista :: the How-To Geek

 

[JayD]

here are my screen shots after boot up from cold start

also i had a typo i do have a 7200rpm sata HDD

 

[torrentg]

Your performance is bad because of AVG. Completely uninstall the worst app on the net.

 

[whs]

Something is not right. 900 MB with nothing running is not normal. Compare to my 950 MB and see all the stuff that is running (picture). And also the slow boot is not normal. It does not even look like a virus that is chipping away in the background because your CPU usage is 0%. I can only suspect that something went wrong with the installation.

 

[torrentg]

There's nothing wrong with his install besides AVG being on it.

 

[whs]

There's nothing wrong with his install besides AVG being on it.

Although I agree that AVG is a bummer, but it should not have such a dramatic effect. I suggest to the OP to use MSE instead. It works like a charm and has a very small footprint.

https://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

 

[torrentg]

Should not is the key part lol.

It is absolutely terrible I tell you! I know from helping so many people that had it and bsod. Also many other issues.

 

[JayD]

your kidding me right? Ive found AVG to be good.

not a single problem or infection as of yet.

what about NOD32?

and my AVG is using 620K in the processes that's not much right?

 

[torrentg]

Not kidding at all. AVG = worst

Uninstall it to enjoy your system.

 

[richc46]

your kidding me right? Ive found AVG to be good.

not a single problem or infection as of yet.

what about NOD32?

and my AVG is using 620K in the processes that's not much right?

Torrentg, is one of our best, I was even able to learn from him in the past. I really don't think that he is kidding about the problems associated with AVG. I would take his advice in conjuction with the poster that mentiond MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) and see how it goes

 

[JayD]

ive uninstalled AVG and installed what he suggested and im now down to 795mb idle, any other suggestions,

acer don't have drivers for my machine on win7 yet, Ive emailed them about it but nothing back from them yet.

 

[torrentg]

ive uninstalled AVG and installed what he suggested and im now down to 795mb idle, any other suggestions,

acer don't have drivers for my machine on win7 yet, Ive emailed them about it but nothing back from them yet.

No further suggestions as your system is now well. Do not look at used RAM as any indicator of performance. It's an incorrect way to do things.

Win 7 makes use of your RAM. You didn't buy it and have it in your machine to sit there and do nothing.