On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:12:03 -0700, Joe
wrote:

Does anyone know any decent programs to speed vista up, ive been running home
edition for 2 years now and although my pc is high spec and run fine to
begine with after a time now its slowed so much,


If it's gotten slower over time, there are two likely possibilities:

1. You have installed one or more autostarting background programs
that degrade you performance. Here's my standard post on addressing
that issue:

First, note that you should be concerned with *all* programs that
start automatically, not just with those that go into the system tray.
Not all autostarting programs manifest themselves by an icon in the
tray.

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you
actually choose the option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon"
option). Many can easily and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't
work, run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab,
uncheck the programs you don't want to start automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of
running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell
you, you should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs
you run, but *which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but
others have no effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do
is determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what
the cost in performance is of its running all the time. You can try
google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.

2. You are infected with malware. This is more and more of a problem
these days. What anti-virus and anti-spyware programs do you run? Are
they kept up to date?



i was thinking of ghosting
my hdd and formating but i guess restoring a ghost image of my pc will bring
back the same issues


Yes.


and if i was to format and reinstall everything it will
just be too much of a pain.


Yes, that's a lot of work for most people.


On the same subject Does anyone know if vista
ultimate is worth the price? and will it help?


The difference between Vista Ultimate and what you presently have is
that Ultimate has extra features. Whether it's worth the price (or is
of *any* value to you) depends on whether those extra features are
features you want or need.

Will it help your performance problems? Definitely not.



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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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Joe;4622648 Wrote:
Does anyone know any decent programs to speed vista up, ive been running
home
edition for 2 years now and although my pc is high spec and run fine
to
begine with after a time now its slowed so much, i was thinking of
ghosting
my hdd and formating but i guess restoring a ghost image of my pc will
bring
back the same issues and if i was to format and reinstall everything it
will
just be too much of a pain. On the same subject Does anyone know if
vista
ultimate is worth the price? and will it help?

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This is the first time I've posted here. So many of you have put in
your valuable time to help out the cause... I thank you and am using
this opportunity to return the favour...

I'm actually pretty happy with myself, because I have Vista Business
running like a top...
With 2GB RAM and an Intel 3.0GHZ processor, I was freaking about
having to spend over a grand to upgrade, and I didn't have the
money.... and I bet I spent literally hundreds of hours farting with my
machine.

1. _Clean_up_your_registry_with__Easy_Cleaner_2.0_by_ _Toni Arts
(FREE)
2. _set_your_swap_file_to_ZERO_in_Computer_Manager___ (with 2GB, Vista
will still force to swap file to RAM)
3. _Boot_into_Safe_Mode_With_Networking__and note ALL the device
drivers that weren't running and set them to manual (if they were
running and "automatic" in Safe Mode I left them alone)
4. _Reboot_again,_note_what_wasn't_working_, and start those drivers
you know you need (except some sound drivers I knew I needed and set
them to "automatic"
5. It took one more reboot to set a few more drivers . At that time I
started a couple of drivers manually, and once they were started I
again reset them to "automatic."

It's not exactly perfect. My video is a bit of a pig to start programs
but once they're running, they go like stink.

IF YOU HAVE ROOM FOR MORE MEMORY ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD, MAX IT OUT! I
MANAGED TO GET 2GB PC333 ON MINE, THAT'S ALL.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!


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On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:02:28 -0400, f/fgeorge
wrote:


Windows7 is faster, much faster! You can try it now for free or wait
until it is released in October to get it. Vista Home is just plain
bad and slow! All other versions of Vista are better but Win7 is even
better.



Although I agree that Windows 7 is better than Vista (in general
almost every new version of any software is better than its
predecessor), it is not true that other versions of Vista are faster
than either Vista Home Basic or Vista Home Premium. The differences
between the Vista versions (like the differences between the different
versions of other Windows) have to do with what features each version
contains. Higher, more expensive, versions contain more features, but
their speeds are essentially the same.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:02:28 -0400, f/fgeorge
wrote:


Windows7 is faster, much faster! You can try it now for free or wait
until it is released in October to get it. Vista Home is just plain
bad and slow! All other versions of Vista are better but Win7 is even
better.



Although I agree that Windows 7 is better than Vista (in general
almost every new version of any software is better than its
predecessor), it is not true that other versions of Vista are faster
than either Vista Home Basic or Vista Home Premium. The differences
between the Vista versions (like the differences between the different
versions of other Windows) have to do with what features each version
contains. Higher, more expensive, versions contain more features, but
their speeds are essentially the same.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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