It shouldn't be minutes for anything. If you ask me, Dell dropped the ball
somewhere along the line. It's not that difficult to build a machine that
runs Vista perfectly.


"Pat Mac" wrote in message
...
I just ordered a new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium already
installed. The person at Dell who helped me with each "part" of the
computer said that Vista would work well with the basic choices- Intel Core
2 Duo Processor E6300, 1 GB SDRAM, 320GB hard drive. Received the computer
in a few days-set it up, turned it on and then my enthusiasm ended. I
clicked on the internet, clicked again and again and finally a new window
appeared. When going from one page to another on the internet I have to
wait (I know it's not minutes) but it's a lot longer than I waited with my
"old" computer that had XP with less RAM and a smaller hard drive. I'm not
sure if my home network (router with the PC and laptop) is slowing down
Vista but it didn't seem to slow down my old computer. I keep looking at
my tower with Windows XP and thinking about setting it back up but I now
owe money on this new disappointment. Anyone thinking of changing, think
twice.

I just ordered a new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium already installed.
The person at Dell who helped me with each "part" of the computer said that
Vista would work well with the basic choices- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
E6300, 1 GB SDRAM, 320GB hard drive. Received the computer in a few days-set
it up, turned it on and then my enthusiasm ended. I clicked on the
internet, clicked again and again and finally a new window appeared. When
going from one page to another on the internet I have to wait (I know it's
not minutes) but it's a lot longer than I waited with my "old" computer that
had XP with less RAM and a smaller hard drive. I'm not sure if my home
network (router with the PC and laptop) is slowing down Vista but it didn't
seem to slow down my old computer. I keep looking at my tower with Windows
XP and thinking about setting it back up but I now owe money on this new
disappointment. Anyone thinking of changing, think twice.

IE7 has a 'phishing' filter which scans each page for anything that could
compromise your computer.. because of this, each page takes a little longer
to appear.. it is in your best interests to leave the 'phishing' filter
operational, but you do have the option to turn it off..

Go to Tools - Phishing Filter for options..


"Pat Mac" wrote in message
...
I just ordered a new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium already
installed. The person at Dell who helped me with each "part" of the
computer said that Vista would work well with the basic choices- Intel Core
2 Duo Processor E6300, 1 GB SDRAM, 320GB hard drive. Received the computer
in a few days-set it up, turned it on and then my enthusiasm ended. I
clicked on the internet, clicked again and again and finally a new window
appeared. When going from one page to another on the internet I have to
wait (I know it's not minutes) but it's a lot longer than I waited with my
"old" computer that had XP with less RAM and a smaller hard drive. I'm not
sure if my home network (router with the PC and laptop) is slowing down
Vista but it didn't seem to slow down my old computer. I keep looking at
my tower with Windows XP and thinking about setting it back up but I now
owe money on this new disappointment. Anyone thinking of changing, think
twice.

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

How long do you have to wait? Is browsing still the same speed on the
laptop too?

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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"Pat Mac" wrote in message
...
I just ordered a new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium already
installed. The person at Dell who helped me with each "part" of the
computer said that Vista would work well with the basic choices- Intel Core
2 Duo Processor E6300, 1 GB SDRAM, 320GB hard drive. Received the computer
in a few days-set it up, turned it on and then my enthusiasm ended. I
clicked on the internet, clicked again and again and finally a new window
appeared. When going from one page to another on the internet I have to
wait (I know it's not minutes) but it's a lot longer than I waited with my
"old" computer that had XP with less RAM and a smaller hard drive. I'm not
sure if my home network (router with the PC and laptop) is slowing down
Vista but it didn't seem to slow down my old computer. I keep looking at
my tower with Windows XP and thinking about setting it back up but I now
owe money on this new disappointment. Anyone thinking of changing, think
twice.

I would turn off the computer, the router and your modem, then turn them
back on in the reverse order.



"Pat Mac" wrote in message
...
I just ordered a new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium already
installed. The person at Dell who helped me with each "part" of the
computer said that Vista would work well with the basic choices- Intel Core
2 Duo Processor E6300, 1 GB SDRAM, 320GB hard drive. Received the computer
in a few days-set it up, turned it on and then my enthusiasm ended. I
clicked on the internet, clicked again and again and finally a new window
appeared. When going from one page to another on the internet I have to
wait (I know it's not minutes) but it's a lot longer than I waited with my
"old" computer that had XP with less RAM and a smaller hard drive. I'm not
sure if my home network (router with the PC and laptop) is slowing down
Vista but it didn't seem to slow down my old computer. I keep looking at
my tower with Windows XP and thinking about setting it back up but I now
owe money on this new disappointment. Anyone thinking of changing, think
twice.

Mike,
Thank you it helps to understand what is slowing down the page loading..
Pat


"Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" wrote in message
...
IE7 has a 'phishing' filter which scans each page for anything that could
compromise your computer.. because of this, each page takes a little
longer to appear.. it is in your best interests to leave the 'phishing'
filter operational, but you do have the option to turn it off..

Go to Tools - Phishing Filter for options..


"Pat Mac" wrote in message
...
I just ordered a new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium already
installed. The person at Dell who helped me with each "part" of the
computer said that Vista would work well with the basic choices- Intel
Core 2 Duo Processor E6300, 1 GB SDRAM, 320GB hard drive. Received the
computer in a few days-set it up, turned it on and then my enthusiasm
ended. I clicked on the internet, clicked again and again and finally a
new window appeared. When going from one page to another on the internet
I have to wait (I know it's not minutes) but it's a lot longer than I
waited with my "old" computer that had XP with less RAM and a smaller hard
drive. I'm not sure if my home network (router with the PC and laptop) is
slowing down Vista but it didn't seem to slow down my old computer. I
keep looking at my tower with Windows XP and thinking about setting it
back up but I now owe money on this new disappointment. Anyone thinking
of changing, think twice.

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

"Pat Mac" wrote in message
...
Mike,
Thank you it helps to understand what is slowing down the page loading..
Pat

I'd recommend turning it off for a bit (on some safe sites) and see if it
does improve the situation. At least then we'll know for sure if that's the
root cause.

For me the filter doesn't effect loading times, the filter goes and does it
stuff while the page is loading.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

*Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*

I turned off the filter and the initial loading of IE was still slow, but
the page loading was much faster. Thank you for your help. At least I now
know there's a good reason for the slower page loading. Pat


"Paul Smith" wrote in message
...
"Pat Mac" wrote in message
...
Mike,
Thank you it helps to understand what is slowing down the page loading..
Pat

I'd recommend turning it off for a bit (on some safe sites) and see if it
does improve the situation. At least then we'll know for sure if that's
the root cause.

For me the filter doesn't effect loading times, the filter goes and does
it stuff while the page is loading.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

*Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*

I ran into the same problem with a customers Toshiba laptop. When I
uninstalled the McAfee software his internet flew.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"Pat Mac" wrote in message
...
I just ordered a new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium already
installed. The person at Dell who helped me with each "part" of the
computer said that Vista would work well with the basic choices- Intel Core
2 Duo Processor E6300, 1 GB SDRAM, 320GB hard drive. Received the computer
in a few days-set it up, turned it on and then my enthusiasm ended. I
clicked on the internet, clicked again and again and finally a new window
appeared. When going from one page to another on the internet I have to
wait (I know it's not minutes) but it's a lot longer than I waited with my
"old" computer that had XP with less RAM and a smaller hard drive. I'm not
sure if my home network (router with the PC and laptop) is slowing down
Vista but it didn't seem to slow down my old computer. I keep looking at
my tower with Windows XP and thinking about setting it back up but I now
owe money on this new disappointment. Anyone thinking of changing, think
twice.

Yes, another culprit..


"Richard Urban" wrote in message
...
I ran into the same problem with a customers Toshiba laptop. When I
uninstalled the McAfee software his internet flew.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"Pat Mac" wrote in message
...
I just ordered a new Dell XPS 410 with Vista Home Premium already
installed. The person at Dell who helped me with each "part" of the
computer said that Vista would work well with the basic choices- Intel
Core 2 Duo Processor E6300, 1 GB SDRAM, 320GB hard drive. Received the
computer in a few days-set it up, turned it on and then my enthusiasm
ended. I clicked on the internet, clicked again and again and finally a
new window appeared. When going from one page to another on the internet
I have to wait (I know it's not minutes) but it's a lot longer than I
waited with my "old" computer that had XP with less RAM and a smaller hard
drive. I'm not sure if my home network (router with the PC and laptop) is
slowing down Vista but it didn't seem to slow down my old computer. I
keep looking at my tower with Windows XP and thinking about setting it
back up but I now owe money on this new disappointment. Anyone thinking
of changing, think twice.


--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/