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Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?
NewsReader2K
Having the same problems here. We are on Small Business Server 2003. I find Vista incredibly slow for all tasks, local, network and internet. I have a brand new AMD 64 PC with 2 GB of RAM and it runs like a PIII with 256 MB.....badly. I did turn off the Gadget things and that improved the performance somewhat. Opening or closing applications takes time, surfing takes time...the OS is not nearly as fast as XP... Kevin Burns -- Kevin Burns Money Concepts, Barrie "NewsReader2K" wrote: System Specs: Vista Ultimate P4 3.2 Ghz 2 gig DDR dual-channel memory I did a Google search and got bombarded with conflicting info, and was I wondering if there were an official work-around for this issue? Thx |
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Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?
I found this solution to SLOW file copy/delete/move:
Open Programs & Features Select Turn Windows Features On or Off De-select Remote Differential Compression Select OK It will take several minutes for this to be de-activated. Reboot to be sure it takes. Now these operations fly! |
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Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?
Txdancer
This fix has been around for some time, but like most other fixes having to do with the slow/copy/move files problem, it appears to work for some and not for others. Google Groups: http://tinyurl.com/387tqt There are a couple of major compatibility/performance updates coming next Tuesday to Windows Update. Hopefully some of these issues will be addressed in these updates. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User wrote in message oups.com... I found this solution to SLOW file copy/delete/move: Open Programs & Features Select Turn Windows Features On or Off De-select Remote Differential Compression Select OK It will take several minutes for this to be de-activated. Reboot to be sure it takes. Now these operations fly! |
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Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?
NOTE: I want to first apologize if I am not posting this correctly. Please forgive me that. (I usually have a software engineer friend who helps me, but he's at a loss as well....). Please advise if I need to post this differently. Thank you so much. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on an HPw1907. If more specs are needed, let me know. I do have sp1 as well. When I first got my computer, all was dandy. THEN, I did my windows updates as scheduled and one day (uncertain when, but not long after I purchased the machine in February) I preformed a very simple task of changing a file name. It locked my computer for a good 1 to 1.5 minutes until finally the name was changed. Also, when I try to move or delete files and folders it takes an extremely long time to complete - and as many others described...the little nagging window stating how long it's going to take to change, move or delete a tiny file like for instance, notepad. I have searched the internet desperately for some fix to this, but have found none that have worked. I have tried all on this forum that would apply to me to no avail. Is this something that I just have to deal with or is there some sort of "fix" or "work-around" available? I have no conflicts with other software that I am aware of as I have literally tried all I can...again to no avail. Any help anyone can give would be appreciated. I have a business website I've been trying to finish and it is really aggravating trying to create new folders for organization. Thank you again. -- Kika ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kika's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=51223 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=743611 http://forums.techarena.in |
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Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?
On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:40:51 +0530, Kika
wrote: I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on an HPw1907. If more specs are needed, let me know. I do have sp1 as well. When I first got my computer, all was dandy. THEN, I did my windows updates as scheduled and one day (uncertain when, but not long after I purchased the machine in February) I preformed a very simple task of changing a file name. It locked my computer for a good 1 to 1.5 minutes until finally the name was changed. Also, when I try to move or delete files and folders it takes an extremely long time to complete - and as many others described...the little nagging window stating how long it's going to take to change, move or delete a tiny file like for instance, notepad. I have searched the internet desperately for some fix to this, but have found none that have worked. I have tried all on this forum that would apply to me to no avail. Is this something that I just have to deal with or is there some sort of "fix" or "work-around" available? Performance problems these days are very often caused by malware infection. What firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware applications do you run? I would begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal site at http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and following the instructions there. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?
Ken Blake, MVP;3790158 Wrote: On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:40:51 +0530, Kika wrote: I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on an HPw1907. If more specs are needed, let me know. I do have sp1 as well. When I first got my computer, all was dandy. THEN, I did my windows updates as scheduled and one day (uncertain when, but not long after I purchased the machine in February) I preformed a very simple task of changing a file name. It locked my computer for a good 1 to 1.5 minutes until finally the name was changed. Also, when I try to move or delete files and folders it takes an extremely long time to complete - and as many others described...the little nagging window stating how long it's going to take to change, move or delete a tiny file like for instance, notepad. I have searched the internet desperately for some fix to this, but have found none that have worked. I have tried all on this forum that would apply to me to no avail. Is this something that I just have to deal with or is there some sort of "fix" or "work-around" available? Performance problems these days are very often caused by malware infection. What firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware applications do you run? I would begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal site at http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and following the instructions there. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup This is a brand new machine. I have mcaffee on both machines and I moved my files to a share that took about an hour which is terrible but then I tried to move the files from c:\ftpex to ftpex\documents and it said it was going to take over 9 hours. I am only talking about 4 gig worth of data. I am already on service pack 2. This performance is horrible. Doing the same thing on xp took less than 5 mins. My hardware on the new box should be twice as fast as it is brand new out of the box. Even deleting a few files took over 20 mins. -- ftpex ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ftpex's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/219103.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-v...nce/743611.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?
On Tue, 11 May 2010 13:14:26 -0500, ftpex
wrote: Ken Blake, MVP;3790158 Wrote: On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:40:51 +0530, Kika wrote: I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on an HPw1907. If more specs are needed, let me know. I do have sp1 as well. When I first got my computer, all was dandy. THEN, I did my windows updates as scheduled and one day (uncertain when, but not long after I purchased the machine in February) I preformed a very simple task of changing a file name. It locked my computer for a good 1 to 1.5 minutes until finally the name was changed. Also, when I try to move or delete files and folders it takes an extremely long time to complete - and as many others described...the little nagging window stating how long it's going to take to change, move or delete a tiny file like for instance, notepad. I have searched the internet desperately for some fix to this, but have found none that have worked. I have tried all on this forum that would apply to me to no avail. Is this something that I just have to deal with or is there some sort of "fix" or "work-around" available? Performance problems these days are very often caused by malware infection. What firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware applications do you run? I would begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal site at http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and following the instructions there. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup This is a brand new machine. I have mcaffee on both machines and I moved my files to a share that took about an hour which is terrible but then I tried to move the files from c:\ftpex to ftpex\documents and it said it was going to take over 9 hours. I am only talking about 4 gig worth of data. I am already on service pack 2. This performance is horrible. Doing the same thing on xp took less than 5 mins. My hardware on the new box should be twice as fast as it is brand new out of the box. Even deleting a few files took over 20 mins. You are replying to a message I wrote almost two years ago? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Vista slow deleting, moving and copying files?
On Tue, 11 May 2010 13:14:26 -0500, ftpex
wrote: Ken Blake, MVP;3790158 Wrote: On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:40:51 +0530, Kika wrote: I am using Windows Vista Home Premium on an HPw1907. If more specs are needed, let me know. I do have sp1 as well. When I first got my computer, all was dandy. THEN, I did my windows updates as scheduled and one day (uncertain when, but not long after I purchased the machine in February) I preformed a very simple task of changing a file name. It locked my computer for a good 1 to 1.5 minutes until finally the name was changed. Also, when I try to move or delete files and folders it takes an extremely long time to complete - and as many others described...the little nagging window stating how long it's going to take to change, move or delete a tiny file like for instance, notepad. I have searched the internet desperately for some fix to this, but have found none that have worked. I have tried all on this forum that would apply to me to no avail. Is this something that I just have to deal with or is there some sort of "fix" or "work-around" available? Performance problems these days are very often caused by malware infection. What firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware applications do you run? I would begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's malware removal site at http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware and following the instructions there. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup This is a brand new machine. I have mcaffee on both machines and I moved my files to a share that took about an hour which is terrible but then I tried to move the files from c:\ftpex to ftpex\documents and it said it was going to take over 9 hours. I am only talking about 4 gig worth of data. I am already on service pack 2. This performance is horrible. Doing the same thing on xp took less than 5 mins. My hardware on the new box should be twice as fast as it is brand new out of the box. Even deleting a few files took over 20 mins. You are replying to a message I wrote almost two years ago? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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