excrutiatingly slow laptop

I have toshiba satellite 2gb ram 160gb harddrive vista home premium. I
turned on my old desktop the other day - it has 128ram 3gb hard drive and
windows ME (the worst Ive heard) and it performs 10 times faster than my new
one. I have read lots of blogs on vista about it being slow but is it this
slow or is something very wrong? I thought some of the problem was with dial
up but i now have broadband and is no better. I dont know what programs etc
to turn off as I dont know which ones are needed and which ones arent...am
not very computer savvy when it comes to all that stuff.
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alo25mol23

Go to `Start`>`All Programs`>`Windows Defender`.In the new window that
appears,select the `Tools` option.Now click `Software explorer`.
Make sure that `Startup Programs` is selected from the drop-down menu
available.Click on the command button `Show for all users`.If asked for the
administrator password,enter it.If asked for a confirmation,click
`Continue`.After the pane refreshes itself,copy-paste here the programs that
are listed.

"lox2869" <lox2869@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I have toshiba satellite 2gb ram 160gb harddrive vista home premium. I
turned on my old desktop the other day - it has 128ram 3gb hard drive and
windows ME (the worst Ive heard) and it performs 10 times faster than my new
one. I have read lots of blogs on vista about it being slow but is it this
slow or is something very wrong? I thought some of the problem was with
dial
up but i now have broadband and is no better. I dont know what programs etc
to turn off as I dont know which ones are needed and which ones arent...am
not very computer savvy when it comes to all that stuff.
--
alo25mol23

lox2869 wrote:

> I have toshiba satellite 2gb ram 160gb harddrive vista home premium. I
> turned on my old desktop the other day - it has 128ram 3gb hard drive and
> windows ME (the worst Ive heard) and it performs 10 times faster than my
> new
> one. I have read lots of blogs on vista about it being slow but is it
> this
> slow or is something very wrong? I thought some of the problem was with
> dial
> up but i now have broadband and is no better. I dont know what programs
> etc to turn off as I dont know which ones are needed and which ones
> arent...am not very computer savvy when it comes to all that stuff.

Toshiba is the worst offender for packing their computers with OEM garbage
software, trial software, updaters, etc. Unless your machine is infected
(which of course it could be), you will see a significant increase in speed
by cleaning up your Startup matrix.

If you are unsure about what to do, then either have a tech-savvy friend do
it (although make sure the friend really *is* savvy and not just saying
s/he is) or take the machine to a local computer professional. I don't
suggest using a BigComputerStore/GeekSquad type of place.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> lox2869 wrote:
>
>> I have toshiba satellite 2gb ram 160gb harddrive vista home premium. I
>> turned on my old desktop the other day - it has 128ram 3gb hard drive and
>> windows ME (the worst Ive heard) and it performs 10 times faster than my
>> new
>> one. I have read lots of blogs on vista about it being slow but is it
>> this
>> slow or is something very wrong? I thought some of the problem was with
>> dial
>> up but i now have broadband and is no better. I dont know what programs
>> etc to turn off as I dont know which ones are needed and which ones
>> arent...am not very computer savvy when it comes to all that stuff.
>
> Toshiba is the worst offender for packing their computers with OEM garbage
> software, trial software, updaters, etc. Unless your machine is infected
> (which of course it could be), you will see a significant increase in
> speed
> by cleaning up your Startup matrix.
>

It took me 3 hours to get rid of the crap Gateway put on my new tablet.

To answer your question about Vista being slow:
No. Vista is not slow in most applications or on the internet if your
machine is cleaned up. I have a Sony laptop. It connects to the internet
within 5-6 seconds after I turn on the wireless switch. There's something
inside your Toshiba that's causing Vista to act sluggish.

BTW: I have a Toshiba laptop, a couple years old, cost less that $800, has
XP. After I cleaned out the bloatware, the Toshiba has been a fast and sturdy
machine for me. It never crashes.

cheers,

oscar



"lox2869" wrote:

> I have toshiba satellite 2gb ram 160gb harddrive vista home premium. I
> turned on my old desktop the other day - it has 128ram 3gb hard drive and
> windows ME (the worst Ive heard) and it performs 10 times faster than my new
> one. I have read lots of blogs on vista about it being slow but is it this
> slow or is something very wrong? I thought some of the problem was with dial
> up but i now have broadband and is no better. I dont know what programs etc
> to turn off as I dont know which ones are needed and which ones arent...am
> not very computer savvy when it comes to all that stuff.
> --
> alo25mol23

oscar <oscar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>BTW: I have a Toshiba laptop, a couple years old, cost less that $800, has
>XP. After I cleaned out the bloatware, the Toshiba has been a fast and sturdy
>machine for me. It never crashes.

Paid $500 (new, sealed in box) for mine on eBay... lightning fast with
XP and nary a crash (yet).

Sinner wrote:


> It took me 3 hours to get rid of the crap Gateway put on my new tablet.

Horrible, isn't it? And you know what you're doing. Blasted OEM cr*p.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Marian, I came across this in my travels re this problem with new computers;
but have not had time to try it out yet.
I was wondering if you had seen reports on this(good or bad)?

http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Malke" wrote:

> Sinner wrote:
>
>
> > It took me 3 hours to get rid of the crap Gateway put on my new tablet.
>
> Horrible, isn't it? And you know what you're doing. Blasted OEM cr*p.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>

It took half an hour just to get the Symantec 60-day trial off of my wife's
new HP laptop (she had enabled it). It took five minutes to replace it
WLOC.

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Sinner wrote:
>
>
>> It took me 3 hours to get rid of the crap Gateway put on my new tablet.
>
> Horrible, isn't it? And you know what you're doing. Blasted OEM cr*p.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>

You don't know where you are ?????
XP?????
This is Vista, nonny
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Nonny" wrote:

> oscar <oscar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >BTW: I have a Toshiba laptop, a couple years old, cost less that $800, has
> >XP. After I cleaned out the bloatware, the Toshiba has been a fast and sturdy
> >machine for me. It never crashes.
>
> Paid $500 (new, sealed in box) for mine on eBay... lightning fast with
> XP and nary a crash (yet).
>