tomartoh Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Since about 4 days ago my normally fairly speedy vista laptop has gone up to about 7 minutes to reach the log in screen from maybe 1 minute I checked for virus and malware and nothing. No new programs. Nothing different on start up list. Any ideas what to do next?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedAIR1300 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Since about 4 days ago my normally fairly speedy vista laptop has gone up to about 7 minutes to reach the log in screen from maybe 1 minuteI checked for virus and malware and nothing. No new programs. Nothing different on start up list. Any ideas what to do next?? awesome topic for bikes in thailand forum maybe try general topic for an answer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard-BKK Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I have similar problems, as some Ducati software only seems to work with MS Windows, I'm able to access the Ducati memory Flashcard with Linux but it will not open in OpenOffice Spreadsheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBikeBKK Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Try sticking some motorcycle stickers on yer laptop- can't hurt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Moved to computer forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnefallis Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Moved to computer forum. Ohh man, I was just gonna tell him to trade it or throw it away and get a motorcycle.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Dude Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Moved to computer forum. Ohh man, I was just gonna tell him to trade it or throw it away and get a motorcycle.... or import a motorcycle into Thailand. That always starts a sensible debate. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMA_FARANG Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Since about 4 days ago my normally fairly speedy vista laptop has gone up to about 7 minutes to reach the log in screen from maybe 1 minuteI checked for virus and malware and nothing. No new programs. Nothing different on start up list. Any ideas what to do next?? First thing I'd do....run defragment on your drive. Use the defragment ultilty in the start-up programs on the left side of the Vista start-up screen..once that that Vista gets up fully. My guess is that someone started Vista but shut down or just turned computer off before it finished setting up. There is a lot of programs that come in at start-up, then should remove themselves once Visa is fully up. IK'm guessing that Vista was started, but turned off before completeion and therefore theses setup programs are still in there taking up space. Now when you start there isn't enough free disk space for another copy of the start-up programs to load....which is why it's taking so long. So first thing is defrag the hard drive...see if that gets more room available. If taht doesn't work try using a third party utility called System Mechanic Pro. It will look at your system and find problems. It also removes "clutter" that ties up disk space and takes memory space. You can find it on the internet, but it costs $49.95 to download (pay with crdit card.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalbanana Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Crap Cleaner (at ccleaner dot com) is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraBangkok Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Assuming it's genuine Vista Update it to Windows 7 online for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Assuming it's genuine Vista Update it to Windows 7 online for free There is no free update to Windows 7. Windows 7 has not even been released yet. What is now available is an RC version that will expire next year and can not be updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSnake Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 A Virus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraBangkok Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Assuming it's genuine Vista Update it to Windows 7 online for free There is no free update to Windows 7. Windows 7 has not even been released yet. What is now available is an RC version that will expire next year and can not be updated. Sorry my mistake free update on June 26th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Were there any system updates installed? Is it still reporting the same RAM amount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Assuming it's genuine Vista Update it to Windows 7 online for free There is no free update to Windows 7. Windows 7 has not even been released yet. What is now available is an RC version that will expire next year and can not be updated. Sorry my mistake free update on June 26th If pigs really fly. The way I read the report was that new installs of Vista will have a coupon for free updates to Win 7 whenever it is released. Not that those who have already paid there money would get anything. Would love to be wrong about that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomartoh Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Its a legal original installation of vista, 15 months old I tried defrag and no difference i tried system restore as far back as i could which was 5 days and no difference so i undid that i went in start up bios and put hard drive priority, no difference it used to be fairly quick to start up, in fact i never had any problems before with vista avg 8.5 is uptodate and so is malwarebytes and defender etc is on and cannot find any virus there is no apparent action in the hard drive for about 7 minute, ie the hd action light does not come on to begin with then comes on when its gets going there is nothing new in start up programs fingers crossed the computer is not packing up, lost without it in the backwoods of thailand Anymore suggestions appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reimar Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Check the Bios! Maybe it's time to update the Bios?! Maybe you try the following. Vista has Windows Easy Transfer (Start ->Accessories ->System Tools ->Windows Easy Transfer). Copy all relevant infos, Programs, Settings, Data to an external drive. Reinstall Vista using a clean install. Use Windows Easy Transfer again for to copy back all data. From my own experiences, I had huge problems with AVG (v. 8 and 8.5) on Vista as on Windows 7 as well and instead of the paid AVG I now use ClamWin again without any problems. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomartoh Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Oh thanks Reimar, you just confirm what i have done It was the AVG 8.5. I went through the windows tools and performance stuff and came across a pop up window that gave me the answer. It said AVG 8.5 was in start up slowing down the boot up . So i just disabled it from start up and lo and behold, back to normal. So when i open the AVG user interface i find everything is still active! I was also having problems with firefox but they have gone now as well I am ok at at bits and pieces and looking around the computer , but redoing vista is another matter. So now i am going to go through and give a spring clean and get rid of all the crap i dont use and maybe replace AVG Thanks everyone, even the motorcyclist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magoomba Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Try another virus program and check for adware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomartoh Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 Back to slow boot up again disabled avg from start up and boot up back to normal, once this morning back to 7 min slow boot up again, event viewer says isdegradation 100 local service have uninstalled avg and still slow boot up i have trawled throught the internet and although i find lots of occasions of the same problems, i dont find any answers that have worked QUESTION???? can i load windows 7 onto vista? and will it correct vista problems? ie my slow boot up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reimar Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Back to slow boot up againdisabled avg from start up and boot up back to normal, once this morning back to 7 min slow boot up again, event viewer says isdegradation 100 local service have uninstalled avg and still slow boot up i have trawled throught the internet and although i find lots of occasions of the same problems, i dont find any answers that have worked QUESTION???? can i load windows 7 onto vista? and will it correct vista problems? ie my slow boot up You can upgrade from Vista to Windows 7! But I suggest that you use procedure I posted before and use Windows Easy Transfer (WET) for to copy your Programs pp, but onlt the "good one! WET works well in Vista and Windows 7 and is part of both OS. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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