Computer Running Fast/loud After Vista Reinstall
May 7, 2010
I've had some trouble with my system - Dell XPS 630I - hibernation problems, not being able to set or go back to a Restore Point, etc. So I've had a Microsoft tech help me solve my problems in the last few weeks, and after finally coming to the 'Reinstall Vista' as the only solution, I reinstalled yesterday. I have not yet installed any drivers or Dell software, but, obviously, did get my internet capability back.
I'm not worried about getting my system back to normal working order eventually, but one thing has me concerned: My system is running so loud and fast constantly. Previously, when I turned my computer on, during the startup phase, it ran like this (loud and fast, noisy) until it reached the black screen with the colorful, Vista circle in the middle, at which point it quieted down completely and continued with the Windows startup. Does anyone know what it is that has my computer sound like its running so fast, and sounding so loud constantly. Is it going to be one of the system drivers that I will eventually load that will 'calm' my system down??
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Dec 3, 2009
Sorry if this is the wrong section but, sometimes when im just on the computer my computer will make a noise. I really dont know how to describe the noise but its like when the fan in your room is turned to like extra fast. Whenever the noise comes my computer just starts to lag.
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Nov 18, 2008
my processor is a Pentium D 2.3ghz but it can not handle much I remember awhile ago I had customized it so it would not be really loud because once my processor takes too much the fan boosts up making my computer really loud is there any advice or anything to keep processes down as much as possible and make my fan and processor quieter at all?
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Aug 3, 2009
My computer freezes from time to time and I think I tried everything to locate what the problem could be. The event logs show nothing, I ran a memory test with no problem, (I have 4Gb), I checked my drive and had no problems. All my drivers are up to date and I have all the latest updates/service packs. So my last hope is to re-install Vista. Are there any easy steps to re-install Vista? Or do I have to format my machine and start from scratch? I don't want to re-install office and so on.
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Feb 2, 2009
Has anyone ever tried installing AOL software on a computer running 64-bit Vista?
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Apr 29, 2009
When I try to reinstall Vista, I get an error saying "This computer does not have enough space for temporary files." Windows needs at least 405 megabytes (MB) of space on any partition for temporary files. To install Vista, free enough space and start the installation again." I have 174 gb free on my C: Drive.
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Jan 22, 2008
I have a reasonably fast computer that can run Vista with hardly any issues (Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 4GB RAM @ 1066MHz, GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB); I have a LOT of things running in the background, however. Some of these things are useful, some aren't. My question is: will spending several hours optimizing Vista (disabling Aero, disabling services, tweaking the registry, disabling start up of certain programs, removing Windows components, etc) result in any appreciable performance difference? Vista responds FAST, but not REALLY FAST. I think, however, that in my situation, it may be best to adopt the notion, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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Jul 29, 2009
I had to reinstall Windows Vista Ultimate which prior to the reinstall had SP 1 installed. After this reinstall SP1 does not show in computer properties. Is SP1 still available somewhere on the computer for upgrading or will I have to use Windows Update to apply it?
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Jan 9, 2010
I am running Windows Vista 32 bit edition and the last weeks my computer has slowed down to a snail’s pace, i have checked for viruses and it is clean. I have run CCleaner and to remove all the rubbish but it is still very slow.
I even have trouble booting from a Vista boot DVD, it take approx 5 minutes just to get the welcome screen up that’s before any OS has booted.
I have a CPU monitor on the sidebar and the CPU and the Memory usage is up and down from nothing to 100 % all the time.
And when i do get the computer to work it is very slow and i can only open one window at a time
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May 11, 2008
i've been running my computer pretty much without problems. Recently I have noticed a real slow down in performance. I currently have Spybot S&D, and the purchased version of AVG installed. Thinking that perhaps one of these programs may be causing some kind of problem, I disabled both of them, but to no avail.
I run spyware searches and virus searches daily, which never really show up any thing of concern. I delete cookies etc on a daily basis too. My computer doesnt need defragged.
Could anyone give me any ideas as to what could be slowing it down so much.I tried to access my company site to process some work stuff and it took forever and a day to load what would normally be a couple of seconds.My computer is only about 8 months old, Intel Core Duo CPU, Memory 2047MB, 32 Bit O.S, with a Windows experience Index rating of 5.5.
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May 11, 2008
i've been running my computer pretty much without problems. Recently I have noticed a real slow down in performance. I currently have Spybot S&D, and the purchased version of AVG installed. Thinking that perhaps one of these programs may be causing some kind of problem, I disabled both of them, butto no avail. I run spyware searches and virus searches daily, which never really show up any thing of concern. I delete cookies etc on a daily basis too. My computer doesnt need defragged.Could anyone give me any ideas as to what could be slowing it down so much.
I tried to access my company site to process some work stuff and it took forever and a day to load what would normally be a couple of seconds. My computer is only about 8 months old, Intel Core Duo CPU, Memory 2047MB, 32 Bit O.S, with a Windows experience Index rating of 5.5. running Vista Professional.
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Oct 13, 2009
Just bought a brand new gateway nv52 with vista home premium x64 and it is constantly crashing like several times a day. I'll be running just a few programs like firefox and windows media player or word processor and the computer will freeze, the sound will take whatever the last little note that came out and stutter repeat it several times and then the entire screen will go completely blank to a dark blue screen.
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Jul 16, 2009
the computer was always flying...in the last mointh it has been jamming up. locking up where I have to got to task manager and end task to get out. sometimes it look like it is locking up , but is only going SUPER slow, because I can still use the mouse as in sliding the page up or down. when it locks I cant use anything.
sometimes It happens with in a few clicks of the web pages I enter. I have Kasperky installed and I get pop ups about intrusions............
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Mar 14, 2009
My particular problem isn't that something wakes the computer back up (that problem was actually fixed using your methods), but rather that my screen goes black and my computer keeps running. My previous computer used sleep mode fine, but I just got a new motherboard (Asus P5N-D), case, and processor (Intel Core 2 Quad), so it's no mystery why it doesn't work anymore, I just can't figure out how to restore the option.
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Apr 14, 2008
why Microsoft would release a product knowing that there are unresolved issues with the product? What is the point of doing Beta testing if you are not going to find all the bugs, fix them and then release the product? I'm not trying to be flippant(sp?) here. This is a serious question. With all the money, man/woman power and brain power available to Microsoft for R&D, why is it so hard to put out a product that works from the word go? I don't want to become Microsoft certified in order to keep my computer running. I shouldn't have to fool with my computers registry so that I can install an update to fix a problem that they knew about before they sold it to me. Come on Bill. I thought the whole purpose of technology advancing was to make our life easier. I want to insert disk and push play. I'm not talking about dumbing things down. I'm talking about Microsoft developing their products, making sure they work and then selling them to us. Interesting concept
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Mar 23, 2008
I have to replace an elderly computer running Windows 98. I also have a second machine running XP Home. Is the Vista operating system now as stable as XP. I run several older applications including Quicken 2000, Quicken is no longer supported in the UK. Will I definitely have to to upgrade all older software or should will they work with Vista. I don't want to upgrade software particularly everything I run does what I want.
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Jun 15, 2008
Having a few problems with Windows mail.When on the Web and I click on an Email link I get the message "cannot perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed" Also when using Epson Scan to Email I get the message "an error occured while starting the Email application".
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Mar 28, 2009
I've recently put together a new computer using these parts: I've updated to Vista Ultimate SP1, run multiple disk clean ups, defrags, use CCleaner, clean the registry, defrag the registry, disabled services and have made tweaks according to the guide provided on this website and have minimal startup programs running but my boot times average around 2 minutes. For a new computer with new hardware, this seems unreasonable as many users report boot times between 30-60 seconds. What could be wrong with my computer? On the vista loading screen with the green bar, it goes through about 22 cycles.
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Mar 31, 2008
I was trying to figure out what if any DEP included running prosesses can be removed without comprimising the computer.
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Sep 11, 2009
the windows sounds like the startup sound and the asterisks etc are not loud enough even at the max volume. The music and video etc. are loud and fine.but the general windows sounds are too low in volume even at max volume.and it recognizes it too because when i set the volume to max in the corner to next to the clock,the green bar fills only 20% or so when it beeps.
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Apr 16, 2009
Recently, while taking my Vista x64 Ultimate computer out of sleep mode, a power outage occurred. When I turned my computer back on, no 32 bit applications run - not even the operating system's own services such as Windows Installer will run if they are 32-bit.
I tried typing 'firefox' in the Task Manager to see what happened. The process appeared for a moment, then was instantly killed. I don't know why. The Windows event log has been unhelpful in diagnosing the problem.
I also looked at Task manager at startup, and saw that all the * 32 processes were dying moments after Vista boots and show the desktop.
I have tried system restore, nothing worked. I tried to auto-repair my system in the windows recovery console, that didn't work either. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem short of simply reinstalling the OS, which I am reticent to do? If so, what should I do?
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Jul 29, 2009
Some trouble with IE & FireFox yesterday & I've
come to the conclusion it's probably best if I reinstall windows.
I don't care about losing everything & starting from scratch as
everything important I have on a seperate hard drive anyway.
The only problem is, I was never given a Windows Vista disk with this
laptop & don't think I have ever had one.
How would I go about either doing a repair installation or just doing a
complete Windows reinstallation without a start-up disk?
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Mar 26, 2009
I attempted to reinstall Vista Home Premium 32bit to my laptop. It fails to do so. I have attempted startup repair with no success.
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Feb 6, 2009
How could I reinstall my Windows Vista (currenlty Home Premium version) keeping my software installed and running as is? In previously released versions of Windows , as Windows XP, user could choose to repair the current installation of windows through setup. Is there a way to do a repair install like this?
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Jun 21, 2009
How do I *repair* Vista from the DVD -*without*- hosing my installed programs? Please note; I do not want to use System Restore.
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Nov 8, 2009
I reinstalled Vista over the original operating system and then found I had lost my registration code to my ms office home and student 2007. I've heard of Belarc but the new system is in effect now. I did ask to have the old saved but don't have enough techie to know if I can access it to get the reg code for my ms suite.
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Jan 25, 2009
Well I've been able to get this stupid MSI P6N Diamond MB to run okay but just getting fustraited over the way it would act up. Anyway I ended up going shopping and now have a Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition Processor, GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P 1366 X58 MB and 12 gigs of CORSAIR DOMINATOR (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 on the way. Hopefully I will die before I ever need to upgrade anything else.....
Well with upping the memory, figured 12 would be better than 6 for x64 systems now the PSU calculator says I will need 566W so still less than my PSU. Only other thing I wonder is is Vista smart enough that I can just move the HD's from my current sytem or should I expect that I'll have to reformat and reinstall Vista x64
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Oct 28, 2009
I ran four businesses with Windows XP and Outlook Express email entities. I now have Vista and much to my chagrin, Windows Mail has no such option. I'd like to spend ten minutes alone with an aluminum baseball bat and the whiz kid who thought up that little improvement. Also, the idiotic way to create shortcuts in Vista. I run gun auctions on the internet and need to do shortcuts all the time for various auctions as they update. I now have a Dell Studio XPS 435TM with 12 gig RAM. Can I uninstall Vista and reinstall my old XP program so I can replace Windows Mail with Outlook Express again?
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Mar 23, 2008
I purchased a computer which came with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. I have been having misc. problems so I want to reinstall the operating system. Can you tell me the procedure to do this. Is this the best way to do it.
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Mar 2, 2009
What I want to do is reinstall vista because of errors/corruption but do not want to reinstall all my programs, licenses etc.. I read that Ghost can do this but it also takes with it the OS. I want to ghost the drive then my put all the programs minus the old Vista on to my freshly reinstalled vista. How can I do this and what program will work?
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May 26, 2008
Sometimes there are loud clicking noises and the computer is generally loud when it starts up or whilst it's on. The computer will crash on occasions and won't start back up. I am thinking it is a problem with the hard disk as when it doesn't switch on, it is as if the computer cannot locate it. It is persistently crashing and not starting up and the noises are constant. What should I do?
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