Haven't Running Smoothly
May 28, 2008
I'e been using my new PC with Windows x64 Ultimate SP1. I'm very happy with it, I haven't run into any problems with it and everything is running smoothly. I'd like to know what are the major tweaks I should do to improve performance even more. I'm concerned more about performance than anything. I've also noticed that there is a lot of disk access, even after shutting down the indexing service. Mainly, I'd like to know what services are safe to turn off. In XP I knew what to disable, in Vista a lot of things have changed. Also what is a good Pagefile size for a system with 8b of ram? I mostly use my PC for photo editing (Photoshop and Lightroom), and for playing a few games, Crysis and Live For Speed. I consider my hard fast enough, and it runs very fast for me. But I am the kind of person that wants to disable anything that I don't use to get that bit of extra performance.
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Nov 20, 2008
I recently bought this game and I have small issue. My system overcomes the equired needs but the game still won't run smoothly I tried to lower the details, resolution, and all of that didn't help. There are moments that it runs smooth, yet in another minute there's a drop of gameplay speed, though the frame counter in Fraps reports that framerate is i.e. 40fps. Today I also tried the latest WHQL NVidia drivers - 180.48. Unfortunately this didn't render any positive effect in the game. GPU temp while gaming doesn't exceed 54C...
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Jun 16, 2008
many websites show the minimum system requirements for vista home basic: they say 512 mb ram will do. i have this "old" pc (p4 1.7 ghz, 3 x 256 mb ram, geforce6200 64-bit), a "siemens scenic t", and i am wondering if "home basic" will run smootly on this machine. although it meets the minimum system requirements, i need to know if "home basic" _will_ run smoothly on this computer. nothing "special" will be done on this machine, just internet, some basic word processing ?? la ms word, opening photographs, listening to music (mp3), watching the average online movie like on Internet. before i spend money on vista (home basic) for this computer, i sort of need to know if it will run "normally" with the above mentioned specifications.
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Aug 21, 2009
I'm considering a motherboards swap on my current computer and do not want to reformat and reinstall vista home premium 32bit(oem) plus all my programs. I currently have a G-B p35-ds4 board and would swap to a gb p45 ds4 board. I intend to keep cpu,hdds, gpu and ram all the same and i only have sata drives (no ide drives). I am asking advice on wheather it will work fine due to the simular chipsets, and what i would need to uninstall so that it transitions to the new hardware config smoothly and what errors I can expect to pop up.
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Mar 20, 2008
i have just moved from XP to Vista and i like most everything but Office , all i want to do is print but it just seems so complicated , it automatically goes to One Note , and to print something of the Internet say if you booked flights and you want to print the details again seems so complicated , it's i know probably i haven't configured properly but it's very frustrating with XP i just clicked print and that was it ,
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Sep 16, 2009
For the past two days, when my computer goes to sleep the screen resolution mysteriously changes, and when I wake it up I find it has gone from 1280x786 to 1680x1050 (highest possible, with tiny icons I can't see). I haven't changed any settings, haven't installed any updates or new programs: but something has gone wrong.
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Sep 1, 2009
why my notebook haven the msvbvm50.dll install? i brought last week. this is first time i using window vista then facing this problem. How can i get it and install it.
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May 24, 2008
I have a module that needs to attach to my vista x64 machine and I keep getting errors as i copied below. Asked for vendor help of the product and haven't gotten a response yet. how i can get the drivers into my system to make them work. See Below errors:
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:Windowsdriver~1usbser.sys'.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite)
at System.IO.File.Copy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName)
at X2FlasherInstallationWizard.Form1.CopyFiles()
at X2FlasherInstallationWizard.Form1.btnNext_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)....
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Jun 15, 2009
I've got my newsreader to re-read all newsgroups, but haven't found an (English) one for Windows 7. (I found microsoft.public.it.windows7(italian) point me to the English one?
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Jul 31, 2008
When I try to play HalfLife 1 of 2, the program says that I haven't got enough memory. Now the problem is, I've got 6Gigs of memory, so that mustn't be the problem right? I think that the program doesn't work with so much memory. Is there a solution for this??
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Aug 8, 2008
I want to use my PS3 controller, aka my Sixaxis, on my computer. I know there are drivers for it, but I haven't found any for Vista x64.
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Jul 26, 2008
I do not like XP. With a passion. It blows, along with all the people clinging to it's rotting carcass. May they all die horrid putrid rotting deaths. Okay not really but you get that I don't care much for XP, right?. I've always used linux as long as I remember too (****e I've used everything over the years - Atari, Amiga, Commodore..), and I actually abandoned XP for Ubuntu, save for playing games. I love Ubuntu! But, I must say using Vista 64 now for about a month I actually *like it*. There are a bit of things Mac OS could stea.. err borrow. Like Readyboost. I found a 2 pack of PNY 4 gig drives on sale for $25 at staples a few weeks ago, so I snagged them to use for readyboost. It's fantastic, Firefox is loaded and displaying the home page before I even release the damn mouse button. ..................
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Nov 28, 2009
i need to run a scan through my pc but it will only run on 32 bit , how do i change from 64 bit to 32 bit
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Mar 23, 2008
Curently im using Win XP Pro, and i have a Western Digital Raptor HDD 36 GB just for Windows and other applications. I want to switch to Win Vista Home Premium soon, but i read somewhere about the requierments and it said right there that Vista needs a 40 GB HDD with 10-15 GB free. So my questions is : Can i install Vista on that 36 gb or not ? ~ im not quite sure, thats why i'm asking.
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Apr 1, 2009
I have just downloaded speedfan 4.37 and done a test. My GPU is running at 75C!! I have a Nvidia Geforce 7300SE. I also have just a standard CPU fan. I have a thermal take case fan on order aswell. How else can i cool my GPU?
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Mar 28, 2008
I have Vista running in dual boot mode on a C2D 2.0ghz laptop (2 gigs ram). I usually run in XP as it seems to be much faster. Are there tweaks I can do to make Vista run with the same amount of get up & go?
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Jun 14, 2008
I looked at the running processes and found 12 svchost.exe running. Can
anyone please explain this?
TX
mary
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May 8, 2009
I am considering a purchase of a new PC running Windows Vista 64 bit. I have some questions.
Will some of my 32 bit programs run on Vista 64 bit? I am thinking about Firefox 3 and Thunderbird 2 especially. Does Vista 64 have a compatibility mode where I can run 32 bit applications? If yes, does the compatibility mode actually work?
I am planning on some multimedia work recording music and video. I know that I need a second hard drive. One for the OS and one to record to. The model of PC that I am considering has a RAID configuration using two hard drives. How would these drives appear to me in Vista 64 bit? As one drive? As two? If it is one drive, can I set a partition to have the two drives I need? If so, are partitions difficult to setup?
What are your opinions on the 64 bit system? Is this the future and eventually everything will be going 64 bit, or will it fade out as a good idea that never happened? The PC I am looking at is expensive and I wish to know if it will be useful for a long time.
Is Vista 64 going to be the current OS and more and more companies will be supporting it? Is Vista going to be around for a long time? I am seeing buzz about Windows 7. When would Windows 7 be out and would it require 64 bit?
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Oct 17, 2005
I played games on Vista like Settlers 4, NFS U2, Half Life 2, UFO Aftermath, Baldurs Gate 2...
All games goes well but the loading time was a bit longer than on XP.
What about the games that you play actually...?
Message From Synapse: Please Specift the Vista Build number you tried the game on,
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Jun 20, 2008
Is it possible for me to install XP on Vista using the VMWare, or other such software?
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Mar 23, 2008
After installing Vista Ultimate I tried to use the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to manage the IIS7. I received the error message "Web sites cannot be started unless both the Windows Activation Service (WAS) and the World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) are running. Both services are currently stopped."
At another point I received the error "The 'password' attribute is invalid". I have tried to uninstall and re-install the "Internet Information Services" a number of times but after a lenghty period this service will not un-install or an error is thrown. I have not been able to access the local web server on this Vista installation even once since installation. This problem was there from the initial installation of Vista Ultimate. The installation was an upgrade of XpSp2.
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Apr 25, 2009
I have Windows Vista Home Premium, and one of these days I saw that the processes svchost.exe should be running. I open my Windows Task Manager, and there is no svchost.exe anywhere. Not a single one!
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Apr 3, 2008
I'm sure this question has been asked before. However, is there a way to get older Windows 95, 98 and/or XP programs to run on a Vista computer? I can't even get them to load.
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Nov 6, 2008
Can i buy a vc with directx10 even though my pc says im running a 9? i have vista and thought it was 10 ready. also noticed the newer cards are rated gddr2,3,4 and so on - are these numbers in reference to the ram i am currently running and have to match? i have sddr2 i believe so am i limited to a gddr2 card? mb has pci x16 and am currently running a sapphire ati 5500 and definately need an upgrade but illiterate to most of the terms - i dont want to buy something i couldnt use
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Mar 26, 2008
After installing Vista Ultimate I tried to use the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to manage the IIS7. I received the error message "Web sites cannot be started unless both the Windows Activation Service (WAS) and the World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC) are running. Both services are currently stopped. At another point I received the error "The 'password' attribute is invalid". I have tried to uninstall and re-install the "Internet Information Services" a number of times but after a lenghty period this service will not un-install or an error is thrown. I have not been able to access the local web server on this Vista installation even once since installation. This problem was there from the initial installation of Vista Ultimate. The installation was an upgrade of XpSp2.
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Mar 23, 2008
After trolling around here for a few weeks I thought I'd add my 2 cents worth. I have found that Hellgate London and Crysis are both excellent games that run well under Vista. I played the demos before buying the games.
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Mar 1, 2007
Is there a setting I can change so that my computer will run all .exe files even if it thinks they're unsafe and gives the message: "Windows found that file potentially harmful@
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Jan 19, 2010
I somehow really messed things up. I have two of the exact same desktops running together. When you click on the Start button and you see the desktop name, they are listed as the exact same name, one under the other. In Windows explorer under the desktop name, the name of the second desktop appears in alphabetical order in the same directory as Documents, Downloads, Favorites, etc. The path for this second exact desktop is c:users. how to get rid of this desktop. Everytime I try to delete it, it says it is open (because of course it is a mirror copy of what I am running).
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May 10, 2008
I am currentlu running Vista Ultimate SP1 with 4GB of RAM with Intel Q6600 quad CPU. I have read that the 32 bit version (which I'm running) can only see about 3GB although it reports 4GB. Is there any reason why I should not consider moving to the 64 bit version? If not does your MB make a difference as I use a Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R mobo.
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Sep 10, 2008
I've searched for it but nothing. I'm running Vista 32bit home premium with SP1 on if that helps.
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May 18, 2008
How do I find which virsion of vista I am running? 32-bit or 64-bit? Vista.
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