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• Vista Windows slow after update

  I recently installed all new updates for windows vista (Home premium 32) and after that, my computer got real slow (for example start-up took about an hour)... Is it possible to fix this without reinstalling windows?
  Thanx

  Gabriela

  Hi gabriela86,

  Thanks for posting a response to answers.microsoft.com

  Instead of re - install Windows, why not try using the boot minimum process to refine and isolate what is causing the slowness of the system, be it a program or a service.

  Here is a link to troubleshooting with the boot process.  Try step 1, and then see if you encounter the problem, otherwise go to step 2 and so on and so forth until the issue is isolated when it is isolated post causing the hang up in the forum and we you search with you.

  After the diagnosis is made, please make sure to follow step 7 in the boot process to ensure that you have your system booted to a Normal State.

  Starting in MINIMAL MODE troubleshooting section: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331796

  Thanks again for posting on the forum.  Please let us know on this issue so that we can help you.

  Kind regards

  Debbie
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Should have 8 000 emails in my Inbox Windows Mail (Vista) considerably slow down my computer with 3 GB of RAM and trigger alerts from Norton of "the High CPU use by Windows Mail.

  In addition, about half of my 8,000 e-mails are unread. Thus, the fact of having 4 000 unread emails in my mailbox Windows (Vista) slow down my computer more than if they were 4 000 read emails?

  If so, is there a quick way to mark all read emails as read in Windows Mail (Vista)?      .. .in windows Live Mail (Vista)?

  Even if these unread e-mails degrade the speed, is there a quick way to mark all read emails as read in Windows Mail (Vista)?... .in windows Live Mail (Vista)?

  I also regularly get an alert Norton of 'Use of disc high by Microsoft Windows Search Indexer.'  Gravity is the next, and what can I do to fix the problem?

  Finally, I have a lot of folders: would have 2,000 emails in the Inbox Windows (Vista) slow down a computer more than if 2 000 mails were one or more files?   This change of response if the e-mail is unread vs bed?

  #2: the Inbox is accessible by your computer whenever he asks new messages. The fact of having 1,000 messages in the Inbox slow it down? I have no personal experience, since I never have more than a dozen or messages in my Inbox, but it is so likely. If you have lots of free space on the hard disk, the messages would be better in another folder (s). Even if you create more WinMail's local folders and move messages to them.

  I would also say this. Try to compact and repair the database.

  WMUtil
  http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/default.aspx

  It can be very useful, and it can't hurt anything.

• Vista wireless slowed after Windows update

  The operation wireless computer laptop HP Pavilion of my wife was slower than fishing for a month of October or November Vista update.  He was always pretty slow but now is horrible.  I tried many fixes, updates to the wireless card, hit the Max performance and played with several ideas for changing the configuration.  None have seemed help so I reset the settings before configuration changes.  I have no option to reset to get back before the update.

  LAN works fast and the internet connection is good.  A portable older IBM using XP smoke HP in wireless mode.
  Thanks to all the ideas?
  RJD

  Hello

  Sorry for the late reply. From your description, it seems that your wireless network connection is too slow since the installation of Windows updates. It is difficult to manage when things do not work as expected.

  • Do you know what update has been installed?

  Since you've already tried to fix the problem, I think can help to uninstall and reinstall the wireless network drivers. To do this, follow these steps.

  1. Click Start and then type devmgmt.mscand press enter. The Device Manager window opens.
  2. Expand network adapter.
  3. Right-click on the wireless network card, and then select Uninstall.
  4. Restart the computer.
  5. Download and install the latest drivers wireless on the manufacturer's Web site.

  Also, see this article for your reference. If the problem persists, please respond so we can search for other opportunities.

  Thank you

• Printer HP Vista. Slower is it credible suddenly

  I use a Toshiba Equium on Vista laptop, an HP F4180 printer.  None are new (obviously) and the printer worked fine in the past.  It has caused problems in the past months and I have updated drivers when HP Web site said to do.  It worked OK for basic printing, but sometimes takes a while if there was heavy graphics.  Suddenly, he decided to take about 5 minutes to "print" to any action on the printer and then he would make one pass in 5 minutes - then it takes a long time to print anything.  I have my old HP 3920 bidirectional printers and it was exactly the same.  I went through the troubleshooting procedure, print spooler is exactly as it should be so can only assume that it is not the printer fault.

  What to try next?  Any ideas?  The print spooler file is corrupt?  How to re - install?  This will help?

  Any help would be appreciated.

  See if it helps:
  HP customer service > HP Deskjet F4180 all-in-One
  Slow printing in Windows: Hardware questions printer
  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/document?DocName=c01928898&LC=en&cc=us&DLC=en&product=3177566

• Computer Vista is slow and opening of files, watch does not

  Hi my computer is slow and when I open the files it will show as not ANSWER DO NOT for a minute or two or it will take forever to open the file which an i

  Hi, WEVS,.

  Method 1: Analyze the components of a computer Windows Vista includes a tool named Performance Information and tools . This tool lists your Windows Experience Index base score on this computer. This result indicates the performance and overall capability of your computer hardware.

  To view the base index, follow these steps:

  1.	Click on start , click Control Panel , click system and Maintenance and then click Performance Information and tools .
  2.	View the Windows Experience Index base score and subscores for your computer. If you have recently upgraded your hardware, and you want to determine if your score has changed, click update my score . If you don't see subscores and a base score, click score this computer .

  Note A computer that has a hint of base of 4 or 5 can run all the new features of Windows Vista with full functionality. This same computer can take in charge of experiences high-end, with many images, such as multiplayer and 3D. and recording and playback of HDTV content. Computers that have an index of base 5 were the highest performing computers available when Windows Vista is released.

  For more information on the meaning of the Windows Experience Index base score, visit the following Microsoft Web site and click on your computer Base score :

  http://windowshelp.Microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/f59082f4-6385-4a61-ba7e-2de9625a780a1033.mspx#EBE

  Method 2: Restart the computer by using a clean boot when you start Microsoft Windows, typically there are several programs that start automatically and run in the background that may interfere with the game. These programs may include antivirus and system utilities. When you perform a clean boot, you prevent these programs from starting automatically.

  You must be logged on as administrator or member of the Administrators group to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from complete this procedure. Windows Vista

  1.	Click Start , type system in the Start Search box and press ENTER. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click continue .
  2.	Click the general tab, and then click Selective startup .
  3.	Click to clear the Load system services check box and the Load Startup items check box.
  4.	Click to select the Load system services check box.
  5.	Click OK , and then click restart .

  After you perform a clean boot, empty the Windows temp folder. Windows Vista

  Note The temporary folder is located in each specific user folder - for example, C:\Users\ user name \AppData\Local\Temp. To empty the Windows temporary folder, follow these steps:

  1.	Click Start , type folder in the Search box and press ENTER.
  2.	On the Edit menu, click select all .
  3.	On the file menu, click Remove .
  4.	Click Yes .

  After you perform a clean boot, empty the Windows temp folder. Windows Vista

  Note The temporary folder is located in each specific user folder - for example, C:\Users\ user name \AppData\Local\Temp. To empty the Windows temporary folder, follow these steps:

  1.	Click Start , type temp in the Search box and press ENTER.
  2.	On the Edit menu, click select all .
  3.	On the file menu, click Remove .
  4.	Click Yes .

  After you perform a clean boot, empty the prefetch folder in Windows. Windows Vista

  Note The temporary folder is located in each specific user folder - for example, C:\Users\ user name \AppData\Local\Temp. To empty the Windows temporary folder, follow these steps:

  1.	Click Start , type prefetch in the Search box and press ENTER.
  2.	On the Edit menu, click select all .
  3.	On the file menu, click Remove .
  4.	Click Yes .

  Also uninstall unwanted programs and toolbars to start - Control Panel - programs and features.

  Samantha M S

• Windows Vista was slow so I restarted and now my internet is very slow. Try to run updates, but I get error code 80072EFE.

  original title: SLOW INTERNET

  I restarted windows vista because he was running like junk. Now the computer works normally, but the internet is PAINFULLY slow. It worked until I reinstalled vista. My cable is in working condition. I can only load half of a Web page if I'm lucky. Is there a port or something that I need to open to let my internet go to more than 9 bytes/second? I have to ask this on another computer because it would take 6 years for this thing to load. I get error Code 80072EFE when I try to update. Help me because im losing all faith in microsoft.

  Hello

  I suggest you to follow these steps and check if that helps:

  Method 1:

  Try to perform the clean boot and check if it helps:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  NOTE: When you are finished troubleshooting, make sure that restore you the computer mode normal startup such as suggested in step 7 of the above article.

  Method 2:

  For Windows update, error check this link and follow the instructions in the link below and check, if this can help:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/Windows-Update-error-80072efe-or-80072f76

  It will be useful.

• Problems with file extensions, Vista is slow and crashes

  Salvation of problems with file extensions...   My computer is very slow and is stuck...

  Hello

  Use the startup clean and other methods to try to determine the cause of and correct problems.

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  What antivirus/antispyware/security products do you have on the machine? Be one you have NEVER
  on this machine, including those you have uninstalled (they leave leftovers behind which can cause
  strange problems).

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  Follow these steps:

  Start - type this in the search box-> find COMMAND at the top and RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  Enter this at the command prompt - sfc/scannow

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
  generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Also run CheckDisk, so we cannot exclude as much as possible of the corruption.

  How to run the check disk at startup in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-Chkdsk.html

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  After the foregoing:

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
  How to troubleshoot performance issues in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950685

  Optimize the performance of Microsoft Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/959062
  To see everything that is in charge of startup - wait a few minutes with nothing to do - then right-click
  Taskbar - the Task Manager process - take a look at stored by - Services - this is a quick way
  reference (if you have a small box at the bottom left - show for all users, then check that).

  How to check and change Vista startup programs
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-startup-programs-enable-disable.html

  A quick check to see that load method 2 is - using MSCONFIG then put a list of
  those here.
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  Tools that should help you:

  Process Explorer - free - find out which files, key of registry and other objects processes have opened.
  What DLLs they have loaded and more. This exceptionally effective utility will show you even who has
  each process.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

  Autoruns - free - see what programs are configured to start automatically when you start your system
  and you log in. Autoruns also shows you the full list of registry and file locations where applications can
  Configure auto-start settings.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
  Process Monitor - Free - monitor the system files, registry, process, thread and DLL real-time activity.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

  There are many excellent free tools from Sysinternals
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/default.aspx

  -Free - WhatsInStartUP this utility displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically
  When Windows starts. For each request, the following information is displayed: Type of startup (registry/Startup folder), Command - Line String, the product name, Version of the file, the name of the company;
  Location in the registry or the file system and more. It allows you to easily disable or remove unwanted
  a program that runs in your Windows startup.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/what_run_in_startup.html

  There are many excellent free tools to NirSoft
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/index.html

  Window Watcher - free - do you know what is running on your computer? Maybe not. The window
  Watcher says it all, reporting of any window created by running programs, if the window
  is visible or not.
  http://www.KarenWare.com/PowerTools/ptwinwatch.asp

  Many excellent free tools and an excellent newsletter at Karenware
  http://www.KarenWare.com/

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  Vista and Windows 7 updated drivers love then here's how update the most important.

  This is my generic how updates of appropriate driver:

  This utility, it is easy see which versions are loaded:

  -Free - DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system.
  For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver,
  Description, version, product name, company that created the driver and more.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/DriverView.html

  For drivers, visit manufacturer of emergency system and of the manufacturer of the device that are the most common.
  Control Panel - device - Graphics Manager - note the brand and complete model
  your video card - double - tab of the driver - write version information. Now, click on update
  Driver (this can do nothing as MS is far behind the certification of drivers) - then right-click.
  Uninstall - REBOOT it will refresh the driver stack.

  Repeat this for network - card (NIC), Wifi network, sound, mouse, and keyboard if 3rd party
  with their own software and drivers and all other main drivers that you have.

  Now in the system manufacturer (Dell, HP, Toshiba as examples) site (in a restaurant), peripheral
  Site of the manufacturer (Realtek, Intel, Nvidia, ATI, for example) and get their latest versions. (Look for
  BIOS, Chipset and software updates on the site of the manufacturer of the system here.)

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put them - right click - RUN AD ADMIN - REBOOT after
  each installation.

  Always check in the Device Manager - drivers tab to be sure the version you actually install
  presents itself. This is because some restore drivers before the most recent is installed (sound card drivers
  in particular that) so to install a driver - reboot - check that it is installed and repeat as
  necessary.

  Repeat to the manufacturers - BTW in the DO NOT RUN THEIR SCANNER device - check
  manually by model.

  Look at the sites of the manufacturer for drivers - and the manufacturer of the device manually.
  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/HT/driverdlmfgr.htm

  How to install a device driver in Vista Device Manager
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/193584-Device-Manager-install-driver.html

  If you update the drivers manually, then it's a good idea to disable the facilities of driver under Windows
  Updates, that leaves about Windows updates but it will not install the drivers that will be generally
  older and cause problems. If updates offers a new driver and then HIDE it (right click on it), then
  get new manually if you wish.

  How to disable automatic driver Installation in Windows Vista - drivers
  http://www.AddictiveTips.com/Windows-Tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-Windows-Vista/
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730606 (WS.10) .aspx

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  Refer to these discussions because many more excellent advice however don't forget to check your antivirus
  programs, the main drivers and BIOS update and also solve the problems with the cleanboot method
  first.

  Problems with the overall speed of the system and performance
  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/slow_windows_performance/en-us

  Performance and Maintenance Tips
  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7performance/thread/19e5d6c3-BF07-49ac-a2fa-6718c988f125

  Explorer Windows stopped working
  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7performance/thread/6ab02526-5071-4DCC-895F-d90202bad8b3

  Hope these helps.

• Vista running slow after update 11/05/2011 dealing with Outlook 2007

  Vista Home Prem running slow after update 11/05/2011 dealing with Outlook 2007. Now, it takes 30 to 45 seconds to open Outlook, or any program. I'm under IE 9.0.8112.16421.

  The installed updates were:

  Update of security for Microsoft Office System 2007 (KB2540162)

  Update for the filter of junk e-mail in Outlook 2007 (KB2536413)

  Update of security for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB2535818)

  Update for Windows Mail Junk e-mail filter [May 2011] (KB905866)

  Windows malicious software removal tool - may 2011 (KB890830)

  Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2509470)

  Can anyone help?

  Thank you

  Tony

  Hi Tony,.

  You can try the following steps and check.

  Method 1:

  You can try to run the performance fix and check.

  Check out the link:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/slow_windows_performance/

  Method 2:

  You can also read the following article and try the suggested steps.

  How to troubleshoot performance issues in Windows Vista

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950685

  For more information, see the links:

  Optimize your computer for peak performance

  http://www.Microsoft.com/athome/Setup/optimize.aspx

  Hope this information is useful.

• Vista sometimes slow transfer speed nas

  I tried
  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistanetworking/thread/c5fe4e3f-6b55-421A-8C83-12e459047709
  and it did not work for me.
   
  I have a desktop computer, laptop computer and nas with the shared windows resources box.  To the nas transfer speeds are what is to be expected and more wireless on the laptop and can support about 2.6 MB/s on a wifi 54 G.  The network is a Netgear router to modem wireless CVG824G with wifi 54G and 100 Mbps cable with cable ports.  The office and the nas are connected to the router directly with cat 5 cables and NICs gigabit in them.
  The office is another story.  When plugged in it will copy files to and from the office to the nas to about 8 MB/s, which is around what I expected a 100 Mbps connection, but after it has copied 1 file it slows down to about 500 ~ 600 KB/s until you restart the nas or the office.
  Have a wired 100Mbps connection with transfer significantly more slow speed that a Wifi 54 G Terminal is very annoying.  Desktop or laptops have vista sp2.  The laptop is 32-bit vs 64-bit office.
  I tried various things on the desktop for this problem, including the execution of the command netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel = disabled with elevated privileges, different mtu sizes. also the following as well
  netsh interface tcp set global rss = off
  SC config lanmanworkstation depend = bowser/mrxsmb10/ins
  sc config mrxsmb20 start = off
  I think to format and re - install will be necessary.

  Well, I have solved my problem.

  For what follows, socket samba on my nas options have been set

  socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE SO_REUSEADDR SO_BROADCAST SO_SNDBUF = 8192 SO_RCVBUF = 8192

  I decided to leave as a default installation of windows I could without formatting.  To reactivate the smb2 I had turned off before, that vista uses by default and descends to smb1 when necessary, I ran

  SC config lanmanworkstation depend = bowser/mrxsmb10/mrxsmb20/ins

  sc config mrxsmb20 = auto start

  then using TCPOptimizer http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php with run as administrator to enable elevated privileges, just in case, I put the windows default setting and apply, then restarted
  then with a few tips on how to find my optimal MTU size with ping, I discovered that something along the road could only manage a MTU of 1472.  See somewhere like http://www.dslreports.com/faq/5793 for a howto on this.  And before rebooting, I have disabled auto-tuning then in a window of commands with elevation of privilege, I ran the commands
  netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel = disabled

  netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface "Local network connection" mtu = 1472 store = persistent
  then when the computer reboots, he went to max bandwidth.

• New installation-Vista is slow, lock up and "not responding".

  I performed a clean installation of Vista Ultimate 64 bit on a new disk of Wetern Digital 1 TB (64 MB cache 5400 RPM), new card gigabyte, 12 GB of DDR3 memory, graphics card GeForce 9800 GT with 1 GB on board and Intel Core i7 930 processor. I have closed, slow and 'unresponsive. ' Went through the installation twice.

  Worked on this week. All hardware manufacturers say that's not their point. Any ideas as to what could be causing this?

  It looks like a hardware or driver problem (but you say that you have checked that everything is compatible and all drivers are up-to-date and the manufacturer) or you have installed a software that is not compatible with this version of Vista and the software is causing the problem.  He's not the kind of problem that can be caused by a faulty drive (but it's also remotely possible).

  After 2 facilities and the same problems, I'd probably take system to a repair facility of computer with a good reputation for service.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Newbie: VMWare + professional Vista very slow on macbook

  Hello

  I'm trying VMWare fusion for the first time, so I hope that I'm doing something wrong. I have a MacBook (OS X 10.5.5, 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM) and I installed a trial version of VMWare Fusion 2.0 (downloaded yesterday) 30 days. I used to install Windows Visa Business x 64, although the process took hours.

  I rebooted the MacBook, set the memory of the Virtual Machine to max (896 MB) and without reprieve from the virtual machine. It took 12 minutes to come back to life.

  I had installed the VMWare tools, and when he came back to life, he reported that they were obsolete.

  The MacBook is plugged in, do not currently running on the battery.

  Why is it SO slow? Even clicking on start them button takes minutes. I could move to 2 GB of memory, or switch to XP.

  Thanks for helping a newbie

  j

  Vista really needs 2 GB of its own min. to function well. The best solution would be to go to XP as you say unless there is a good reason why you need Vista. However, I still would upgrade the Macbook with more memory in any case.

• Vista - extremely slow installation updates

  I decided to do a clean update with Vista and using the update feature so I understand not properly installed.  The problem is that I'm downloading and installing updates for more than 16 hours today and I'm not even up to Service Pack 2.  I missing something here or is there something wrong with MicroSoft fundementally?  2 hours is too long!  Much less than 16 hours.  I have a cable internet connection and a quad-processor, so I know that's not the equipment.   How can these people have a job when there are so many people unemployed?  If I'm supposed to do the update of the tasks otherwise, why me I didn't.  This is really unacceptable.  What's the matter with you people?

  See...

  Cleaning a compromised system
       http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc700813.aspx

  Personal data backup (which none should be considered 100% reliable at this point) then format the HARD disk and do a clean install of Windows.  Please note that a repair installation (upgrade AKA on-site) won't fix this!

  HOW to do a clean install of Vista: section "If you want to reinstall Windows Vista by running a new installation...". "ofhttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Installing-and-reinstalling-Windows-Vista

  Once installed the clean, you will have the equivalent of a "new computer" in order to take care of everything on the next page before connecting the machine to the internet or one local network (i.e. other computers) otherwise and before using a flash drive or the SD card that is not brand new, or has not been freshly formatted:

  4 steps to help protect your new computer before going online
       http://www.Microsoft.com/security/pypc.aspx

  Other useful references include:

  Tip: After getting the computer fully patched, download/install KB971029 manually:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971029

  NB: No matter what Norton or McAfee free trial which is preinstalled on the computer when you bought will be reinstalled (but invalid) when Windows is reinstalled. You MUST uninstall the trial for free AND download/run the removal tool appropriate prior to installing the updates, Windows Service Packs or IE upgrades AND BEFORE installing your new anti-virus application (which will require WinXP SP3 must be installed).

  Norton Removal Tool
       FTP://ftp.Symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

  McAfee Consumer product removal tool
       http://download.McAfee.com/Products/Licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe

  If you need help, please start a new thread in this forum: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistarepair/threads

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• Windows vista very slow start sometimes 10 min. seems to work ok after

  Blue screans occasionally

  Hello

  1. you remember that all hardware/software change on your computer before the show?
  2. do you get an error and error codes when the computer goes to blue screen?

  I suggest that you follow all the steps in these articles and check if they help.
  Optimize Windows Vista for better performance

  Resolve stop (blue screen) error in Windows 7

  (Not valid also for Windows Vista)

• Vista SP2 slow off mode 'sleep'

  I have Vista 64-bit Home Premium. In may, I've upgraded to SP2. Most of the time that the computer is in mode standby. When I press a key on the keyboard the office coming from the right, but the pointer will not work for 15-20 seconds and then works perfectly. I also noticed that when I plug in my digital camera into a USB port on the computer to load the photos it takes also some 15-20 seconds for the software to recognize the port.  Before the upgrade to SP2 all functions have been immediate. Everything else seems to work fine after the update. Thanks in advance for any help...

  Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for issues related to Windows Vista Service Packs. Availability of support chat or messaging differs depending on your location. Some questions may require more support for which it has advanced a charge: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?prid=13014&gprid=582034