PLEASE HELP!! COMPUTER IS SLOW!!

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Here is what happened.  Installed a new power source to my computer last week.  It had XP existing on it.  When rebooting my computer  ZI found I had some software for vista from when I bought my computer about two years ago hat I never touched, or maybe it came from somewhere I dont really know.  Any ways I installed it, and ever since have had a rally hard time operating my compuuter at the speed I was working at.  This is causing me a lot of stress because I am taking some online schooling, and trying to jump between different windows on and off line are killing me.  Everything is processing so slow. And I am not very up on what I am dealing with.  I have tried to unistall some programs that I never use, defragment, and clean some disk soace but nothing seems to work.  I do no know if this is a vista issue or what?  I mean if do not care if I have to go back to xp to get the performance back, I just do not know how or what to do.  Please help, any advice is appreciated.     Thanks!

jdelidc · Answer

which operating system are you using? if you're still in XP, you can uninstall the programs from control panel -> add/remove programs. if you are in vista now, stick a flash drive in and use readyboost (my computer -> right click on flash drive -> properties -> readyboost)

imar · Answer

If you are running Vista you may need to think about upgrading your memory. Vista is a hungry dog, you'll need 3gb minimum.

mwfanelli2 · Answer

FWIW, 2G of memory works very well. Even with lots of apps running, there is no swap file usage and only 53% of the memory is being used on my Inspiron 1501. I agree that 1G is too little but 3G is overkill for most.

imar · Answer

I agree. My partner runs her Acer Aspire quite happily with 2Gig. But then she only uses MS office, itunes, the internet etc. ;) My PC on the other hand struggles as it is primarily a gaming machine. Vista uses almost a gig before you even start running other programs. Now I have a BFG 8800 GTX it's time to upgrade my MB, PSU and most importantly my CPU (to quad core) and Memory (to 4gb).

markwparsons · Answer

Ok, that is fine.  I would really just like to get rid of Vista and go back to what I was using which was XP.  But like I saig i really do not know what i am doing.  I have aready tried to unistall through programs but i can not find where or how really to get back to XP, and do away with vista.  Since I have installed vista I have also installed some new software for an online line class, and do not want to screw anything up.  I know that i can restore my computer to a specific point, ( day in time before I installed Vista, right?) but what should I do.  I must speed up the performance on my computer.  What is the easiest and fastest way to solve my problem.     Thanks.

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