Older System, General Problems

[JakAzz425]

Hey guys, When i built my new computer I gave my old computer to my room mates to use cause they just really need an internet browser. Well it used to be a decent computer. Now its just slightly Outdated. But when ever they log on the issues start. EXTREMELY sluggish uses 100% CPU when opening a single web page. Computer Specs:

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Computer FRONTPC

Generator Doug

Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Professional 6.0.6000 (WinVista Beta)

Date 2009-01-14

Time 15:10


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Computer:

Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Professional

OS Service Pack -

DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Computer Name FRONTPC

User Name Doug

Motherboard:

CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2533 MHz (19 x 133)

Motherboard Name ECS 648FX-A (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio)

Motherboard Chipset SiS 648FX

System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)

BIOS Type Award (08/19/03)

Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)

Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:

Video Adapter GeForce 6200

Video Adapter GeForce 6200

3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP

Multimedia:

Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device

Storage:

IDE Controller SiS PCI IDE Controller

SCSI/RAID Controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive

Disk Drive WDC WD800BB-00CAA1 ATA Device (74 GB, IDE)

Optical Drive DVD ROM DX-DVDR100 ATA Device

Optical Drive LITE-ON LTR-52327S ATA Device (52x/32x/52x CD-RW)

SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:

C: (NTFS) 39997 MB (36825 MB free)

F: (NTFS) 36318 MB (24510 MB free)

Total Size 74.5 GB (59.9 GB free)

Input:

Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard

Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:

Network Adapter ADMtek AN983 based ethernet adapter

Network Adapter Linksys WMP110 RangePlus Wireless PCI Adapter (192.168.1.103)

Network Adapter SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

Peripherals:

Printer \\JENKINS\Canon iP2600 series

Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer

USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller

USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller

USB2 Controller SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller

USB Device USB Human Interface Device

USB Device USB Mass Storage Device


Thats what Im running, But for some reason it says vista pro. Its actually Vista Ultimate. x86 32Bit. SO yea Recap, Computer Has no programs on it excluding internet browsing and a couple small programs, from a fresh install the computer was super sluggish. Any Ideas?

 

[GhislainG]

What process(es) makes it that busy and does it get less busy after being logged on for a while?

To make it a bit faster, you could start by increasing memory from 1GB to 2GB or load Windows XP instead of Vista. To be honest, that system isn't really appropriate to run Vista.

 

[aford10]

You really need at least 2G of RAM to run vista. You can run a defrag and disk cleanup to help the sluggishness, but that will only help a little.