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Thread ID: 131083 2013-04-24 22:31:00 Cleaning out Sony Vista laptop cowboy stu (7021) Press F1
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1338300 2013-04-28 03:32:00 Thanks MSSE seems ok. Have got another gig on the way so hope that makes it more useable.
Cheers
cowboy stu (7021)
1338301 2013-04-28 03:59:00 After 4 years, reinstalling will also help. If you have no Vista disc you can probably borrow or otherwise obtain a copy then just use your own COA\Key.

Also, Vista gets a lot better once you install SP2, apparently.
Agent_24 (57)
1338302 2013-04-28 04:49:00 yep i did a reinstall/cleanout from the sony system and then updated to sp2. Seems to be better .. put the new ram in tomorrow and see then.
Thanks
cowboy stu (7021)
1338303 2013-04-28 04:58:00 Did you uninstall Norton or any other pre-installed AV before installing MSSE? bk T (215)
1338304 2013-04-28 06:58:00 yep it had avast but the reinstall knocked every thing out. Just got basics back on and is running sweet
thanks
cowboy stu (7021)
1338305 2013-04-28 10:18:00 Just did this for an Acer Vista laptop, for a friend. Reinstalled, googled "speedup Vista", and went through a whole lot of stuff, then installed some basic programs, and it has gone from " I will get my pension before this thing responds" to it's "bloody slow". Mind you it's got 512 Mb of memory (at the moment)! Be prepared to wait a long time for all the updates. ps got my pension a long time ago. PPp (9511)
1338306 2013-04-28 10:32:00 yep updates took quite a while to come thru... not a job to sit and watch. Seems stable now. cowboy stu (7021)
1338307 2013-04-28 10:49:00 Make sure you trim it down with lots of "speedups" as its really a big fat beasty. PPp (9511)
1338308 2013-04-28 20:51:00 speedups ? cowboy stu (7021)
1338309 2013-05-01 09:58:00 "Just did this for an Acer Vista laptop, for a friend. Reinstalled, googled "speedup Vista", and went through a whole lot of stuff"
As in my post, Vista has a lot of excess luggage and will respond to some lightning of the load.
PPp (9511)
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