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| 535449 | 2007-03-24 06:34:00 | Since I started using Vista, some sites I go to often are slow to load, even Microsoft sites. For example; this page http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/ now takes 5 minutes & 30 seconds to load with IE. Using the latest Firefox, it takes one minute less. With XP ( from memory), it took about 30 seconds, give or take. Can other Vista users try the link & tell me how long it takes them? Be precise, give or take a few seconds, or it will be meaningless. Any Idea why I go so slow with Vista, when it is fast with XP? |
theoldfarter (1792) | ||
| 535450 | 2007-03-24 07:02:00 | Less than 2 seconds, IE and Firefox, on Vista Ultimate (using Telstraclear cable connection). One thing to try is unticking IPV6 in the network settings, so it uses IPV4. You may have incompatible hardware somewhere which is causing issues, as Vista defaults to IPV6. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 535451 | 2007-03-24 08:19:00 | <2secs in Opera using XP | smurf (6545) | ||
| 535452 | 2007-03-25 00:35:00 | Less than 4 seconds to load completely. Using XP, Firefox and Xnet broadband. | Tukapa (62) | ||
| 535453 | 2007-03-25 07:14:00 | Thanks for you replies. I would have replied sooner but as I was typing last night, Vista froze. The monitor went dark as though it had been turned off (the green light was still blinking slowly) & everything was unresponsive. The hard drives were still spinning, etc. I tried to put it into "sleep" mode but no go. I had to use the button on the case to restart. It went fine for 10 minutes then did it again. Restarted, lasted 10 minutes again. On the third time, Vista froze but kept the monitor running. Had to use that button again. I have now restored XP from an image & will load Vista on fresh, in a dual-boot configuration & explore what happened, if it does it again. I will keep in mind the IPV6 that has been mentioned. XP loads that web page in less than 5 seconds. I talked to my ISP & they said that they are getting some reports, from the customers that have installed Vista, of freezes. It looks like there are still bugs in it. IE7 crashed a couple of time on me before. |
theoldfarter (1792) | ||
| 535454 | 2007-03-25 08:51:00 | Any Idea why I go so slow with Vista, when it is fast with XP? Apart form the bugs, it has more bloat too. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 535455 | 2007-03-29 22:13:00 | I have found the culprit, it was Avast Anti-virus. I have set up Vista as a dual-boot & did a fresh install. In it's raw state (nothing added) I went to a couple of the web sites that have been taking 5 odd minutes to load previously. They loaded in a couple of seconds. I put Avast on (had been using it) & went back to the slow load times. It was the latest version of Avast. I deleted it & loaded on the latest version of NOD32. Those pages now open in a flash. |
theoldfarter (1792) | ||
| 535456 | 2007-03-29 22:25:00 | If u had Avast Pro the web shield option will slow surfing down. As I think it scans everything on every site you go to. Thats why I disabled it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 535457 | 2007-03-29 22:30:00 | So I take it that you use Vista & Avast Pro? If so, how do you disable the Web Shield option? |
theoldfarter (1792) | ||
| 535458 | 2007-03-29 22:42:00 | No I use XP and Avast Pro . But it'll most probably do the same thing on Vista, if u have Avast Pro . You right click on the a icon in the taskbar / on access protection control then click on details . There's usually 8 providers u can terminate/start here . I've disabled the Web Shield / P2P shield (since I dont use P2P), and Outlook / Exchange (since I dont use Outlook for email) . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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