[freebeer]

Well, as my title says, I'm having some big problems with Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit. I just installed this OS, upgrading from Windows XP Pro. My first problem is, everything is just really, really slower then in XP. Things are opening slower, and it's annoying to me. Now I'm not talking like 10 second delays, I'm talking like 30 seconds and such. Now I know that Vista comes preloaded with a bunch of security crap that runs in the background, and some of it, well, maybe it's not so useful, or can be disabled. I know there's been guides and such of things like "How to tweak Vista to increase performance". Well, I'm looking for a step in the right direction to get this thing going faster. Any links to guides, or your own tips would be appreciated.

My next problem, is that whenever I installed Vista, I think it kept all my old from XP. Now I have 2 hard drives, one with my OS and games, the other holds everything else (Music, movies, pictures, etc..). When I installed the new OS, I unplugged my storage drive, to steer away from any problems that may cause. As soon as it was done installing however, I went to my computer, and it says that I have 30GB/120GB of free space. Now I'm sitting here thinking, man Vista doesn't take up that much space. And then I go into it, and sure enough I have all my old files from XP. So what I want to know is this a major problem? Will it slow my performance? And is there a way I can remove the ones I don't need?

Any help would be much appreciated, giving +rep for the help.

Freeebeer

EDIT: This is what my drive with the OS looks like.

 

[FaceCannon]

Nah, Its just incase you want to go back supposedly. but you know microsoft isnt gonna help you do that!

 

[Millillion]

One thing to do is turn off UAC if you haven't, it gets really annoying. Go to Control Panel > Windows Security Center > Other Security Settings and turn off User Account Control, it just asks you to confirm every single action on your computer.

 

[noobdown]

if you are upgrading all your old files will be there. if you format it will either put the old os in a folder call old...., if done right(reformating) you delete the partition and recreat it, which i recommend you do.

 

[AMDCAMARO]

Black viper tweak it. I tried Vista and hated it, once I found out about black viper, I fell in love with Vista. Sec I will find the links

 

[FaceCannon]

Black Viper?

 

[AMDCAMARO]

Blackviper

Do these first
http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/s...eaks.htm#eight

and here is the link to #9, #9 took me about 2 hours to do the first time cause I had to research everything, but "tweaked" is totally safe and will not mess anything up.

http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm

 

[FaceCannon]

Ive done all that... lol

 

[AMDCAMARO]

Quote:

Originally Posted by FaceCannon Ive done all that... lol

HeHe, yea but the op might not have

And I did my Lappy under "msconfig", and my desktop with "services.msc" . so both ways are safe

 

[freebeer]

So what about all the old files? There's none of them that I need, so what do you suggest I do with them?

 

[Vlasov_581]

after you're done copying whatever you need from windows.old, right click on c drive (alpha) choose disk cleanup, and check previous windows installation....this will delete you xp installation and free up some space

 

[noobdown]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vlasov_581 after you're done copying whatever you need from windows.old, right click on c drive (alpha) choose disk cleanup, and check previous windows installation....this will delete you xp installation and free up some space

or just right click on windows old and delete it.

 

[Aaroman]

I found vista slow at first but I found it sped up after the learning period. plus since I overclocked it is smooth as butter. Still want a 2x2gb kit though

 

[AMDCAMARO]

hmm, go into C drive and start deleting? Then do the standard disc clean up and defrag. just my

 

[wierdo124]

I made a guide here on OCN. Link in sig.

 

[AMDCAMARO]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vlasov_581 after you're done copying whatever you need from windows.old, right click on c drive (alpha) choose disk cleanup, and check previous windows installation....this will delete you xp installation and free up some space

I love your avatar, but I tell U that every time I C it, LoL

 

[noobdown]

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMDCAMARO hmm, go into C drive and start deleting? Then do the standard disc clean up and defrag. just my

for the most part no!! delete throught add remove programs, the if you want delete the folders of the apps you just uninstalled.

 

[Squeeker The Cat]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aaroman I found vista slow at first but I found it sped up after the learning period. plus since I overclocked it is smooth as butter. Still want a 2x2gb kit though

yeah i went from 4 1gb sticks now have 2 2gb sticks and its amazing the difference?? no idea why but there was a difference for me

 

[Danbeme32]

delete

Edit posted already

 

[AMDCAMARO]

Quote:

Originally Posted by noobdown for the most part no!! delete throught add remove programs, the if you want delete the folders of the apps you just uninstalled.

That is what the ? mark was for, that is the way I do it, but I R old....