Re: Vista ok - at the moment

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"Delboy" <nospam.delboy.hoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Have had this Packard Bell kit since 20/04/07. 2.4 Gig Athlon processor, 3
Gig memory, Vista home Prem SP1; fully updated.

This kit has been getting slower & s l o w e r & s l o ....
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I finally got round to re loading the machine from the
backup partition. It now seems to operate quicker than new and is almost a
pleasure to use (apart from the much maligned UAC).

Internet is much more responsive (in spite of a best speed of 1.5mbps, file
copy is pretty fair, all in all, now a satisfactory box.

How long for is another matter.

I have run an OS for as long as six years without having a slowdown
problem or finding the need to reinstall and start over.

I think it's all in how you maintain your computer and how much crap
you download and install.
.

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