Bengals1181 Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 So my computer installed some updates this morning (Windows Vista) and now things are a mess. My internet is working at a beyond snails pace, and my computer overall is having major troubles. It took me 5 minutes just to open the page to create this topic. Probably 15 minutes to attach files and send an email (it timed out twice before sending). Also having trouble with Excel and even Windows Task Manager and the Start Menu, and it took about 10 minutes for windows to boot up this morning when it usually takes less than 1. So it's not strictly an internet issue. I'd think its my physical memory, but I'm not showing having used a lot. Any suggestions? Is there a way to locate and deactivate the updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 also odd that yesterday I had 7-8 GB free on my hard drive, and now I have 14GB free... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 may wanna free up like 20-30 GB on the hard drive just to be safe. if all else fails you can of course wipe the computer and install vista fresh and run the updates then. while the issue was caused by doing the update, the update isnt the issue, your computer needs the updates, so undoing it is kind of a half ass fix. and may just cause other issues later.. save up $600 and buy a mac mini.... never look back.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 ran disk defragmenter and disk cleanup while I was out and then re-started. Didn't help. Windows took 8 1/2 minutes to boot. Usualy takes 15-20 seconds. Looks like the updates installed were updates and security updates for microsoft.net framework 4 client profile. also a few updates and security updates for microsoft windows and a hotfix for microsoft windows. My computer did run windows repair yesterday (my computer froze in sleep mode and I had to manually shut down) but it was working fine when I turned it off last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 wipe that mofo... and do a fresh install... its always a good feeling.,.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 look headed that way. Backing up the last of my files now. Windows is running a little better, but Chrome is still a snail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 hmm, I deleted some of the recent updates (the mrt.exe security file) and things are running better. Windows boot was still slow, but down to 4 1/2 minutes. Chrome is 85% back to normal speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Have you tried a system restore to a time prior to the updates? And why are you waiting until you have problems to back your stuff up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 [quote name='Elflocko' timestamp='1334279631' post='1118060'] Have you tried a system restore to a time prior to the updates? And why are you waiting until you have problems to back your stuff up? [/quote] ha, I back up the important stuff, but there's other stuff like music and stuff that I wanted to back up since I have the chance. I spoke too soon on things being better. They're better, but not fixed. Unfortunately it isn't letting me do a system restore. I stupidly didn't have any restore points set up. To make matters worse, there's an unopened copy of Windows 7 Live somewhere in my office that is nowhere to be seen. Gave it to my wife for her to use, she never did, and now its vanished. Would solve my problems. Gonna try to booth to the "last known good configuration". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I'd recommend upgrading to W7, as Vista blows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vol_Bengal Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 [quote name='Elflocko' timestamp='1334288632' post='1118083'] I'd recommend upgrading to W7, as Vista blows... [/quote] This. Was gonna say it yesterday but didn't have the heart! Memory management, just everything about 7 is 1000% better than Vista. Vista is almost like Microsoft decided to try "something different" to see if it'd catch on and failed. Then, with 7 they took XP Pro, slimmed it down, scaled back the auto installables, improved the underlying OS management and released it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 [quote name='Vol_Bengal' timestamp='1334316402' post='1118094'] This. Was gonna say it yesterday but didn't have the heart! Memory management, just everything about 7 is 1000% better than Vista. Vista is almost like Microsoft decided to try "something different" to see if it'd catch on and failed. Then, with 7 they took XP Pro, slimmed it down, scaled back the auto installables, improved the underlying OS management and released it. [/quote] ha, no worries. Northing I didn't already know, just can't seem to find the damn disk, and don't want to have to buy it when I know there's a copy of it somewhere in my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 grumble, I just did disk cleanup again (which included about 1GB in windows error reports) and now I'm running good again, but that happened last night too and only lasted a few minutes. I guess it at least points to a fixable problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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