I'm doing all of these things, and just change antivirus programs but since upgrading GFW is what I've noticed the sluggishness.

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On Jun 12, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Are you saying that your Windows Vista computer is having some performance issues, and you're looking for help resolving them?
> 
> Here are a few things I do on my Windows systems. This mostly applies to Windows XP. I haven't run Windows Vista and I haven't used Windows Seven enough yet to do any of this.
> 
> 1) Remove any programs you know you don't need or use any more.
> 2) Make sure programs you don't need running all the time are not being started up automatically when Windows starts.
> 3) Run a disk clean utility.
> 4) Scan the hard drive for any malware. Note I perform the first two steps before this just to speed things up.
> 5) Run a registry cleaning program. Be careful with this step. I'm not sure how effective this is anymore, and I almost consider it optional.
> 6) Defragment your hard drive. I personally don't do this any more, but some people still swear by it.
> 
> Are you running any programs you didn't used to run? If so, you may need a bit more memory. I've found my Windows systems with JAWS run quite a bit better with 4G of memory.
> 
> On 06/11/2013 06:13 PM, Jeff Kenyon wrote:
>> Hi everyone, I just had to deal with a pokey computer here, and since
>> working with JAWS 13 and up this has been an issue, even after I got the
>> virus issue addressed back last spring.  Anyone else with Vista noticed
>> this at all?
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