Conspiracy theory - Windows XP

Blue_SV650S · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Karma :

I think that Microsoft have been sending out updates that purposely slow down your machine during boot-up/initial use period ...

Why?? ... people will want to upgrade to W7 as they see it is the only way to get faster boot-up ....

Who thinks I am onto something!?!? Thinking

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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

XP Always slows down after a long period. Hence when I was running XP back in the stone age, I used to re-install Windows every 6 months.
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Stelmer · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Karma :

Mine's fine and it's running XP SP3. Never been formatted since I got the PC in 2003.

I do lots of scans though and am fully aware of what is running on it.

Blue_SV650S · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Karma :

SoND · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Karma :

Use bootvis to see what process is taking the longest to load and work from there.

Drives get slow with age, doesn't help booting. Have plenty of free space on your boot drive and defrag it with windows defrag tool. Running a registry cleaner won't hurt if you haven't used one in a long time.
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The Shaggy D.A. · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Karma :

ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Karma :

I never shut down my computer.

Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

Windows XP is an ancient operating system now, W7 prioritises applications by default and allot faster load times. Get with the times and upgrade Very Happy

Blue_SV650S · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Karma :

XP boots really quickly with a fresh install .. it is only after all the updates and service packs it then gets bogged down ...
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silky666 · Captain Rulebook Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Karma :

do people still use XP ?
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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

I ran XP from 6 months before its official release until the begining of this year. Best thing I ever did upgrading to W7 but I did spend a fucking fortune on a monster PC.

When running XP though, as long as you're running the likes of AVG and a firewall, you're pretty much safe from viruses.

Also depends on the spec of your system as well mate, XP would run fast as anything from a fresh install, even on a shit PC but as soon as you start installing things and adding more items to the start up, it just starts taking the piss.

What spec is your PC?

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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

You know W7 will run far better on an older PC than XP?

Blue_SV650S · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Karma :

Vista was so sh1te, I went back to XP ... I CBA with W7 to be honest ... XP is a ruddy good OS - very stable and not full of the ghey!! Cool

I am sure I'll migrate to W7 at some point (probably when I get a new machine), but I really don't see the need as it won't really 'give' me much ...

As I said I have XP on several machines, none of them s3xy by today's standards, but more than up to the job of running an OS and browsing for porn!! Laughing

... as an example, my main one is a AMD 64 X2 Dual 4600+ 2GB ram - there is no way that should struggle with the OS ... my little 'Atom' netbooks should even cope ...
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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

Agreed, Vista was total pants. I installed it, then promptly un-installed it a week later.

Seriously though, get W7 mate, you will be suprised at how good it is compared with XP/Vista and your AMD 64 machine will run that no problem. I have a similar rig downstairs and I just put W7 on it and runs 10x faster than it did with XP.

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Blue_SV650S · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Karma :

I reiterate, XP runs fast and smooth once it is up and running ... it just seems to take 3-5mins to get to the full ready to use state ...

It then downloads and update, installs it and then nags you about restarting it - I often tell it to f-off at that point!! Mr. Green

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Stelmer · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Karma :

Do you have Windows Defender? That can slow things down but it is a good program to have.

I'd recommend doing a post on https://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-xp-support/ as they're good and will get you to do allsorts and offer lots of advice. However, don't mention anything to do with downloading torrents........

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Fortuna · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Karma :

It's not just you, it has indeed increased initial boot time.

Flip · Super Spammer Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Karma :

Where I live, everyone's Vista got worse just as 7 was released. Make sense for XP to go shit as well. Thumbs Up

And at the risk of upsetting everyone... XP is horrible. Laughing

KevTM · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Karma :

Handy that Ubuntu 10.04 was just released.. Wink

Just sayin'

Blue_SV650S · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Karma :