My Windows Vista computer takes an hour to boot!

[evilguy]

Once it boots, it isn't even all that slow, but it still takes a friggin hour despite me having an SSD! My computer may not be particularly snappy, but at least I usually don't wait so long for applications to load! I am even running Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, which cuts a lot of fluff Windows Vista Ultimate normally has. Why is it taking so long to boot? What am I doing wrong? I have a dual core CPU, 4 GB of RAM, and SSD, how is all that not enough to make this boot in a reasonable amount of time?
If this keeps up, I am downgrading to Windows 2000!
To make matters worse, I actually have a Windows 10 computer with even worse specs. My Windows Vista computer has the dual core amd64 CPU and 4GB of RAM. The Windows 10 machine only has a single core IA-32 CPU and 2 GB of RAM! The Windows 10 machine is actually able to boot up in time!

 

[Eschewcel]

Must suck to be poor.

 

[Amphisbaena]

Change your OS, Vista is probably the worst windows version

 

[pixy.]

>vista
found your problem

 

[Transcended Trucel]

>vista
found your problem

 

[tang ping]

u cant even repair windows vista and windows 7 computers anymore, these jews force all their copypasta 'generations' on u so that all the new processors/mobos dont support anything older than windows 10. u literally cant even buy hardware that can run old windows so once that computer dies its gone.

 

[ihateamogus]

Vista?

 

[crestfallencel]

Vista is probably the worst windows version

 

[kanyepilled]

why are you using windows Vista? using old versions of windows is kinda dumb regardless, but why not atleast use xp or 7? and why the fuck would you downgrade to windows 2000

 

[ReconElement]

My first laptop was windows Vista way back in 2009. Why tf do you have that shit in your pc to this day? That pc is gone, I don't use it anymore.

 

[Mecoja]

Install lite version of windows 7 it served me well for years. You could buy a used decent PC for very little money, intel i5 2xxx and 3xxx are dirt cheap and they still hold up well

 

[Linesnap99]

upgrade to winver 11. build 22000.348

Install lite version of windows 7 it served me well for years. You could buy a used decent PC for very little money, intel i5 2xxx and 3xxx are dirt cheap and they still hold up well

good advice

 

[evilguy]

I actually found my problem. It was how Windows Update works. This may have been fixed on build 6003, but I am not taking any chances. Basically you should install a maximum of 80 updates at a time, or else Windows Update basically screws up the system. I have no idea if build 6003 fixed this, I would certainly hope so! Build 6003 was not released for all editions. While it is unofficially possible to install build 6003 on the unsupported editions, it actually isn't very easy to do so.

Spoiler: Editions of Windows Vista that support build 6003

• Windows Server 2008 Foundation (IA-32 and amd64)
• Windows Server 2008 Standard (IA-32 and amd64)
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (IA-32 and amd64) (this is one of my two Vista systems)
• Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (IA-32 and amd64)
• Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (IA-64 only) (this particular edition is really bad, recommended to use Windows Server 2003 on IA-64 systems if you really need Windows on Itanium)

Spoiler: Editions of Windows Vista that do not support build 6003 (possibly hackable)

• Windows Vista Starter (IA-32 only)
• Windows Vista Home Basic (IA-32 and amd64)
• Windows Vista Home Premium (IA-32 and amd64)
• Windows Vista Business (IA-32 and amd64)
• Windows Vista Enterprise (IA-32 and amd64) (not to be confused with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise)
• Windows Vista Ultimate (IA-32 and amd64) (the second Vista system I use)
• Windows Web Server 2008 (IA-32 and amd64)
• Windows HPC Server 2008 (amd64 only?)
• Windows Storage Server 2008 (IA-32 and amd64)
• Windows Small Business Server 2008 (amd64 only)
• Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (amd64 only)

 

[nice_try]

Monkeys in the jungle have better computers than you do.
Vista is a pos. You should not use it.

 

[Simulacrasimulation]

Once it boots, it isn't even all that slow, but it still takes a friggin hour despite me having an SSD! My computer may not be particularly snappy, but at least I usually don't wait so long for applications to load! I am even running Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, which cuts a lot of fluff Windows Vista Ultimate normally has. Why is it taking so long to boot? What am I doing wrong? I have a dual core CPU, 4 GB of RAM, and SSD, how is all that not enough to make this boot in a reasonable amount of time?
If this keeps up, I am downgrading to Windows 2000!
To make matters worse, I actually have a Windows 10 computer with even worse specs. My Windows Vista computer has the dual core amd64 CPU and 4GB of RAM. The Windows 10 machine only has a single core IA-32 CPU and 2 GB of RAM! The Windows 10 machine is actually able to boot up in time!

I wouldnt be surprised if there are not some viruses or boot sector malware infecting this machine

vista has not had patches for its OS from windows via window update for what a few years, if it is connected to the web this is a few years with a hole the size of mount vesuvius in your computers security.
As the biggest loophole hackers try and find is backdoors through unpatched old versions of windows. No interenet security saves you from holes in the Operating System that is not up to date, completely different security vulnerabilities.

Think back to the NHS hack where these clowns where running Xp on machines only a few years ago hooked up to a network, and then wander why they get a huge hack and loss of data.

Clean the hard drive, do a low level reformat.

update to windows 10

A machine like yours with a fast SSD drive should be booting up in 1 or 2 minutes at the very most, depending on programs loaded onto the hard drive, SSD's whole selling point is much quicker boot up times lol

 

[Emba]

I had win2000 it was nice

 

[SIR ETHNICCEL]

Once it boots, it isn't even all that slow, but it still takes a friggin hour despite me having an SSD! My computer may not be particularly snappy, but at least I usually don't wait so long for applications to load! I am even running Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, which cuts a lot of fluff Windows Vista Ultimate normally has. Why is it taking so long to boot? What am I doing wrong? I have a dual core CPU, 4 GB of RAM, and SSD, how is all that not enough to make this boot in a reasonable amount of time?
If this keeps up, I am downgrading to Windows 2000!
To make matters worse, I actually have a Windows 10 computer with even worse specs. My Windows Vista computer has the dual core amd64 CPU and 4GB of RAM. The Windows 10 machine only has a single core IA-32 CPU and 2 GB of RAM! The Windows 10 machine is actually able to boot up in time!

Factory reset bro. Download or burn any software you want to keep, save any files you want to keep like photos, videos etc then clear your hard drive and reinstall your operating system.

It takes long to reboot because you have years of marketing spy ware and all manner of nonsence programms running in the background which are fired up into action every time you switch on your pc. Only once all those nonsence programms are up and running do get to use your pc. Delete all that rubbish and start afresh. This time dont allow updates.

 

[evilguy]

Funny thing, I also have a Windows 10 machine on my network. I even have a Windows 11 machine on that network as well. I still need those two Vista machines however. I am trying to daily drive them, as bad of an idea as that sounds. I managed to crack their activation status months ago and I do not want to repeat that again in the near future.
I also fixed my problem, for now.
There may still be an issue with some applications I want to run. The Extended Kernel does not seem to work, it completely breaks Windows Vista's ability to boot. I am looking to local DLL replacements (instead of replacing system files with incompatible versions). Basically, using Windows 7 system files in the application directory, not system32.

 

[Ritalincel]

Hasta la vista, baby

 

[Deleted member 36342]

Just use win95 theory

Hasta la vista, baby

Over indeed

 

[proudweeb]

my parents used vista until 2017 lol

 

[InMyCellInHell]

I had win2000 it was nice

I liked Windows XP. It was stable for me at least.

 

[evilguy]

I liked Windows XP. It was stable for me at least.

Windows XP was basically a more bloated and worse version of Windows 2000. Worse in that it added Activation, making you unable to install it. Yes, Activation alone is that big of a deal! You have to really search the internet for VLK ISOs and keys. Same with Windows Server 2003, except that Windows Server 2003 reverts a few changes to make itself look like Windows 2000 while still having every disadvantage of Windows XP.
To make matters worse, some ISOs are actually broken, and you will need to use XPlite to fix it.

 

[InMyCellInHell]

Windows XP was basically a more bloated and worse version of Windows 2000. Worse in that it added Activation, making you unable to install it. Yes, Activation alone is that big of a deal! You have to really search the internet for VLK ISOs and keys. Same with Windows Server 2003, except that Windows Server 2003 reverts a few changes to make itself look like Windows 2000 while still having every disadvantage of Windows XP.
To make matters worse, some ISOs are actually broken, and you will need to use XPlite to fix it.

Wow. I should have just gone with Win2K then. I guess I just got lucky with WinXP being stable for me since it sounds like it was shitty for most people.

 

[evilguy]

Wow. I should have just gone with Win2K then. I guess I just got lucky with WinXP being stable for me since it sounds like it was shitty for most people.

You must have found a good ISO VLK then, lucky you. Technically Windows XP is stable for people who did find the right VLK ISO, but those are surprisingly difficult to find.
Windows XP also didn't have a good time on Itanium, so Windows Server 2003 had to step in and become the best Windows experience on Itanium, but that whole thing is a story for another day.

 

[ordinaryotaku]

I have a dual core CPU, 4 GB of RAM, and SSD

This could have worked a few years ago, but a dual core CPU and 4GB of RAM does not suffice nowadays. You need at least a quad core CPU and 8GB of RAM for optimal browsing. Around when I first made my .is account, I was on Windows XP with 4GB of RAM, an Athlon 64 CPU, and a 320GB Seagate HDD, and I was barely able to use the site.

I also don't think that Vista was designed to speed up faster on SSDs. Vista was shit all around tbh.

 

[HighTGymcel]

Vista?

Isla vista

Hasta la vista, baby

 

[evilguy]

This could have worked a few years ago, but a dual core CPU and 4GB of RAM does not suffice nowadays. You need at least a quad core CPU and 8GB of RAM for optimal browsing. Around when I first made my .is account, I was on Windows XP with 4GB of RAM, an Athlon 64 CPU, and a 320GB Seagate HDD, and I was barely able to use the site.

I also don't think that Vista was designed to speed up faster on SSDs. Vista was shit all around tbh.

Dude, I was able to browse and post on here on a Windows 2000 system with slightly worse specs. My Core Duo (not Core 2 Duo) system running Windows 2000 had half the RAM. The 2022 theme pegged one of my cores at 100%, so I use the 2019 theme.

 

[TheDarkEnigma]

ReactOS just had a release a few days ago after over a year without a release.