Re: HIGH CPU usage

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/12/2014 scotttie said:
On 10/12/2014 Mayfayre said:
On Vista, in addition to Search Indexing hogging the CPU, Windows Problem Reporting will also cause things to hang. I turned off both of those on my Vista computers.

Run > services.msc, then right click on whatever service you need and click Properties.

If you want to know which services are safe to disable or set to manual on Vista, check out Black Viper's website. He's been providing reliable information about services on all Windows OSes for years now. I found out about his website from a Computer Security forum that I belong to, and I've used his site as a reference site since WinME days.

http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-vista-service-configurations/

Thank you. I will check this out. I don't know what search indexing is btw.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/improve-windows-searches-using-index-faq#1TC=windows-vist...

IMO, You need to consider buying a new computer. The problems you are having with Vista Windows will not go away. If you disable the wrong item from Window Services, Your computer will not work.

glb613 · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/13/2014 nutmeg3 said:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/improve-windows-searches-using-index-faq#1TC=windows-vist...

IMO, You need to consider buying a new computer. The problems you are having with Vista Windows will not go away. If you disable the wrong item from Window Services, Your computer will not work.

That's not true. You can format then reinstall the operating system and it will work like new. That doesn't mean it will be a great computer. Any computer running Vista has to be old and slow. Just like anyone using a Windows XP computer, the OP needs to buy a new computer because Vista is at the end of its lifespan and the computer is old.

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/13/2014 glb613 said:
On 10/13/2014 nutmeg3 said:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/improve-windows-searches-using-index-faq#1TC=windows-vist...

IMO, You need to consider buying a new computer. The problems you are having with Vista Windows will not go away. If you disable the wrong item from Window Services, Your computer will not work.

That's not true. You can format then reinstall the operating system and it will work like new. That doesn't mean it will be a great computer. Any computer running Vista has to be old and slow. Just like anyone using a Windows XP computer, the OP needs to buy a new computer because Vista is at the end of its lifespan and the computer is old.

Yea, yea. It can be done. Would you do it? The Window updates would be a lot. I believe Vista had service pack 1 and 2.

Messing around with Window registry through Window Services will stop your computer.