Vista running like a dog on a laptop - AVG to blame?

NeilF · 27 Dec 2011 at 22:22

neoglow said:
More RAM.
Get rid of the hog that is AVG.
Turn defender back on.
Install MSE.

Enjoy more speed!

Why do I want Defender? What does it offer?

Deleted member 77746 · 27 Dec 2011 at 22:48

NeilFawcett said:
It runs fine with 1GB of ram, with numerous applications all open.

It does not run fine with 1GB of ram, and AVG.

It is not ram related

It is AVG related. It's going to be a bug or conflict...

So you made a thread to tell us the answer to your question?

Just get out.

NeilFawcett said:
ps: I bloody hate iTunes!

Runs lovely on a fast machine.

PS I would rather go back to XP than use Windows Vista on that spec.

KIA · 27 Dec 2011 at 22:54

neoglow said:
Turn defender back on.
Install MSE.

MSSE will disable Windows Defender.

NeilF · 28 Dec 2011 at 09:46

mrbell1984 said:
So you made a thread to tell us the answer to your question?

Just get out.

Huh?

No, I made a thread to find out if anyone could (a) suggest why AVG might be running slowly (eg: cause of conflict), or at worse (b) suggest an alternative.

Is that hard to understand? Try re-reading the OP carefully.

I would rather go back to XP than use Windows Vista on that spec.

Well, Vista's running fine on it now, and as it's all free I can't complain.

CaptainRAVE · 28 Dec 2011 at 09:55

Good to hear it is sorted

NeilF · 28 Dec 2011 at 10:21

CaptainRAVE said:
Good to hear it is sorted

Cheers! Best part of 4 hours probably wasted working out the cause/answer!

Followed by me then installing iTunes on it, and it working on my account, but not my kids account. That was another 2+ hours wasted working out Parental Control was tripping it up, and having to do a regedit to resolve it.

Computers!!! :mad: