Windows 7 Performance vs Windows XP

I have to come to the conclusion that Windows 7 takes up a lot of memory even with an updated processor. I have a Satellite L455D-S5976 laptop with an AMD Turion x64 2.1mHz dual core, 4gb ram, 250gb HDD. I was running Passmark which is a benchmark program for your computer. Now my laptop's benchark is at 474.4 compared to 1243 on the same processor. The only difference is that the 1243 score is based on a Windows XP x86 OS not Windows 7 x86 OS. I was looking at some specs compared to Windows 7 and it takes up a whole 1gb memory in which Windows XP takes up 64mb of memory. I have been trying to find a way to re-format my hard drive so I can run XP to no avail. I called Toshiba to activate my Windows 7 Downgrade Rights (this is for people that have Windows 7 and don't like the program) and they said that I can't downgrade unless I downgrade to Vista then downgrade to XP like a ladder. I have the Windows XP x86 install disks and key but I tried to re-format my hard drive so I can just install XP directly. When I run the command prompt I cannot seem to get the re-format going because it tells me that it needs to be dismounted so I dismount it and still doesn't let me reformat. I go to the disk management program and the format button is not even lit. I have came across the freeware HDDerase to see if I can reformat it that way. No go. So I am at my end with this. The only other option is to buy another bigger hard drive thats wiped and install Windows XP directly. I'm not sure if my hard drive is locked or if this can be bypassed so I can format my drive. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

I installed the Intel beta video driver and ran a 1280 x 720 mkv file and plays without stuttering. That takes care of the video problem but doesn't fix the other problems that need drivers such as the camera. I also noticed that if I plug in my ethernet cable, Windows 7 doesn't automatically switch from wireless as XP does. To use ethernet, I have to disable the wireless in Device Manager. Hopefully Toshiba will be posting the rest of the software and drivers to make Windows 7 able to do all of the same things that XP is able to do.

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When I use the Windows Performance Analyzer to analysis the data，but the performance data is not displayed in the WPA. Who can support me to solve the question.
Detail:
1. Create the *.etl file
(1)do the command: xperf -on SysProf -stackwalk profile
(2) execute the performance software
(3) do the command to create the *.etl file : xperf -d f:\aLog.etl
2. Analysis the *etl file
(1)Use the WPA to open the *.etl created by the step(3), click Load Symbos below Trace Menu
(2)Drop Computation to the Analysis window
(3)Select Utilization by Process,Stack，no data is been displayed below Series，and I try all the selection ，no data is been displayed. But put the mouse on the cell, there is some information about *.exe file on it
Remark：The other method to create the *.etl file : Use Windows Performance Recorder to create *.etl file，then execute the Step2 to analysis the *.etl，the result is that no data is been displayed
Test enviroment:
OS：Windows7 Professional SP1
Explorer：IE 8.0
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When I use the Windows Performance Analyzer to analysis the data，but the performance data is not displayed in the WPA. Who can support me to solve the question.
Detail:
1. Create the *.etl file
(1)do the command: xperf -on SysProf -stackwalk profile
(2) execute the performance software
(3) do the command to create the *.etl file : xperf -d f:\aLog.etl
2. Analysis the *etl file
(1)Use the WPA to open the *.etl created by the step(3), click Load Symbos below Trace Menu
(2)Drop Computation to the Analysis window
(3)Select Utilization by Process,Stack，no data is been displayed below Series，and I try all the selection ，no data is been displayed. But put the mouse on the cell, there is some information about *.exe file on it
Remark：The other method to create the *.etl file : Use Windows Performance Recorder to create *.etl file，then execute the Step2 to analysis the *.etl，the result is that no data is been displayed
Test enviroment:
OS：Windows7 Professional SP1
Explorer：IE 8.0
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Measure performance of windows 8 machines using windows Performance Toolkit (WPR tool)

I want to create performance baseline for windows 8 machines(like time to winlogon, time to desktop and total boot time etc.). For this I used windows performance toolkit - WPR tool to record or log performance data(using boot scenario) into log file(.etl). I
opened generated ETL file using WPA(windows performance analyzer), in processes section, always I am able to see winlogon.exe and explorer.exe time more than 2 minutes on different machines. when I did it for windows XP(using xperf) machine
winlogon.exe always showing as less than 30 seconds.
Can you please let me know, how I can get correct data for following tasks using WPR tool:
1) Time to Winlogon(winlogon.exe)
2) Time to Desktop(explorer.exe )
3) Total Boot time
4) Time to Outlook Start
5) Time to Full Outlook Load

Anyone have idea about how to get correct performance data for tasks using windows performance toolkit(WPRUI)?

How can I optimize my hard disk drive usage and performance in Windows 8 or Windows 7?

QuestionHow can I optimize my hard disk drive usage and performance in Windows 8 or Windows 7?
AnswerThere are a few simple steps you can take to ensure your hard disk drive is used optimally.
Use Toshiba HDD Protection
Many Toshiba laptops come with a program called Toshiba HDD Protection pre-installed. This program helps to protect your hard disk drive from being damaged due to falls or impacts. By default, it should already be enabled. You might be tempted to lower the detection levels in this application, but doing so could cause your hard disk drive to be damaged. Remember that while the application can reduce the chance of damage, you should still avoid allowing the laptop to fall or suffer rapid impacts.
For more information on this utility, see the following article:
TOSHIBA HDD Protection
Optimize the drive
Windows 8 and Windows 7 optimize hard disk drives automatically through a process called defragmentation. Unless you've disabled this, you don't need to do anything. If you have disabled this and want to run the process, you can still do so.
In Windows 8, search for "Defrag" at the Windows Start screen and select "Defragment and optimize your drives."
In Windows 7, search for "Defrag" in the Start Menu's search field and select "Disk defragmenter."
You can use this tool to optimize your hard disk drives, allowing Windows to find needed files faster.
Remove items from startup
Some applications run automatically when Windows starts. This can add additional functionality, but it also decreases the performance of your computer. Sometimes you might want to disable certain programs from starting automatically.
In Windows 8, search for "Task Manager" at the Start screen. Select the "Startup" tab. Select an application you'd like to disable from starting automatically and then click the "Disable" button in the lower-right.
In Windows 7, type "msconfig" in the Start Menu's search field and press ENTER. Uncheck the boxes next to applications you'd like to disable from starting automatically.
You should be sure of the purpose of an application before disabling it from starting automatically. Some applications might be important. If in doubt, you might consider searching on the Web to discover more information about a program. Remember that if you find that you disabled something vital, you can always re-enable it.
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QuestionHow can I optimize my hard disk drive usage and performance in Windows 8 or Windows 7?
AnswerThere are a few simple steps you can take to ensure your hard disk drive is used optimally.
Use Toshiba HDD Protection
Many Toshiba laptops come with a program called Toshiba HDD Protection pre-installed. This program helps to protect your hard disk drive from being damaged due to falls or impacts. By default, it should already be enabled. You might be tempted to lower the detection levels in this application, but doing so could cause your hard disk drive to be damaged. Remember that while the application can reduce the chance of damage, you should still avoid allowing the laptop to fall or suffer rapid impacts.
For more information on this utility, see the following article:
TOSHIBA HDD Protection
Optimize the drive
Windows 8 and Windows 7 optimize hard disk drives automatically through a process called defragmentation. Unless you've disabled this, you don't need to do anything. If you have disabled this and want to run the process, you can still do so.
In Windows 8, search for "Defrag" at the Windows Start screen and select "Defragment and optimize your drives."
In Windows 7, search for "Defrag" in the Start Menu's search field and select "Disk defragmenter."
You can use this tool to optimize your hard disk drives, allowing Windows to find needed files faster.
Remove items from startup
Some applications run automatically when Windows starts. This can add additional functionality, but it also decreases the performance of your computer. Sometimes you might want to disable certain programs from starting automatically.
In Windows 8, search for "Task Manager" at the Start screen. Select the "Startup" tab. Select an application you'd like to disable from starting automatically and then click the "Disable" button in the lower-right.
In Windows 7, type "msconfig" in the Start Menu's search field and press ENTER. Uncheck the boxes next to applications you'd like to disable from starting automatically.
You should be sure of the purpose of an application before disabling it from starting automatically. Some applications might be important. If in doubt, you might consider searching on the Web to discover more information about a program. Remember that if you find that you disabled something vital, you can always re-enable it.
For more information, please see the following video:

Use Windows Performance Monitor on WLS 6.1 SP4?

Hi,
I wonder whether it's possible to use the Windows Performance Monitor to monitor WLS 6.1 SP4 performance counters.
I would like this obviously to be able to save counters from WLS and Windows in one file for later analysis.
If it's possible. What do I have to do to make it work? I have just installed WLS 6.1 incl SP4.

John <[email protected]> wrote:
I wonder whether it's possible to use the Windows Performance Monitor
to monitor WLS 6.1 SP4 performance counters.No, not as far as I know. WLS performance counters cannot "talk" with the Win32
performance monitoring APIs or native WMI. It's a technically difficult challenge
to link these two components together (requiring knowledge of NT internals and
such) .
You may wish to contact a third-party vendor that provides J2EE black-box monitoring
and collection software. Most allow for "offline" analysis, too.
Brian J. Mitchell
Systems Administrator, TRX
email: [email protected]
office: +1 404 327 7238
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Windows performed an automatic update. I am now unable to use Firefox. I receive an error message "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server". Windows IE works, Outlook works. What did Microsoft do to me this time?!!!

Windows performed an automatic update on my PC this morning. Now, Firefox does not work other than in SAFE mode. I get "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server..." I downloaded and reinstalled the latest version of Firefox and get the same error message. IE works. MS Outlook works. What did Windows do to me this time?

You can find the connection settings in Tools > Options > Advanced : Network : Connection
If you do not need to use a proxy to connect to internet then select "No Proxy" if the default "Use the system proxy settings" setting doesn't work.
See "Firefox connection settings":
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+cannot+load+websites+but+other+programs+can
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
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Error installing Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor

Hello,
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Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor 11.2.0.1.0
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I am given the choice of Stop installation of all products and Stop installation of this component only which both result in non-installation of selected component.
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Thanks for your assistance,
Stumped

OUI from ORACLE_HOME (OH\oui\bin\setup.exe) cannot be used to install components from 11.2.0.1 installation media (products.xml)
This is documented, but I am not able to locate it now.
Have you checked if the Performance Monitor files are already installed or not?
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Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor Tool-is it available on XE?

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I'm looking for a way to deal with Windows Performance Monitor on XE db- I've found documentation on Oracle Counters tool but im not able to initiate it (db or client)- is it available on XE? or is there any other option to work with Performance Monitor?
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CS4 poor dialog window performance with huge screen dual 30 inch

Hi, I am running dual 30 inch monitors each one at 2560x1600 resolution, on windows xp sp3 on an nvidia quadro FX 3700M (dell precision M6400 laptop)
If I use CS4 from the single laptop screen, everything is fine. However, whenever Im on the huge dual screen desktop any dialog box activity has a very poor performance. For example, I select File>New and the dialog window takes some two to three seconds to draw on the screen... it might not seem like a big problem but it is very very annoying since I am used to the snappy response of the user interface from years of PS use. It really affects my workflow since I work with many files at the same time.
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I was able to reproduce this problem on a desktop computer with the same setup on an nvidia quadro FX 5500 card. The dialog box window performance is really terrible.
I did not notice this problem in any other application that spans the two screens, even high end 3d ones.
Ok well it seems from my testing that Photoshop is simply bogged down by having such a huge desktop area to work with. It is really disappointing since PS was my only reason to spend so much money on this dual 30 inch screen setup.
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Thank you

I have tried with both open gl enabled and disabled (edit > preferences > performance)
The problem is present even in Photoshop version 7, I think that one didnt even notice the presence of a 3d accelerator chip.
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Enabling Windows Performance Monitor in CF8

Platform: Windows 2003 SP2, CF8 Standard (upgraded from CF7)
I can't seem to get the Windows Performance Monitor Counters
for CF8 to work in my newly upgraded installation.
1) In CF Administrator > Debug Output Settings I tick the
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correctly, BUT there are "no instances" in the box on the right and
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counters.
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lost.
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Thanks, Carl.

Hi Carl,
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Performance Using Windows and Parallels?

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Unless the Windows software you want to use is incredible CPU intensive, using Parallels or VMWare (or even the free VirtualBox) will probably suit you fine. I use PD and Win7 with a number of applications on a 2011 MBA. The ony time I notice any speed degredation is when Win7 is booting up or coming out of hibernation; once it is running there's no noticable performance hit. I can move back and forth between Windows and the Mac smoothly and the programs run fine. (There is, however a noticable hit on battery life because PD is a heavy CPU user.) BootCamp, because it allows you to run Windows natively, has no affect on the Mac because when you are running Windows in BootCamp you aren't running the Mac OS. With BootCamp you run one or the other at one time unlike PD which lets you run multiple OS versions at one time

"The task sequence has been suspended. LiteTouch is trying to install applications. This cannot be performed in Windows PE."

MDT 2012 Server is up and running. I mistakenly deleted a Task Sequence step called "Install Application" that I thought was not needed (I know I should have disabled it and tested).
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-Thanks in advance!

On the computer you are deploying to "the client", boot into WindowsPE just like you are going to image and before you authenticate or
get any dialogue boxes, press F8 in WindowsPE to get command prompt and type the following:
diskpart
list disk
select disk 0
list part
select part 1
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active
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Please mark this as the answer if it works.
You are awesome this worked for me I didn't see how I was going to get my new computer to reimage again Thank you sooooooooooooo much!!!

General Performance with Windows?

Im a seasoned mac fanatic, but since I got my G5 back in 04 I haven't been keeping up with the latest Mac News.
Basically I'm interested in getting a Mac Book Pro because I play mid-higher end gfx pc games on my Dell and I understand you can run Windows natively with hardware acceleration. Ive used Virtual PC and YUCK!
I have a Dell XPS Quad Core QX6700 that I've been using and its good, but from having a G5, G3, and the old Power Macs, a Quadra, Centris, etc.. I know Macs are faster when compared side by side.
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http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/Boot_CampInstall-Setup.pdf
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http://www.mediafour.com
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If you go with XP, and to save money, look for Microsoft OEM versions of Windows XP. These are the same as retail versions of Windows, but you will pay far less, i.e. $129 vs. $399.
However, do not go for manufacturer OEM copies of Windows, like from Dell or HP, as they will not work properly.
You can find the proper versions at CDW or Amazon.
http://www.cdw.com
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Windows 8.1 - Windows Couldn't connect to the System Event Notification Service service

I have an issue that has been bothering me for a while on new 8.1 computers. Standard users are not able to log into the computer on the first try consistently. They receive the error message: Group Policy client service failed the sign-in access is
denied. They are stuck at the logon screen.
If an administrator logs in (local or domain), they can log in but get a black desktop with two error messages. The first is Location is Not available - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is unavailable. The second error message is a popup
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The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> was unavailable to handle a critical notification event. -Logged 9:14:44
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After a reboot, users still have the issue. I noticed that the user profile services and system event notification service are not running though their startup type is automatic. They start after a minute or two.

Hi Joseph__Moody,
Based on your description ,I assume it is a domain environment .First of all ,I would suggest you to try to update all the machine .
"I have an issue that has been bothering me for a while on new 8.1 computers"
Do you mean all the Windows 8.1 machine share the same symptom or just a specific one ?Did the machine work correctly before ?When did the issue start to occur ?Have you installed any third party software before ?Can we operate the machine when we login with
an administrator account ?
If the issue occurred with the specific machine :
"The first is Location is Not available - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is unavailable."
Please try the following suggestions if we can operate the machine when we login with the administrator account :
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile and verify if it has the Desktop folder there.If the folder doesn`t exit, we can copy from C:\users\Default\Desktop location(This folder is hidden by default).
We also can try the following suggestions to have a troubleshoot :
1.Run "sfc /scannow"or "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" to check the health of the system files.
2.Perform a full scan with an antivirus software.
3."They start after a minute or two."
I suspect there is a third party service confilct here. Please perform a clean boot to verify whether there is a third party conflict here .
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135
If the issue occurred with multiple machines in the domian ,I would suggest you to check whether you have configured any logon scripts and logon group policy .We can remove the machine from the domain to have a troubleshoot .
If the issue occurred recently ,we can perform a system restore to recover the machine to a previous normal point.
Best regards
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Can I install Windows 7 and Windows 8 to my MBA using Parallels and Bootcamp?

I have a Macbook Air (latest model, 11", i7, 256gb, 8gb ram, Mavericks).
I need to have access to Windows 7 and 8 and have been toying with the idea of getting a cheap laptop but the problem is most new machines are Windows 8 and they won't allow you to dual-boot with Windows 7 (you need W7 as your main OS and then install W8 later).
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Buy Parallels Desktop 9 - then either using bootcamp or not, Install both Windows 7 and Windows 8.
I'm not fussed about running everything at the same time, happy to shut one VM down if it helps performance.
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I can't help you with Parallels, but I've been using VMware Fusion for quite a while and you can run Windows 95 through Windows 8.1 without difficulty, so Windows 7 and 8 on the same Mac is easy to do. I think your biggest difficulty will be the small size of your SSD. But with virtualization, you can put the virtual machines on an external SSD connected via USB 3.0 and run them quite well.

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