Homework Help: Windows 7

Posted by AL 92 on Monday, December 13, 2010 at 9:49pm.

Is there anybody who understands the Windows 7 system and some of its problems? I'm having a tough time with Control Panel because it takes a REALLY long time to load, and it should load for a second. I may have to uninstall some programs and/or delete some documents.

Windows 7 - Writeacher, Monday, December 13, 2010 at 10:00pm
Documents usually won't make much difference. They're all pretty small in size.

Programs, however, can really gobble up memory, especially if they are graphics-heavy. Go into My Computer and then check the properties on the OS drive (probably C:). How much free space does your hard drive have?

http://www.google.com/search?aq=0&oq=how+much+free+space+should+be&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=how+much+free+space+should+be+on+hard+drive
Windows 7 - AL 92, Monday, December 13, 2010 at 10:08pm
At least 428 GB.
Windows 7 - Writeacher, Monday, December 13, 2010 at 10:12pm
Free space? Not total space? If that's free space, that should be plenty.

You should wait for MathMate or another tutor with more experience with this type of thing. Since I never put those graphics-heavy programs on my computers, I don't have the problem!!
Windows 7 - bobpursley, Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 9:14am
I think I would open up task manager, and see what is occupying CPU resources.
Windows 7 - MathMate, Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 9:44pm
How much memory do you have?
Here are some resource requirements, briefly:
1+ GHz processor (not a problem these days)
1+ GB memory
Add 1 GB if you run XP emulation.

(See officially from Microsoft:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/system-requirements)

You have plenty of disk.

If everything is OK, go with what M. Pursley suggested: check if the CPU is busy somewhere.

Do you have a problem on boot-up, or whenever control panel is called for?
On boot up, the CPU may be busy setting up network and a whole lot of other things.

Was the disk (flashing red light) running when waiting for control-panel?
If so, it may be thirsty for memory.

If you are handy with opening the hood, you can try swapping the two memory boards. If things change, it may be a hardware problem.

Finally, if you still have problems, post your config/specs.
If you are using a high/medium-end graphics card, do not let Windows 7 search for drivers, install the custom graphics drivers instead.

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