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Windows updates = slowdown

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Compman55

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Let use windows 7 x64 for example.

In this order I installed:
1.) SP1
2.) Motherboard chipset drivers.
3.) Video drivers
4.) ALL critical updates, and all optionals except the language packs.

In my opinion, there is little performanc difference in windows with or without the service pack. But the benchmarks are lower, and it takes longer to boot, feels more sluggish, and has more lag than without any updates.

This is an older AMD opteron 180, 4GB ram, 500GB caviar black, ati x800 pci-e. It is just a test. The system is just a spare.

Am I doing somthing wrong or does anyone else notice this.

Also regular i3 windows 7 machines today do not feel as snappy as I remeber C2D machines did back when 7 just came out.
 
Just like any software, the system requirements creep up as time goes on, patches are added, and changes are made. That old Opteron is going to feel the differences a little more keenly than, say, an i5 is going to. The video card is also easily in legacy status, and old video card drivers conflicting with newer updates causing extended boot times. It could also easily be that hard drive getting a little long in the tooth, slower reads/writes on the hardware level aren't the fault of the OS.

Though in all honesty, it's all perception. Without seeing the system in question it may just all be confirmation bias. I know all of my systems running Win7 continue to boot just fine with no slowdown even after years of updates. They're running up-to-date hardware though.
 
Try 7 with SP1 integrated, I've always found it better to install fresh with a SP slipstreamed than upgrading.
 
well I have a Windows 7 SP1 integrated ISO DVD, you're right, after the updates, my laptop fees like it's a different OS, so slow and sluggish

wish you could do without the updates but that's too risky 🙁
 
Is this right after they've been installed or has it been a few weeks with a number of power cycles?

Because Windows will get faster over time as it works its magic (prefetch/superfetch, etc) in the background.
 
An old Opteron from 2005 running at 2.4GHz with 4GB of RAM and a 500GB HDD. Yes, that would be slow, its not exactly a speed demon.

As to the i3 and above, SSD. All my systems run SSD's and HDD's are a nightmare to work on. My main box at home has a 4770 with 16GB RAM and a 1TB EVO. It FLIES and going backwards is just nooooooo nooooooo.
 
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