Compaq 8510p - quite slow actualy..

Hi, first off..greetings to all forum members..new guy here.
..ok, let me get to the point..
..recently I bought a HP Compaq 8510p with Windows Vista Buisness 32bit installed.
Usualy I worked on my old HP laptop..cant remember the model name, anyways It was getting old and slow, so I decided to get a new one. Now Ive got this Compaq 8510p with a T7700 / 2Gb / HD2600 and It seems slower than my previous old XP Powered HP.
Ive read that some of the users got 8510 working faster by reinstaling the OS, but I didnt get any DVD-s or CD-s with it..just Windows Vista Buisness already installed on it with the drivers included in it. So..no OS..no drivers in the package (kinda lame since this notebook costed me a fortune). Anyways is there any solution beside reinstaling the OS to get this notebook run faster, because I turned off most of the Vista themes, gadgets etc and Its still slower than my old Pentium 4 Desktop pc..

Cya and thnx..

 

vista takes a while to speed up also look for vist tweaks

 

Do you have service pack 1? That seems to help quite a bit. I try to keep the things that turn on with Windows to an absolute minimum. If your desktop is using a faster hard drive that may be a reason why it seems slower.

 

@ZaZYes, I have SP1 Installed (cant see the diference before SP1 and now with it).
@jerry66 - I have it for a 3-4 months..didnt speed up so mutch..quite slow actualy..

 

btw. is there a legal way to get Vista Buisness dvd legaly since I didnt get it with the Notebook, but I have a legal OEM licence I got with it.

 

ask hp for the vista dvd. you can get the installation media for vista for like 5 or 10 $.

 

Oh, great, thnx schoko..
Do you have mabe a contact number or email from HP Europe?

 

It'll be on HP's website.

I also always go for a fresh install when I get a new computer, much better. One thing you might want to check is the power option your computer is set to. If it's on power saver at default this will limit your processor to just 50%.

 

I contacted hp support Croatia, they didnt know, so they gave me a telephone number of a person in HP that doesnt answer the phone..now the support doesnt answer..work time is: (9:00-17:00)..the time I called was 13:15

 

i also have an hp compaq 8510p but the processor is only t7300. how slow is your computer?

 

Verry slow, sometimes when I open Explorer or Mozilla I have to wait 5-6 seconds untill it starts responding..sometimes it freezes..browsing trough forders is extremely slow..etc. My frend had described it like you`r working under watter..working..but slow motion
..and with a good processor and a new OS on a expensive notebook I WANT it to run smoothly.

 

Update:

I got in touch with HP Croatia support via e-mail:
They were quite polite and asked me my address to send me the dvd. Quite nice.
Thank you all.

 

nice to hear you're going to get your dvd. good luck and keep us informed

cheers

 

Ok recived the DVD today, for 0$.
Way to go HP!

 

Yeah my 8510p was very slow when I first got it. Reformatting + reinstalling Vista, along with tweaking the OS to hell and back really helped speed things up. Nice to hear you got your DVDs!