Win 7 in experts in here

[jfwlb]

I committed a cardinal sin recently. I upgraded two things at once on my desktop. My old desktop had been running fine with Win Vista on it.

I bought an ssd and also bought a copy of Win 7 Pro and installed both at the same time.

I know, bad juju, but I am perplexed at two issues that are annoying the crap out of me. I think one is hardware related and one software, but I would like to know for sure.

Software:
Whenever I click on a link or right click a new window, more often times than not windows will load the new window and then revert back to the original window. I have to click the new tab again to go to the page I wanted to load. I am using the latest version of Firefox and this is really annoying. I have tried going into the Firefox settings but I can't find anything that changes this behavior.

Hardware:
The other thing is my computer keeps freezing. This happens most of the time when I click on a video link but not always. If I wait a few minutes it returns to normal and the video plays fine. I thought maybe video drivers but the nvideo software says I have the latest version.

Any solutions?

John

[Tripper]

Firefox
Tools>Options>the 'Tabs' tab

unselect, 'Dont load tabs until selected' or remove checkmark, whatever term is best for you

[Tripper]

or, Select or put a checkmark in
"when I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately"

not sure which of these options might apply to your issue

[Tripper]

the video just sounds like it pre-loading or caching the video file before it starts playing
before you click a link next time, Open task manager first, click the CPU column, wait a second, then click it again, to sort the column by highest CPU usage at the top
then, open/click your link, and see what the CPU usage does.
it could be anti-virus scanning your link before presenting also

[RamonSJC]

Not sure if you have tried to check for the latest firmware on your Motherboard for the Hardware issue. Software wise, do you get the same results using google chrome?

I just upgraded my old Compaq Laptop with an SSD. It's "celeron" based. It's sluggish as all hell. I think it was faster with the 7200 rpm drive in there.

I opened a can of worms there, but my first problem is obvious. the processor sucks, and my hardware is too old.

[ElDub1950]

You said it was an old desktop .. did you run the Win 7 compatibility check before you upgraded? You may just have hardware compatibility issues. Others have answered the browser question above.

[ShootinMedic]

Tag as mine is acting similar. Hanging all the time and freezing when I watch videos. The sound keeps going though. Does yours do that too? Mine does it everywhere but I first noticed it in Firefox. (Win 7 ultimate)

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[the86d]

Windows 7 likes >2GB of RAM, it will run on less, but even the install time suffers.

How "old" is it? Dual-core, Quad-core, how much RAM?

[jfwlb]

Tripper: I tried adjusting the settings in Firefox but nothing I have tried seems to make any difference. Good idea about task manager though, I will try that next time to help identify the culprit.

Ramon: I haven't checked on firmware or bios upgrades for my motherboard. That's another good suggestion, thanks.

ElDub: I did use Win7 compatibility checker and it passed with no problems.

The86: It is a Quad-core proc and I am running 4 gigs of ram. I don't think that is an issue, although it is only DDR2 ram.

Thanks everybody for your tips and suggestions; I will try them out tonight and report back my findings.

John

[RamonSJC]

Quad core is good . I just ran across this article and will have to make some changes to that pc that I put an SSD in. It does speak about latest drivers and of course latest hardware is developed to take advantage of SSD's.

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3116/tweaktown_s_solid_state_drive_optimization_guide/index1.html