Windows 10: Running windows 10 On Older Machines

O.k.......I am running Windows 10 on a seven years old Dell Inspiron 1545, it works fine apart from one problem.......after clicking on desktop icon it can take up to 25 seconds to load a web page.......not all the time, and not all web pages.......Facebook for instance is very slow to load....... without being too technical, anyone got any tips to speed this up a bit, or could it be that the machine really is too old ?..............Del.

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Win95 compatability mode - Error while unpacking program code C

For such an old program, you should move it to a virtual machine with a suitable version of Windows.

Run Older or Incompatible Software on Windows 10 in a ... - groovyPost

 

Can I install windows 10 and windows xp into one computer?

Windows XP does not support modern computers. Windows XP is likely too old and unsafe to run on that computer. Your best option is to run it in a virtual machine:

Run Older or Incompatible Software on Windows 10 in a ... - groovyPost

 

Hi, to clarify, are you describing a situation where you already have your browser open, or are you including the time to load and launch your browser?

Certainly on my 6 year old laptop with Win 10 x64, starting Firefox from scratch was slow- and that was with a 7200rpm HDD.

 

If I click on a desktop icon.......say Facebook......the spinning circle appears in the top left corner, next to the word ''loading''..........it spins BACKWORDS for about 15 to 20 seconds.....then spins clockwise for maybe another 5 or 10 seconds, before loading the page..........so in answer to the question, no, the browser is not open at the outset.........I had a similar problem years ago, with Vista, but didn't expect it with Windows 10.............Del.

 

Which browser, Del?

Is the browser up-to-date?

Have you any Extensions like ABP loaded?

Do you need to connect through a proxy server? - If not - In Control Panel, Internet Options, Connections, LAN settings, make sure that the Automatically detect settings is not checked. - If so, is the address of the proxy server in the box in the lower part of this property sheet set correctly?

Do lots of ads and panels with videos automatically open once the page is fully loaded?

 

O,k.......Thanks for that, I was just going through your suggestions, when someone said to try the Edge browser.......mine was set to Google Chrome as default........tried it, and this thing is really flying, no spinning circle, no lag or anything........I guess that sort of solves the problem, but I wonder why Chrome is so slow? .....anyway thanks for the help............Del.

 

I have to say that I do like the Edge browser.......it is so fast, even on this old machine.......just one thing, how DO you get rid of all those ads. and panels ?...........Del.

 

Chrome browser is often lagged by a setting in the traditional Control Panel, Internet Options, Connections tab, LAN Settings, and uncheck Automatically detect settings
There's a rule on this forum that says you cannot discuss Ad Blocking, so I'll PM you, Del - if you don't get a PM reply here, there may be a problem on the forum messaging facility

 

O.k Chris, Thanks for that, looking into it........when I say ''Ads'' they all seem to be suggestions from Windows 10, that point to other pages and apps.....for instance ''motoring''.....''entertainment''........''news''........''weather'' and so on........can these be removed ? on Chrome there is nothing like that at all......just the search bar...........Del.

 

Send a link to the page, and a screenshot, and I'll see if I can see what you mean - did you get a PM, or is there a problem with messaging today?

 

I have problems sending screenshots.........but here goes............

 

There is an option to customize, but all that does is move things to the top........there seems to be no option to delete things.....with regard to the screenshot, I used to struggle with Macrium, but that built in snipping tool is very handy.....Del.

 

Yes, that's the Edge start page, courtesy of MSN - customised for the UK - with the sublety of the Daily Star *Wink

for Screenshots, press

*Start+prtscr together to take a screenshot

in the reply box of Tenforums go to the insert image icon (a tree in a square frame), From computer tab, Choose files button, and browse to Pictures, Screenshots and select your latest screenshot, and then Upload file(s) button:

To change Edge start screen:





click on the more button - the 3 dots ... near the top right of Edge, below the x, and go to the bottom and click settings as in the screenshot and the next menu should be like this:





click on the Open with A specific page or pages instead of Start page (you can open several favourite pages at start-up) and choose a web address if you don't want to see Gary Lineker's face (I don't see the joke, or the need to apologise, BTW - I worry about our defence too. I see the double meaning, but he's hardly an active footballer any more is he?)

Hope this helps.

 

Excellent !!......Thank You.......did what you said, option comes up ''open with blank page ''........clicked on it, Gary Lineker, and everything else has gone............Thanks again............Del.