[Windows 7]Opera slower and slower
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domie-cat last edited by leocg
Hello
I am using an old computer with windows 7 and I find Opera slower and slower.
Is there a way to make it less heavy and faster ?
Does Opera team work on a lighter version ? -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Opera discontinued support for Windows 7 with version 96. So, the last build of Opera 95 is the last build of Opera that runs on Windows 7. Opera does not provide support for that build anymore. It only supports the current build, which is 122.0.5643.17 at this moment.
Does Opera team work on a lighter version ?
No.
Is there a way to make it less heavy and faster ?
You can goto the URL
opera://settingsand disable everything you don't use. You can click the 3 dots at the bottom of the sidebar and then hide/disable all sidebar panels you don't use. Then, you can hide the sidebar itself if you don't use it.That's about it.
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donq last edited by
Clear cache, even on SSD huge cache may sometimes slow down Opera.
What kind of disk drive you've got - HDD or SSD? If HDD, then you need to take care of it (clear temp files, defragment etc - or just replace it with SSD). -
Loneylguy last edited by
@domie-cat said in [Windows 7]Opera slower and slower:
Hello
I am using an old computer with windows 7 and I find Opera slower and slower.
Is there a way to make it less heavy and faster ?
Does Opera team work on a lighter version ?Opera can feel heavy on Windows 7. Try disabling extensions, clearing cache, and turning off background features. If it’s still slow, a lighter option like Firefox ESR or Opera Mini might work better on older PCs.
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domie-cat last edited by
@Loneylguy thanks for your answer, I already disabled most extensions and clear the cache quite often.
I made some researchs about Opera mini and it seems it was done for smartphones and not computers !?
It is possible that my problems are due to the fact my computer is very old with many unecessary files that slow it
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donq last edited by
@domie-cat said in [Windows 7]Opera slower and slower:
my computer is very old with many unecessary files that slow it
Files do not slow computer
Spinning disks make it slow, especially when they are almost full or on the verge of failing; unnecessary background processes take resources, overheating CPU slows down - there are couple of possible causes for gradual slowdown.Of course newer webpages are slower than old ones - this is given.
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blackbird71 last edited by@domie-cat said in [Windows 7]Opera slower and slower:
... It is possible that my problems are due to the fact my computer is very old with many unecessary files that slow it
How much RAM does the computer have installed? If it's low (eg: 4 gB), the system may be running out of RAM and be forced to swap in-use files in and out of Windows' allocated virtual RAM on the hard drive - which can definitely slow down everything, especially for a browser dealing with modern websites.
Also, if you are running other applications and their processes while Opera is running, that can also eat up RAM and slow down a marginal system... make sure you don't have much else running while browsing.
Finally, check the free space on your hard drive... if the drive's nearly full, it can slow down the hard drive significantly as it has to jump all over the place to try to chain together enough unused space to access or write files while browsing. In that case, clear out un-needed files, etc from the drive to significantly increase free space.
