Glad you managed to get it running! Regarding speed, you can reduce the resolution to 768 and the number of steps to 16. My settings are 832x1024 and 20 steps for large images and 768 and 14 steps for small ones.
Also, on a desktop computer (12GB VRAM) I use Forge, and on a laptop (8GB) I use Comfy. In my case, Forge slows down a bit when saving on a laptop, but when I switch to Comfy, the generation process speeds up by 5-10%.