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| KenP | Posted on: 2007 Aug 28, 06:16 | |||
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When I switched to the new computer, the old XP that had run on the old one was the same copy that had run on the one before it. I have installed and uninstalled stuff over the year. And, I have experienced slowdowns. Instead of losing everything in a reinstall, I fix it. Set up named restore points. You can always regress the system to that point in a worse case scenario. When things seem to be slowing, open the run box and type in MSCONFIG. There are two areas in it that are affecting performance. The startup will have a lot of junk from your power installing. We let vendors check for updates or we approve the quick load option. These affect memory and booting. So, you need to clean out the accumulation of junk. This is often there after you thought you uninstalled the main program. Now that you've cleaned up the boot process, click on the services tab. These are the DLLs that were installed as part of the system by Microsoft and others. You'll seen Manufacturer and filenames. Both have items that may be outdated or unwanted. You can review how dlls load in other places but this is a nice one stop shopping source that's quick and dirty. In the administrative tools you have more power and some of the optimizers will allow total removal without having to edit the registry. If you google something like 'tweak xp' you will see sites that explain what the resident/MS dlls provide in services. there are a lot of those that are turned on that you may never need or that you don't want cluttering the processor while you're doing your power user thing. Ken Prevo Blogging at: www.pokerperambulation.com |
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Posted on: 2007 Aug 28, 21:48 | |||
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thanks for the tips. I appreciate the time and energy. Just a thought to help provoke more input from you, since I live in an RV, I use a laptop, the only laptops that will now allow you to recover the hard drive and replace the system with XP are Fujitsu - but you can't use an upgrade XP, you have to use the full program. All the laptops out now are running vista. It's a monopoly piece of shit type of thing. I had XP Pro on the desktop that lives up at my house where my sons are. I love it. But I'm here and it's there. It's difficult for even some of the fastest processors to keep up with graphics, games, picture editing, dvd recordings, movie camera to pc imports, websites, emails, and a few other things - which is what I spend most of my computer time on. Most people read email and surf the net. I pound the hell out of a computer with a variety of software programs and things that I multi-task on so I feel that I am in a slightly different category than the next guy/gal. I have done most of what you've recommended - on a fairly regular basis, and I know about system restore. Unfortunately there are some things that can't be corrected with it - wish it would have bounced vista...LMAO And I clean the excess files, do the defrag, and all that jazz. Over a period of time, if you use a lot of programs and do a lot with a computer, it becomes congested and sluggish...you don't have to agree with me on this but it ain't my first trip down the road to computer hell in the last 11 years. So now that I've thrown all that out, thanks again for the helpful post. When I switched to the new computer, the old XP that had run on the old one was the same copy that had run on the one before it. I have installed and uninstalled stuff over the year. And, I have experienced slowdowns. Instead of losing everything in a reinstall, I fix it. Set up named restore points. You can always regress the system to that point in a worse case scenario. When things seem to be slowing, open the run box and type in MSCONFIG. There are two areas in it that are affecting performance. The startup will have a lot of junk from your power installing. We let vendors check for updates or we approve the quick load option. These affect memory and booting. So, you need to clean out the accumulation of junk. This is often there after you thought you uninstalled the main program. Now that you've cleaned up the boot process, click on the services tab. These are the DLLs that were installed as part of the system by Microsoft and others. You'll seen Manufacturer and filenames. Both have items that may be outdated or unwanted. You can review how dlls load in other places but this is a nice one stop shopping source that's quick and dirty. In the administrative tools you have more power and some of the optimizers will allow total removal without having to edit the registry. If you google something like 'tweak xp' you will see sites that explain what the resident/MS dlls provide in services. there are a lot of those that are turned on that you may never need or that you don't want cluttering the processor while you're doing your power user thing. Linda R. Geenen http://table-tango.pokerworks.com/ What game are you playing? |
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| KenP | Posted on: 2007 Aug 29, 06:24 | |||
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The most valuable item on a computer is the data. You can resolve that in a number of ways. My worst case scenario was addressed with an external drive and using Partition Magic. I'd duplicate the machine and the external. I also had two bootable partitions. If one got torched, I could boot to the other. They were configured to use the same data. My email went back many years when used from either partition. I've had bad install and been able to get back. As to the laptop problem, well there are a few around that are for the power users. The common weakness on them is the GPU. You have similar graphics needs to the serious gamer. Dell bought one of the high end game machine companies and I think they just brought out a new gamer laptop. There are a lot of 'one clink' repair programs around. Some of them work pretty well. There are a few that come with trojans. They all promise to optimize the computer. I use one that isn't as one step. It is called JV16. That isn't the neatest name but the program does what I need and if I need to install it temporarily on a clients computer the license allows me to do it on up to 5 machines. It lets me edit all that stuff and do cleanups. It tracks down info for me about questionable items on the net. At $29.95 it is one of my better investments. After your blog and my post here, I upgraded to the Vista version and was able to reduce the footprint for the system. Mostly at the cost of MS stuff that they default load that is seldom needed. Some that crept in from installs. While not doing a lot of program installs (copied a lot of stuff from the external) the register had gotten fat and JV16 cleaned that up and then rebuilt it to smaller size. Registry bloat is frequent and huge. Applications that come and go usually go without clearing the registry entries they had. It doesn't take long to come up with nearly as much junk as needed registry info. I really recommend JV116 2007; the url for it is www.macecraft.com My only problem now is Vista and the fact that my Partition Magic doesn't work with it. Vista I came to because it was installed. Dell will install XP but this computer is a referb and didn't have that option. It isn't a big deal, as I retained the old computer and am keeping them close. Ken Prevo Blogging at: www.pokerperambulation.com |
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| KenP | Posted on: 2007 Aug 29, 06:35 | |||
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Also, I really recommend AVG which is freeware for home users. I've used the Norton/Symantec and McAfee virus products and AVG minimizes it process loading while maximizing available services. Symantec installs are from hell. Once on the system it is all but impossible to remove it completely. It is almost as bad as the worst DRM. McAfee noticeably slowed my computer compared to AVG. And it was always popping up warning in normal use of the net. Vista BTW does a lot of that until one disables most of the new 'features' they have. Vista will slow a computer without time passing. It will never be as fast as XP but one can get it fairly close. Of course, it's become a bloated XP without Service Packs and reduced compatibility. Not much sense to that if you have XP running, Ken Prevo Blogging at: www.pokerperambulation.com |
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Posted on: 2007 Aug 29, 09:43 | |||
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I totally agree on the registry and start up programs. They are killers. There seems to be a hitch hiker attached to almost everything anymore. And NORTON!!! What a piece of crap. I had it simply because it came on a new pc about 6 years ago. I got rid of it immediately, it takes over your whole system and won't let go. Macaffe, had the virus program for about four years, liked it, then they decided (about a year ago) that you have to run their whole program, whether you like it or not, I didn't like it. I use PC Security Shield http://pcsecurityshield.com/, it's reasonably priced and works quite well. I am quite impressed with Mozbackup. It's a stand alone product (freeware) for backing up Mozilla Thunderbird (you can use it for FireFox also). Thunderbird is my email client (thanks to Ken P.'s recommendation a few years ago). Thunderbird is great, trainable, and won't allow a virus to open in your email because it won't run a script. The Mozbackup will save all of your profile settings, emails, addresses, etc. I just hit a button and yesterday my whole email back up was restored to before the big blow out. NICE! Thanks for all the tips Ken. Perhaps we should start a pc thread? Linda R. Geenen http://table-tango.pokerworks.com/ What game are you playing? |
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