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Gabu Star Mario Placeholder Ikachan until :effort: is found Level: 172      Posts: 5721/9981 EXP: 67989494 For next: 112740 Since: 08-10-09 Pronouns: they/them, she/her From: Santa Cruisin' USA Since last post: 56 days Last activity: 4 days
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— Bloodstar —
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Gabu Star Mario Placeholder Ikachan until :effort: is found Level: 172 Posts: 5722/9981 EXP: 67989494 For next: 112740 Since: 08-10-09 Pronouns: they/them, she/her From: Santa Cruisin' USA Since last post: 56 days Last activity: 4 days
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CB Flippitty Flip Level: 90  Posts: 1219/2280 EXP: 6978767 For next: 209842 Since: 02-01-11 From: Canadaland Since last post: 10.5 years Last activity: 10.4 years
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A few personal tips. Delete temporary internet files! To do this in IE6 and above, go into tools/Internet Options/Advanced/and then scroll to the bottom and select "Empty Temporary Internet when browser is closed." this will delete the internet temp files that could be bogging down your system. And If you have tried all of this or it's does not work, you could always Backup all your files onto a memory key, download Navashield (for gags) and then get a better newer computer. ____________________ ...sigh... |
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Joe Common spammer 🍬 Level: 111  Posts: 1977/3392 EXP: 14501177 For next: 367183 Since: 08-02-07 From: Pororoca Since last post: 12 days Last activity: 8 hours
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Originally posted by GabuWell, for starters, be sure you're not using Microsoft's built-in defragmenter. It's pretty pathetic compared to MyDefrag. Defragment only when you aren't using your computer, and pause or stop the defragmenter if it doesn't finish before you need to use computer. Similarly, virus scans. Don't run them while you're using the computer, unless it's the kind that scans files as you use them. Originally posted by CBOr use Disk Cleanup, which will automatically determine which files are safe to delete (and delete temporary files from other locations). ____________________ |
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Gabu Star Mario Placeholder Ikachan until :effort: is found Level: 172 Posts: 5724/9981 EXP: 67989494 For next: 112740 Since: 08-10-09 Pronouns: they/them, she/her From: Santa Cruisin' USA Since last post: 56 days Last activity: 4 days
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paulguy Green Birdo Level: 93  Posts: 1442/2294 EXP: 8032376 For next: 20434 Since: 09-14-07 From: Buffalo, NY Since last post: 9.7 years Last activity: 9.7 years
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Paulguy's Post configuration You can't remove IE entirely without breaking windows and many other programs. Some components still need to remain, but the "frontend" can be removed.
Installed programs and used disk space aren't going to slow down your computer. I don't nkow where the myth came from that data on the hard drive makes the computer slow (I've heard of people deleting music and stuff to make their computer faster...). It's only running processes that will slow it down. Also, why call windows classic ugly? Looks fine to me, and might be a slight boost. Unfortunately, all of this will be like, single digits percent improvement at the most, and maybe 10% improvement at the most if you absolutely go all out, overall. If your CPU usage idles at 2% or less, that's pretty much your potential for improvement. ____________________ |
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Liliana "A horrible person". That's what it says. "A horrible person." We weren't even testing for that. Level: NaN Posts: 2350/-3841 EXP: NaN For next: 0 Since: 07-23-07 Since last post: 10.3 years Last activity: 10.1 years
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If you've (un)installed lots of stuff lately it may be worthwhile to run NTREGOPT (don't have a link handy but google should find it). It ended up giving me a noticable speed boost. ____________________ Most people who visit your Web pages are there in search of useful or entertaining information, not to admire your fancy graphics skills or HTML prowess. — Apple Web Design Guide, 1996 |
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Shadic Alakadoof? Level: 151  Posts: 6356/6929 EXP: 42377731 For next: 918745 Since: 07-22-07 Pronouns: he/him From: Olympia, WA Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 14 hours
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paulguy Green Birdo Level: 93 Posts: 1443/2294 EXP: 8032376 For next: 20434 Since: 09-14-07 From: Buffalo, NY Since last post: 9.7 years Last activity: 9.7 years
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Paulguy's Post configuration Just having the software open shouldn't load it down much; only if they're doing something. ____________________ |
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Tiden Disgusting human being, just awful Level: NaN Posts: 6015/-6493 EXP: NaN For next: 0 Since: 07-03-07 Pronouns: they/them Since last post: 4.1 years Last activity: 3.6 years
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Originally posted by ShadicOriginally posted by paulguy Aero's also hardware accelerated. :smugdra: ____________________ |
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Gabu Star Mario Placeholder Ikachan until :effort: is found Level: 172 Posts: 5760/9981 EXP: 67989494 For next: 112740 Since: 08-10-09 Pronouns: they/them, she/her From: Santa Cruisin' USA Since last post: 56 days Last activity: 4 days
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paulguy Green Birdo Level: 93 Posts: 1449/2294 EXP: 8032376 For next: 20434 Since: 09-14-07 From: Buffalo, NY Since last post: 9.7 years Last activity: 9.7 years
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Paulguy's Post configuration If you're frequently filling that much RAM, I'd suggest that something is probably wrong. ____________________ |
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Gabu Star Mario Placeholder Ikachan until :effort: is found Level: 172 Posts: 5763/9981 EXP: 67989494 For next: 112740 Since: 08-10-09 Pronouns: they/them, she/her From: Santa Cruisin' USA Since last post: 56 days Last activity: 4 days
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paulguy Green Birdo Level: 93 Posts: 1451/2294 EXP: 8032376 For next: 20434 Since: 09-14-07 From: Buffalo, NY Since last post: 9.7 years Last activity: 9.7 years
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Paulguy's Post configuration Nah I meant more wrong software-wise, but if your computer can't handle it just run 1 memory intensive program at once. Like don't try running flash and photoshop at the same time or if you do, maybe only a light project in one, and instead of running photoshop and itunes or something, use something lighter like winamp or foobar. Either way, I don't see you getting much improvement without getting more RAM or coming up with better usage strategies. ____________________ |
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Surlent 220 Life over. Continue(s) left: 00 Level: 34  Posts: 212/222 EXP: 242787 For next: 10864 Since: 08-02-07 From: Berlin Since last post: 8.8 years Last activity: 8.4 years
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| Uninstall ZoneAlarm, you probably don't need it or anything other than the Windows firewall. Especially if you have one in your router. Of course, some people might need it for certain programs which phone home ... be it legit or non-legit software. Even then, the Windows thing is enough as it monitors incoming traffic and should ask you if you data transfer or not (and unlike most commercial firewalls the dialogues seem comprehensive for the average user).
Also careful with those booster programs. They often change things in the registry which can be done manually as well. But unlike what you do (and risk doing) yourself, you often lack control and view what the thing did. If you for instance change something, then uninstall the program you don't know how Windows was affected, if you didn't revert the changes. In rare cases it can "brick" Windows so that a reinstall is needed. Apart from upgrading you could do: - If C:\ does not have enough free space, try do delete some System Restore points. I'd recommend to leave at least some few hundered MB or 1-2 gigs free, for instance if you extract something and need some temporary space. Lacking space aborted the installation of Windows 7's SP1 twice for me (until I reset System Restore and allocated less space for it) - For defrag, yeah - you should definitively do it, if you didn't defrag the disk a long time/or the computer did not have enough idle time to defrag itself over time. But leave programs closed, the computer should be unattended to speed up the process. Wouldn't recommend to defrag too often, it might wear down HDDs faster - Current Firefox and Opera builds can be blazingly fast, imo - if they have the recources they need. Too many extensions installed might not only increase RAM usage (of which you have more than enough), but also CPU load - As for hibernation, this is normal that filled RAM takes longer to load up when you put the computer on again. You need to compare if it still saves time to put the comp hibernating instead of normal boot, then opening all programs individually each time. At least Windows XP still shows that progress bar - in Windows 7 you just see a black screen until everything's restored. Think about having 16 GB RAM fully used, e. g. some HD video editing with several video tracks open. Or you run Lightroom Beta with a lot of stuff on the screen ... As said, I just think that you should try to do things with native means in Windows first, before moving to use that ... and that program. It's easy to lose overview, especially if something happens. ____________________  |
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