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post #21 of 70
3/24/05 at 8:12pm
I assume from the responses and the consensus is "Reformat?!"
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post #22 of 70
3/24/05 at 11:21pm
i give you the answer "nlite", google it, but when you get bored of windows, trade up to linux
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post #23 of 70
3/25/05 at 12:51am
blackviper.com!!
do the super tweaks then remove all services that you dont need
http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/OSguides.htm
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post #24 of 70
3/25/05 at 4:35am
Thread Starter 

Thanks

Woh! I think ive fixed it. Thanks guys I thought there would be only 3 or 4 posts.
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post #25 of 70
3/25/05 at 4:44am
what about using another shell like litestep nonstep as opposed to windows explorer? maybe another file manager like explorer2? mozilla firefox or opera? do these improve system performance?

turn off all the "advanced settings' when you right click on "my computer"
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post #26 of 70
3/25/05 at 4:50am
and don't forget, adaware and sbybot are your friends
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post #27 of 70
3/25/05 at 5:02am
use deepfreeze. "you leave it and forget it" Never need to reformat again. 2nd hard drive is HIGHLY RECOMMNENDED for important files.
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post #28 of 70
3/25/05 at 5:59am
Could try turning vitural memory up, I don't really remeber how though..
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post #29 of 70
3/25/05 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by suddstei6000
Can someone tell me how to speed up my Windows XP - I've tired everything - Disk Cleanup, Disk defragmenter, ScanDisk, Microsoft Antispyware and Registry Mechanic.
Please Help - I dont know what to do now.
Thanks in Advance!
Seriously, the best thing you can do to speed up your laptop is to upgrade to a 7200rpm hard drive. When you do that, put a clean copy of WindowsXP on there. Between 7200rpm hard drive and a clean WinXP install, it will feel like a new laptop (especially with your 1GB of RAM).
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post #30 of 70
3/25/05 at 11:47am
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Originally Posted by GBrilliantQ
http://www.tweakxp.com/performance_tweaks.aspx

go here and do everything they say.....
A lot of the 'tweaks' listed there either do nothing or are based on misunderstandings about how Windows manages memory. The two best upgrades to make the computer snappy are more memory or a newer/faster hard drive (assuming one of these is what's pinching performance). Other than that, keep your computer free of malware and let set the paging file to a system managed size (which won't improve performance during regular use, but will let Windows expand the page file should it ever need to do so).

cheers all

Quick edit because my brain is not fully-caffeinated yet.
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post #31 of 70
3/25/05 at 12:41pm
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Originally Posted by Woland
A lot of the 'tweaks' listed there either do nothing or are based on misunderstandings about how Windows manages memory. The two best upgrades to make the computer snappy are more memory or a newer/faster hard drive (assuming one of these is what's pinching performance). Other than that, keep your computer free of malware and let set the paging file to a system managed size (which won't improve performance during regular use, but will let Windows expand the page file should it ever need to do so).

cheers all

Quick edit because my brain is not fully-caffeinated yet.
How do i do that
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post #32 of 70
3/25/05 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by Jamesd12
Could try turning vitural memory up, I don't really remeber how though..
If you are upping your virtual memory that means you need more real memory. Increasing your page file more than necessary will actually slow down your system. It's a bad idea.
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post #33 of 70
3/25/05 at 1:07pm
Agree. The goal is to get as small Virtual Memory as possible. Comfortably sitting on one 1gb memory RAM will do nicely. If you could afford, max it to 2gb.
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post #34 of 70
3/25/05 at 2:44pm
I will say once again (and Woland concurs)...

Since you already have 1GB of RAM, the best thing you can do to speed up your laptop is to get a 7200rpm hard drive.
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post #35 of 70
3/25/05 at 3:00pm
" Click run on the start menu and then type deltree c: -y "


Why should "noobs" not do that? What exactly does it do? What problems could arise?

Josh
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post #36 of 70
3/25/05 at 3:03pm
It is a joke. It's supposed to wipe your entire C: drive.

But it's a moot point. Deltree was a DOS utility in Win9x/ME, and was removed in Windows 2000/XP. It won't work on a WinXP system.
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post #37 of 70
3/25/05 at 3:05pm
It might not worked because the boot sector is in that drive, so it will error out from trying. At least the last itme I've tried that it did.
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post #38 of 70
3/25/05 at 3:06pm
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Originally Posted by Josh83
" Click run on the start menu and then type deltree c: -y "


Why should "noobs" not do that? What exactly does it do? What problems could arise?

Josh
deltree = delete the folder and everything inside it including other folders
c: = the folder picked for deletion is you c: drive
-y = yes! I am a noob who doesn't understand what this dos command does and want to see what happens for myself. Ohhh..... where did all my files go? XP runs super fast now though.
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post #39 of 70
3/25/05 at 3:17pm
Hey, I didn't claim I knew what the hell it meant, that's why I asked... I had no intention of trying any such thing.

Josh
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post #40 of 70
3/25/05 at 3:19pm
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Originally Posted by littleman
use deepfreeze. "you leave it and forget it" Never need to reformat again. 2nd hard drive is HIGHLY RECOMMNENDED for important files.
What is deepfreeze?
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