Re: what could I do to speed up my computer?
- From: "John Wart, jr" <johnwartjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:08:26 -0500
Funny, I have the same windows load on several boxes that have been used almost daily for 4+ years
<hreimer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ce8752e0-921d-4114-b1cd-1395cdc64b63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jan 8, 7:34 am, "John Wart, jr" <johnwar...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Also, sh*tcan Internet Explorer if you use it and download firefox from
mozilla.com
I switched a couple years ago after being a diehard IE fan since Netscape
started sucking compared to IE, and Mozilla clearly trumps IE in all areas.
"John Wart, jr" <johnwar...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:GcSdnaMoWOKPc_jUnZ2dnUVZ_szinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Oh, and BTW, pay Levi a visit and check out his mac :)
> One of my purchases this year, assuming I can stay employed, is going to
> be my first Mac. Dunno if I'll like it enough to switch, but want to try
> one out to learn!
> "John Wart, jr" <johnwar...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:V7GdncgrHo25cPjUnZ2dnUVZ_v7inZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Not knowing what the specs of your computer are, it's hard to know what
>> exactly is wrong with it.
>> Download CCleaner fromhttp://www.ccleaner.com/
>> Run windows update and install all critical updates
>> Check your Antivirus software - after recommending Symantec for years >> as
>> an IT professional, I gave it the old 'heave ho' in favor of AVG Free -
>>http://free.avg.com/Symantec products are too much 'bloatware' for my
>> tastes anymore. Not a big fan of anything McAfee either
>> Run a scandisk /f /r - start, run, cmd scandisk /f /r - it will ask you
>> to reboot to run this. It will find and repair any disk errors.
>> Run a defrag - may take minutes, may take hours. Even if it says it is
>> not needed, do it.
>> How much RAM do you have? A friend recently brought me a reasonably new
>> Dell laptop to work on, and it only had 512MB! If a Windows Toilet had
>> 512MB, you couldn't flush it with that nowadays! Get 2 GB or more, it's
>> cheap! His laptop held 2 GB max, and I had the original 2 GB from my
>> laptop from when I upgraded it to 4 GB, and I checked, compatible! So >> he
>> lucked out that day!
>> "PINAHOLIC" <ACi...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:c528a3ce-52f3-4381-bc4f-bb7e92e0e048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I have a high speed connection, and my computer could be faster. Any
>>> ideas on what I can do improve this.Thanks
>>> -Al
Everything short of a system wipe and restore is a band aid. Horrible
operating system that needs to be flushed periodically...
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