WOT: XP Computer Slow

[optimus234 at hotmail.com (Kevin S)]

Try defragging your hard drive, then run through the disk cleanup. How many 
programs are the computer loading up when you first start your computer? If 
that is a lot try to take some out it will free up some memory. Do you have 
anything running in the back ground? Like you can get little things, my mom 
has this weird cat that walks around her monitor, those things use a lot of 
memory. If you have done all that and still runs slow, its time to format 
your computer and start from a clean slate. How long ago was it since you 
last formated your computer. People recommend to do it like once a month, I 
only do mine about once a year, very minimal slow down. But then again Im 
the only one using this computer so I don't have people doing crap. Also 
what really slows down your computer is if you have been using a cd burner a 
lot. Or ripping DVD movies onto your computer that will kill it. Check hlow 
much free space you have on your HD if that is very low try cleaning that up 
a bit so you have moe memory, I hate to run with less then 1 gig. The TV 
tuner that records your shows, make sure to clean that up, it will fill up 
your HD a lot. A friend of mine found that out, his HD was full and his 
computer was very slow.

If you have any questions feel free to email me.

GL


>From: Haygood <haygood@aemail4u.com>
>Reply-To: haygood@aemail4u.com
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: WOT: XP Computer Slow
>Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:55:51 -0700 (PDT)
>
>My XP machine is running really slowly.  I reinstalled the OS a couple of 
>weeks ago, but didn't clean the drive beforehand.  Haven't done anything 
>unusual, or run any new programs.  Any ideas what might be up?  Seems to be 
>getting progressively worse.
>
>I've had to back down my video resolution from 12xx to 1024 to keep my TV 
>tuner stuff working right as well.  It used to record wiht <1% of frames 
>dropped, but now it consistently drops 13%, which really sucks.
>
>Any ideas for things I can clean up or whatever else might be wrong?
>I'm going to run Ad-Aware now, but I'm not too optimistic about it.  I'd 
>run NAV, but it usually takes a huge chunk out of my performance (only 
>256lb or RAM), and I'm afraid that it would just kill the machine in its 
>current state.
>
>Thanks.
>BH
>
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