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 Aug 5 2005, 08:23 PM
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Aug 5 2005, 10:00 PM
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Wow, just by doing the last one and I've seen better performance already.
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Aug 13 2005, 04:35 PM
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I have done them all and i can tell the difference when loading the desktop yes, but my laptop (Compaq Presario V2002) still takes a while to load when the windows logo and black background loads at the start.
Also one small thing that tends to annoy me is the "humph" sound windows makes when an error has occured, and i hear it evertime i start the computer as if something has failed to load, but for the life of me just cant find out why. --------------------  |
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Aug 24 2005, 11:00 PM
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These tweaks do nothing if you re-boot daily.
Whenever you open a program, it will always open quicker the next time. The delete indexing made it so my XP search could not find even a *.bat file. I may be a noobee, but I know what doesn't work.... |
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Aug 30 2005, 10:47 AM
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i have 512 mb ram installed, but only 478 show in sysinfo. shou'ld i try these tweaks? thanx, p.
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Jul 26 2006, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE(tim723 @ Jun 18 2005, 05:14 AM)  3.add this information to the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SYSTEM>CurrentControlSet>Control>PriorityControl on the top menu of the registry editor click Edit>New>DWORD Value, name it Win32PrioritySeparation and then make the hexadecimal value 26. this makes the CPU pay more attention to foreground core proccesses running, and less to background processes. 3 times as much I'm trying to perform this edit but when I come to creating the Win32PrioritySeparation bit it I already have a file named that. It has the hex value of 2 in the one already there. If I change that to 26 will it just bring the same effects or will it damage the computer in any way? -------------------- I am the way into the city of woe
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Jul 27 2006, 03:48 AM
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Change the value as posted, and reboot. But, it's always reccomended to backup the registry prior to editing (File-Export.....etc), or have a backup image of your system partition, just in case.
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Aug 5 2006, 12:26 PM
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The tweak that I found really, really helpful was turning off the display setting and going with the Windows 2000 look. There was at least a 30% increase in speed for me. My free ram jumped from 545 mb free all the way up to 730 mb free at times. That was also including all of the other tweaks needless to say but it did work.;)
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Aug 5 2006, 12:44 PM
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When I try to do step #2, I get an error "Your current security settings prhibit running Activex controls on this page. "
How do I change? |
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Aug 5 2006, 01:00 PM
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Nevermind, I got it..
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Aug 9 2006, 06:11 AM
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i have just tried the #4 and now when restart my laptop is says insufficient memory and the computer does nothing. Its basically stopped working. A lot of stuff is really slow and it says a lot of .dll files are missing.
I tried to boot in safe mode and tried a system restore but they are not working. Will ihave to reformat?? thanks |
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Sep 14 2006, 09:47 AM
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i have a amd ath 64 3500+ with 2 gigs memory installed will these tweeks help me.......
ok did all tweeks didnt notice much of a improvement but thanks anyway This post has been edited by bignight2: Sep 14 2006, 05:45 PM |
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Sep 26 2006, 12:42 PM
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A really good article: What Really Slows Windows Down
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Oct 18 2006, 03:28 AM
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I tried the changes that Tim described plus changed the look to Win 2000, what a difference
all runs much smoother  Thanks for the tip 
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Nov 9 2006, 12:34 AM
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