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 Apr 2 2008, 09:54 AM
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Before you snicker, there are no "stupid " questions. Thank you in advance. |
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Apr 2 2008, 09:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 11-February 06 Member No.: 54,612 |
I might as well add this question too........
Do these changes need to be done every time I restart my computer or am I misunderstanding some replies in this thread? |
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Apr 2 2008, 10:18 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 11-February 06 Member No.: 54,612 |
Nevermind guys, I think I figured it out......regedit.
Let me know if I'm wrong. |
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Apr 3 2008, 01:23 PM
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 Forum Addict Group: Moderator Posts: 12,339 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
Not wrong - just dangerous!
 Make sure that you backup your registry prior to messing around inside it. -------------------- - John
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Apr 3 2008, 04:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 11-February 06 Member No.: 54,612 |
Actually, I ended up doing all 5 and it does seem to be faster without any problems.
I did not do a backup. Hopefully it won't come back to bite me in the rear. |
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Apr 16 2008, 12:34 PM
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3.add this information to the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SYSTEM>CurrentControlSet>Control>PriorityControl
I dont have the"Priority control",can I just do it on "Control"? |
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May 14 2008, 05:51 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 11-May 08 Member No.: 208,240 |
I applied nos 1 to 5 without glitches and my pc performance has improved significantly. much faster now. thanks, great site!
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May 16 2008, 07:41 PM
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How do I look to see how much ram I have to see if this would be helpful for me?
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May 17 2008, 12:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 11-February 06 Member No.: 54,612 |
I should leave this to the professionals, but I think I may be able to answer this one.
Start, control panel, system, general tab (near the bottom). Hopefully that works for you. |
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 May 23 2008, 11:46 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 20-June 07 From: Birmingham UK Member No.: 137,925 |
i tried to do these 1st set of tips.
thefirst 2 seemed to be ok but after i done the third tip and restarted i only get the blue screen of death ( i think thats what is called) telling me about having to restart the machine and try using safe mode, i have tried this and all the other options but still get the same message, can i edit the registry again or do i need to be in windows to do that, im stuck for ideas, is ther any way to fix this or is it totally broken. any help would be great. thanks This post has been edited by sleath: May 23 2008, 11:59 AM |
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May 23 2008, 01:37 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 441 Joined: 1-April 08 From: "A little bit Nort' and way West of 'Da Bridge" Member No.: 200,286 |
What value did you change that key to? Do you remember what the original value was set to?...Don't know what yours was originally set to but if you know change it back and see what happens...That is why you should always backup your registry before making any changes...The effects can be disasterous...
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May 26 2008, 08:26 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 20-June 07 From: Birmingham UK Member No.: 137,925 |
the 2 values were both 0 and i changed them to 1 hope this helps.
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Jun 17 2008, 01:54 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 15-June 08 Member No.: 216,456 |
Ok so im slow can anyone explain how to get to these places to change the settings it would be very helpful...........Thanx
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 Jun 21 2008, 06:14 PM
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hi the fixes by tim723 certainly do work i have a toshiba 1800s which is about eight years old and these setting have had a marked improvement on the speed of getting things done, from start to firefox on the screen takes 3mins 20 secs not bad for a machine with 30gig harddrive three quarters full, my question is how do i become internet anonymous to tim723, he knew what system i was using and my ip address how did he know cheers finbar
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Yesterday, 06:12 PM
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Thanks a lot for these, It's hard to find good tweaks without messing things up.. excellent!!!!
-------------------- "God created men.. Winchester and Baseball bats made them equal" Evel Knievel
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