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 Dec 31 2008, 12:23 AM
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Jan 4 2009, 02:48 PM
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As far as internet security is concerned i'm sorted. But i'm just wondering what the best program for helping sort out Step 4 (uncontrolled applications).
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Jan 30 2009, 02:25 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 28-July 05 From: West Coast Canada Member No.: 29,080 |
QUOTE(Budapest @ Dec 28 2007, 01:25 PM)  QUOTE(Tomo2 @ Dec 28 2007, 01:30 AM) 6. Use a partition manager to create a separate partition for your swap-file. Set its size to about 2.5 times the amount of physical RAM you have. You can do this by right-clicking my computer and selecting Properties->Advanced tab->Performance section->Settings button->Advanced tab again->Virtual Memory section->Change button. Whew! They don't make that one easy to get to. Just don't completely remove your swap file, cause your system might not boot after that, unless you have a lot of physical RAM.  Putting your swap-file on a separate partition on the same hard drive as your operating system will make no difference. However, putting the swap-file on a separate physical drive to the operating system will make a difference. I am wondering how I would do this? I have 2 hard drives and I have 6 gb ram on my win xp x64 , on my seconddrive I just have a few portable programs that I run off it but it is mostly storage so how do I put my swap on it ? |
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Feb 14 2009, 06:58 AM
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 Visiting Alien Group: BC Advisor Posts: 9,342 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
With 6 gigs of ram and a properly configured computer you won't see any significant performance gains from moving the swap file, XP and your programs won't use it enough to make any difference.
Why are you wanting to move it? -------------------- Chewy
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Feb 17 2009, 09:55 AM
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Thanks for good information and articles.
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Mar 1 2009, 10:05 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 28-February 09 Member No.: 302,175 |
New here & just wanted to thank all of you for the great information.
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Mar 22 2009, 09:48 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 12-March 09 From: California Member No.: 307,365 |
I saw the defrag which I like, but you must delete old files, clean and get rid of what you're not using, then go to accesories, system tools and clean disk to then defrag which will take sometime but it's worth it.
 
This post has been edited by jgweed: May 6 2009, 08:22 AM
Reason for edit: removed unneeded full quote.jgw
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Apr 3 2009, 10:20 PM
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link bookmarked.
I like how this is written, very comprehensive. 
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Apr 28 2009, 12:05 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 28-April 09 Member No.: 326,150 |
You bet there is. Look at the tabs at the top of the BC forum: both the Startup List and the Uninstall List have a wealth of information about applications, and both are searchable. I would recommend that you do not use MSCONFIG to manage startups, since it was designed as a diagnostic tool; many of the available tools also will provide more information than will MSCONFIG, information which makes decisions easier.
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 Jun 4 2009, 01:52 PM
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QUOTE(zredcard @ Sep 8 2008, 07:22 PM) Don't use both Zonealarm and Avast, usually one is enough, and disable as many icons in the system tray as you can. I run both of these at the same time. Which should I keep? My computer is extremely slow. I have plenty of hard drive space, I just did a non-destructive restore of the hard drive and I regularly defrag and use CCleaner and Spybot. I also regularly empty the prefetch folder manually. But yet when I surf the web (I use Firefox), as time goes on, things slow down. I have virtual memory problems. My RAM is only 192 MB, should I increase it and how, and would I have to also switch out my processor (AMD Sempron 1.8 Ghertz)? I hope I have posted this in the right place. I have been here a while, but I am still a newbie. I just want my computer to stop being so slow!!! Thanks!!! --------------------  "Blast it, Skywalker, stay out of my mind." ―Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker |
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Jun 20 2009, 10:22 PM
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A word of warning about registry optimization. If you are nor REALLY careful you would cause more problems than you will solve. Therefore do not dismiss the registry optimization warnings too reluctantly. Learnt it the hard way once.
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Jul 7 2009, 11:38 AM
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google advance system optimizer its good has a lot of features to it
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Jul 8 2009, 05:28 PM
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how many ppl do i hav to tell that defragmenting ur pc will not speed up ur pc by more than a coupl of millisecs
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 Jul 8 2009, 06:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Theed, Naboo Member No.: 60,305 |
QUOTE(polarpimp @ Jul 8 2009, 05:28 PM) how many ppl do i hav to tell that defragmenting ur pc will not speed up ur pc by more than a coupl of millisecs No need to be rude. But hanks to everyone else who responded. Defragging does help, but for a short time and if you do it more often than recommended. But actually, I figured out my computer problem on my own. My processor was too slow/would not work for the new updates to my existing programs. I have a computer now with 3 Gigs of RAM and will upgrade my other computer when I get the money. Thanks and I will continue to defrag my computer. I do actually know what I am doing. Just did not realize the RAM issue ws myproblem, but I figured that out on my own. -------------------- "Blast it, Skywalker, stay out of my mind." ―Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker |
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Jul 21 2009, 10:02 AM
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QUOTE(tg1911 @ Jan 9 2007, 08:24 AM) There's the problem, as I see it. No Antivirus/Antispyware program is 100% effective at catching, everything. There's always that chance of something slipping by. It's nice to have that extra bit of security offered by the firewall, notifying you that something, that shouldn't be, is trying to access the internet. I like the idea of that one extra layer of security. Call me paranoid. I think so
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