XP is getting to excruciatingly slow !!

[Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov]

"§nühw¤£f" wrote:

>> BlackViper says to turn a service to manual, if it's needed it will
>> start, not for me.
>
>You'll notice some lost funtionality and then yu get to play "guess whats
>necessary".

I don't just turn them off, I know what they do, or will google them
first.

> DNS
>> client service cause I have a large HOSTS file, and quite a few other
>> services.
>>
>Hosts can slow down loading of pages in FF. I'd rather go with NoScript.

That's why you disable the DNS service.

"Editors Note: in most cases a large HOSTS file (over 135 kb) tends to
slow down the machine.
This only occurs in W2000/XP/Vista. Windows 98 and ME are not
affected." (then goes on to explain how to disable the DNS service)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm


>> Avast
>> warns me when the update file is uploaded to my temp directory (I
>> don't have activeX installed) and I delete it. (Comodo firewall won't
>> stop microsoft incoming (built in trusted site?).
>>
>I dont use that one

>Prolly a way to blacklst what you want tho...

Avast or Comodo? I just deleted both and installed Nod32 and Zonealarm

Avast kept asking if it was ok to delete files, this even when
emptying the recycle bin. I'd turn it off but it would be the
antivirus program I disabled. just too confusing. and my Boot.ini file
changed and avast didn't say a word.


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[§ñühw¤£f]

Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov wrote:
> "§nühw¤£f" wrote:
>
>>> BlackViper says to turn a service to manual, if it's needed it will
>>> start, not for me.
>> You'll notice some lost funtionality and then yu get to play "guess whats
>> necessary".
>
> I don't just turn them off, I know what they do, or will google them
> first.
>
Yer not very adventurous then

>> DNS
>>> client service cause I have a large HOSTS file, and quite a few other
>>> services.
>>>
>> Hosts can slow down loading of pages in FF. I'd rather go with NoScript.
>
> That's why you disable the DNS service.
>
> "Editors Note: in most cases a large HOSTS file (over 135 kb) tends to
> slow down the machine.
> This only occurs in W2000/XP/Vista. Windows 98 and ME are not
> affected." (then goes on to explain how to disable the DNS service)
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>
Yeah after I read that I figured there were other ways to do things.
Maybe after Ive broken this install I'll try the hoasts fiel.

>
>>> Avast
>>> warns me when the update file is uploaded to my temp directory (I
>>> don't have activeX installed) and I delete it. (Comodo firewall won't
>>> stop microsoft incoming (built in trusted site?).
>>>
>> I dont use that one

>> Prolly a way to blacklst what you want tho...
>
> Avast or Comodo? I just deleted both and installed Nod32 and Zonealarm
>
Well there you go

> Avast kept asking if it was ok to delete files, this even when
> emptying the recycle bin. I'd turn it off but it would be the
> antivirus program I disabled. just too confusing. and my Boot.ini file
> changed and avast didn't say a word.
>
CCleaner wouldnt fix that?
Hmmm...





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[BillW50]

In news:7f5ld51ssu0h2df9trsgmcllnolkgao9qv@4ax.com,
Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov typed on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:21:46 -0700:
> BillW50 wrote:
>
>>> I have become comfortable with imaging my systems right after a
>>> build. This takes about 20 minutes - but presupposes the
>>> discipline of not ever keeping "data" on C:. I keep "data" on
>>> a separate "D:" drive always.
>
>>> There are dozens of utilities that do this. Mine is called
>>> Terabyte and cost about 20 bucks...
>
>> You can do this for free. Lots of them actually.
>
> Ya, just by copying them where you want them, I have nothing in My
> Documents, Pictures, Music and so on, I save everything mostly to my
> F: Drive
>
> Heck, Tweak UI will change the directories "My Documents, Pictures,
> Music and so on" to anywhere you want your stuff saved.
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx
>
> -If your not running XP, each Windows OS has it's own powertoys, and
> version of Tweak UI-

No what I am referring to for free are like Acronis True Image and
Paragon. Both are top of the line backup software available at any
price.

Acronis True Image Seagate Edition (DiscWizard)
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/d...oads/discwizard

Acronis True Image WD Edition
http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddet...oad&wdc_lang=en

Paragon DriveBackup Express 9 (free)
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/

And you really don't need to separate the docs from the system
partition. As most backup programs can backup folders as well as
partitions. So you can if you want too, make a backup of the system and
the data inn two separate backups from the same partition if you want.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

 

[BillW50]

Shiva wrote on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:22:29 +0200:
> relic wrote:
>
>> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>>> On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:37:09 -0700, "chrisv"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Penang wrote:
>>>>> Even on cold boot it takes more than 5 minutes for XP to get
>>>>> everything back in shape, ready to be used.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried everything, from defragmenting the HD to "cleaning" the
>>>>> registry to even defragmenting the registry, and it's STILL so slow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Software wise, I don't use too many. Just the typical office thingy,
>>>>> that's all.
>>>>>
>>>>> What else should I do to speed up my XP machine --- a 4-core CPU
>>>>> with 4GB of RAM ?
>>>> So far, two have advised you to Format and start over with a fresh
>>>> install. Let me be the third one. All the other crap will just spin
>>>> your wheels.
>>>
>>>
>>> My view is that that's terrible advice. It *might* be the best thing
>>> to do, but certainly not without having any idea of what's causing the
>>> problem.
>> It's XP. That's what XP does... get slower and slower.
>
> You better use linux. Never had these problems with Debian.

Yeah... you won't have that problem, but you will have lots of other
problems with Linux. I call my Linux machines as glorified PDAs. All you
can do is basic computer tasks and that is all. Even OpenOffice is
completely useless to me since it can't even convert case to title or
sentence case, which I use all of the time.

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Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03)

 

[Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov]

"BillW50" wrote:

>And you really don't need to separate the docs from the system
>partition. As most backup programs can backup folders as well as
>partitions. So you can if you want too, make a backup of the system and
>the data inn two separate backups from the same partition if you want.

I have always stored everything off the OS partitions, I can lose an
OS, reinstall, and lose very little. It's a Dos thing that carried
over to an OS that scatters your data everywhere.

In fact I would rather run a stand alone program (process explorer,
VLC) one's that only needs the dir it's located in to run.

I have those on a separate partition, reinstalling the OS is much
easier as I just link to those from the Misgprgs directory.

I've never made a back up of my OS's, just a waste of CD's. I do
backup my Data which is on other partitions. Then catalog the CD's
with Whereisit.

I have Agent (my newsreader) on a separate partition, the directory
has been with me thru at least 7 different computers, and every OS
(not ME) since Win95 (I started with Agent .98). I've never lost so
much as a message, I still have a collection of info collected from
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc. group.

I just move the Agent directory, to the next computer or link it to
the newly installed OS, and edit the .ini file. On a dual boot system
I can start a post on one OS, reboot and finish it from the other.

I also don't use Tweak UI, that was posted for folks who do save to
the "my stuff dirs". I do use it for other tweaks.

BTW, I recently reinstalled two versions of XP pro, on purpose - they
had been running for a bit over 4.5 years, I can pull out of a serious
error (dual booting helps a lot) - it's not like I format due to a
fatal error, or on a whim.

At this moment if I were to lose the HD, I would only lose my recent
torrent files.

>And you really don't need to separate the docs from the system
>partition.

I do.



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