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My computer is really pissing me off!
- Thread starter stratovani
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avast. free.
and on my xp machines, i tend to wipe / reload about every 9 months.
my win7 machines have up to 18 months on them, and still running quick as ever. i blame the streamlined filesystem, the background defragging, and the 8gb of ram in each. and the 3 that run 64bit os are way more stable than the 2 that run the 32bit.
and on my xp machines, i tend to wipe / reload about every 9 months.
my win7 machines have up to 18 months on them, and still running quick as ever. i blame the streamlined filesystem, the background defragging, and the 8gb of ram in each. and the 3 that run 64bit os are way more stable than the 2 that run the 32bit.
It's a pain in the you-know-what to have to reload Windows. First you have to reload the operating system, then load in all the software, then the fun really begins - loading in all the updates, which takes most of the day since Win XP has so many updates. The more I think about it, the less I want to do it!
There's quite a few links on this:
how to speed up windows xp
https://encrypted.google.com/search...=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=How+to+speed+up+Windows+XP
When I was still using Windows XP Pro Sp2 I found that (just like Mac OS 8.5.1 - 9.2.1 which I used previously) it would run pretty fast after a fresh install but would inexorably slow down over a period of six months or so.
One computer refurbishment charity I volunteered with for a while used to set up a Windows install and then clone it to another hard drive via Norton Ghost.
how to speed up windows xp
https://encrypted.google.com/search...=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=How+to+speed+up+Windows+XP
When I was still using Windows XP Pro Sp2 I found that (just like Mac OS 8.5.1 - 9.2.1 which I used previously) it would run pretty fast after a fresh install but would inexorably slow down over a period of six months or so.
One computer refurbishment charity I volunteered with for a while used to set up a Windows install and then clone it to another hard drive via Norton Ghost.
+1
msconfig will work, but autoruns, is far better, free from MS, and doesn't nag after each use.
Autoruns for Windows
If you do reinstall XP, you can trim it down with nlite
With nlite you can leave out useless crap, like messenger, IE, and such, and add in sata drivers, preferences, and key.
It's a pain in the you-know-what to have to reload Windows. First you have to reload the operating system, then load in all the software, then the fun really begins - loading in all the updates, which takes most of the day since Win XP has so many updates. The more I think about it, the less I want to do it!
well, to be honest, after a while i cheated and built an image for my desktop. after all, this is what i do for a living.
install xp
drivers
patches
remove bloat
install must haves
install ghost
create restore dvd
after that, when it got b0rked, i just pop in dvd and reboot, 2 reboots later, i have fresh install - in 45 minutes. then, all i have to do is apply patches between build date and reimage date.
but with win7, i dont need it anymore.
Yah for sure been threw the computer pains,
but heck thats a pretty old system, you can find something alot newer on craigslist for really cheap.
otherwise their is so many things in XP and windows in general that runs in the background, that works ok with newer computers, but a old processor really gets tied down, with so much junk running in the background.
Most antivirus programs are just resource hogs, and every program or app has krap auto update.....real convenient i know.
But just having windows update on and something like norton running can just kill a older machine. dont forget adobe, or firefox, or itunes or almost every software has auto update...turn all that junk off man. auto updates bunch of stuff always running in the background..kill it
XP made a big deal about being able to have multiple user on a system. if you create a limited account and use that for the internet it solves 90% of all virus problems. and you simply dont need a anti virus or firewall, complete resource hog.
limited accounts are unable to install software, but almost everybody goes on the internet as a administrator. which has full rights so any virus that comes in will install right away. a limited account wont do that, combined with fire fox and the normal windows security, almost nothing comes in.
the best free cleaners/ scanners are Spybot and Malwarebytes
but heck thats a pretty old system, you can find something alot newer on craigslist for really cheap.
otherwise their is so many things in XP and windows in general that runs in the background, that works ok with newer computers, but a old processor really gets tied down, with so much junk running in the background.
Most antivirus programs are just resource hogs, and every program or app has krap auto update.....real convenient i know.
But just having windows update on and something like norton running can just kill a older machine. dont forget adobe, or firefox, or itunes or almost every software has auto update...turn all that junk off man. auto updates bunch of stuff always running in the background..kill it
XP made a big deal about being able to have multiple user on a system. if you create a limited account and use that for the internet it solves 90% of all virus problems. and you simply dont need a anti virus or firewall, complete resource hog.
limited accounts are unable to install software, but almost everybody goes on the internet as a administrator. which has full rights so any virus that comes in will install right away. a limited account wont do that, combined with fire fox and the normal windows security, almost nothing comes in.
the best free cleaners/ scanners are Spybot and Malwarebytes
2004, have you ever reinstalled the OS (WIndows) it's due, all OS's crap out after a while. Back up your data and do a fresh install.
That or install Ubuntu I've been putting it on all my repeat "customers" with older computers, all love it and I've not seen them since.
That or install Ubuntu I've been putting it on all my repeat "customers" with older computers, all love it and I've not seen them since.
Every time I setup a Windows computer (that starts to date a bit, I must admit), Internet Explorer was fired once to connect to Mozilla.org and download Firefox. Then I downloaded an AV (again, straight from their site, but using FF just to make sure). No risk there, really.
Malicious sites can sometimes exploit a bug in an old version of IE, but you still have to visit a malicious site with an old version of IE.
