How can I increase the speed of my computer?

[Guest]

Does anybody can help me
Sometimes my computer doesn’t run as fast as I would like. I have the impression that a program is running occasionnaly in the background: I hear my CPU running (clicking) for no obvious reasons. Can I know if a program is clandestinely running in the background? I don't see anything suspicious in Windows Task Manager. I regurlarly run Norton Systemworks 2004: One Button Checkup; AntiVirus; and Defragment. It does help, a little
I am running Windows Xp on a hp PC with
Pentium 4, 2.53 G Hz,
500 Mb memor
80 GB HD used at 50%
dvd writer / cd-writer comb
cd-ro
My former Pentium 2, running Windows 98, was running faster. (Opening windows
What can I do to increase the speed of my present hp computer? I have benchmarked my system with a Freshdevice Diagnostic, and it gave me the following results

CPU Bench Resul
WhetStone FPU 2,540 NWIP
DhryStone ALU 5,696 MDPIP
Speed 2,533 MH
CPU Multimedia Benchmark Index
Benchmark Index 2,184
Technology SSE2
MMX Extensions yes
Enhanced MMX Extensions No
3DNow! Extensions N
Memory Bench Result:
Integer Assignment 10,819
Real Assignment 10,793
Integer Split 16,944
Real Split 16,93
Disk Bench Mark Resul
Write Speed Average 10.7 MB/
Read Speed Average 7.31 MB/
Can anybody understand these data?
Could it be my Hard drive that doen't run fast enought?
Thank you
Gaudwi

 

[Maximus]

not running as fast? thats a relative ter. is there any thing that actually
happens - like applications hanging or the computer stalling? is your RAM
good? maybe u can check out the ram? do a google search for memory tools or
something like that.

Does anybody can help me?
Sometimes my computer doesn't run as fast as I would like. I have the

impression that a program is running occasionnaly in the background: I hear
my CPU running (clicking) for no obvious reasons. Can I know if a program is
clandestinely running in the background? I don't see anything suspicious
in Windows Task Manager. I regurlarly run Norton Systemworks 2004: One
Button Checkup; AntiVirus; and Defragment. It does help, a little.

I am running Windows Xp on a hp PC with a
Pentium 4, 2.53 G Hz,
500 Mb memory
80 GB HD used at 50%.
dvd writer / cd-writer combo
cd-rom
My former Pentium 2, running Windows 98, was running faster. (Opening windows)
What can I do to increase the speed of my present hp computer? I have

benchmarked my system with a Freshdevice Diagnostic, and it gave me the
following results:

 

[HillBillyBuddhist]

| Does anybody can help me?
| Sometimes my computer doesn't run as fast as I would like.

A few things to try, courtesy of Jupiter Jones and his most useful and
informative Website.

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

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I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
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[Guest]

Try going to www.blackviper.com and reading about programs at start-up. Has a wealth of information about these programs and information on the ones that you can safely disable which will enable you to run faster.

 

[Ron Martell]

Does anybody can help me?
Sometimes my computer doesn’t run as fast as I would like. I have the impression that a program is running occasionnaly in the background: I hear my CPU running (clicking) for no obvious reasons. Can I know if a program is clandestinely running in the background? I don't see anything suspicious in Windows Task Manager. I regurlarly run Norton Systemworks 2004: One Button Checkup; AntiVirus; and Defragment. It does help, a little.
I am running Windows Xp on a hp PC with a
Pentium 4, 2.53 G Hz,
500 Mb memory
80 GB HD used at 50%.
dvd writer / cd-writer combo
cd-rom
My former Pentium 2, running Windows 98, was running faster. (Opening windows)
What can I do to increase the speed of my present hp computer? I have benchmarked my system with a Freshdevice Diagnostic, and it gave me the following results:

Your system appears quite a bit more powerful than mine, and I boot
Windows XP in less than a minute which is faster than either Windows
98SE or WindowsMe on the same machine (I have all 3 Windows versions
installed).

The only significant thing that I see from the information that you
posted is the presence of Norton Systemworks 2004 which I personally
consider to be a *virus*. There are alternative products which offer
equal or better results and do not have the negative impacts on system
performance and stability that Norton 2004 seems to be causing for so
many people.

I agree with the suggesition about checking out the services
configuration at the blackviper.com web site. That can help quite a
bit.

It is possible that you need additional RAM for the computer.
Download the free page file usage reporting utility from
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm or from
http://billsway.com/notes_public/WinXP_Tweaks/ and use it to check on
actual usage of the page file by Windows XP. This utility reports the
actual amount of memory content that has been moved from RAM to the
page file so as to allow that RAM to be used for other, currently more
important, purposes. If the reported usage figure is more than 50 mb
on a regular basis then adding more RAM is very likely going to have a
beneficial effect on overall performance.


Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."