how to optimize PC performance??

[adrian]

Hi,
I collected the following list of how to optimize your PC, but I still
feel no difference at all, can anyone add some more into the list. Thx.

a.. Frequent Disk clean up
b.. Weekly Defragmentation
c.. Use a more comprehensive Defrag program than the one included with
Windows. --> Raxco, called Perfect Disk 2000 (Version 6.0)
http://www.raxco.com
d.. Run updated virus scan
e.. Scan for spyware e.g Ad-Aware ->
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/purchase/home/ Or spybot/ - Javacool --
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/specialinfo/rapidblaster.html/ Pest Patrol -
http://www.pestpatrol.com/
f.. Check for parasites
g.. If you have file sharing software such as Kazaa, disable it.
h.. Registry cleaner --> Regcleaner --
http://www.docsdownloads.com/regclean.htm OR Easy cleaner --
http://www.docsdownloads.com/easycleaner.htm
i.. Empty the temp folder, and cache files
j.. Switch off some start up program by using msconfig.exe, or switch off
some unnecessary services
k.. Update the outdated drivers, remove unnecessary programs
l.. Need to have a good 10-15% of your C: drive free for the OS to
operate properly.
m.. Try dropping your display settings and reduce the complexity of your
wallpaper -- see how it runs with a plain color only! -- as
display-intensive resource-wasters can make a huge difference in
responsiveness.
n.. Some background applications drain ram, some constantly call the cpu
tying it up with the result being that your computer may run slow, and some
simply by their nature interfere with the real working programs you use on a
daily basis, so try to uninstall the unnecessary ones.
o.. Update video card driver -- If you are experiencing hard locks without
any error messages, shadowing or ghosts of your open windows when you move
them around, or left over pixels, than you surely need to try updated
drivers or the card may be bad. Also make sure that your video drivers are
updated if you are having a shutdown problem or experiencing random fatal
exception errors whilst in windows.

Thx.
Adrian

 

[David H. Lipman]

I would add two cache items.

Instead of the OS taking a percentage of hard disk space for Internet Explorer and the
System Restore, Manually set these two.
1. IE cache to 10MB
2. System Restore 200~500MB

I would also suggest the use of two hard disks. (not two partitions). With the CDROM drive
as the slave to the "D:" drive.

These are to be either SCSI or IDE Primary and Secondary Master drives on two different IDE
channels. Ultra320 SCSI definitely outperforms IDE.

Objective:
To move the IE Cache and the Temporary directory, pointed to by the Environmental variables
%tmp% &
%TEMP% to point to D:\TEMP directory.

This way software can execute off of the "C:" drive virtually at the same time and data is
moved in and out of these caches on "D:"

Dave



| Hi,
| I collected the following list of how to optimize your PC, but I still
| feel no difference at all, can anyone add some more into the list. Thx.
|
| a.. Frequent Disk clean up
| b.. Weekly Defragmentation
| c.. Use a more comprehensive Defrag program than the one included with
| Windows. --> Raxco, called Perfect Disk 2000 (Version 6.0)
| http://www.raxco.com
| d.. Run updated virus scan
| e.. Scan for spyware e.g Ad-Aware ->
| http://www.lavasoftusa.com/purchase/home/ Or spybot/ - Javacool --
| http://www.wilderssecurity.net/specialinfo/rapidblaster.html/ Pest Patrol -
| http://www.pestpatrol.com/
| f.. Check for parasites
| g.. If you have file sharing software such as Kazaa, disable it.
| h.. Registry cleaner --> Regcleaner --
| http://www.docsdownloads.com/regclean.htm OR Easy cleaner --
| http://www.docsdownloads.com/easycleaner.htm
| i.. Empty the temp folder, and cache files
| j.. Switch off some start up program by using msconfig.exe, or switch off
| some unnecessary services
| k.. Update the outdated drivers, remove unnecessary programs
| l.. Need to have a good 10-15% of your C: drive free for the OS to
| operate properly.
| m.. Try dropping your display settings and reduce the complexity of your
| wallpaper -- see how it runs with a plain color only! -- as
| display-intensive resource-wasters can make a huge difference in
| responsiveness.
| n.. Some background applications drain ram, some constantly call the cpu
| tying it up with the result being that your computer may run slow, and some
| simply by their nature interfere with the real working programs you use on a
| daily basis, so try to uninstall the unnecessary ones.
| o.. Update video card driver -- If you are experiencing hard locks without
| any error messages, shadowing or ghosts of your open windows when you move
| them around, or left over pixels, than you surely need to try updated
| drivers or the card may be bad. Also make sure that your video drivers are
| updated if you are having a shutdown problem or experiencing random fatal
| exception errors whilst in windows.
|
| Thx.
| Adrian
|
|

 

[CrazyEyes]

Hi,
I collected the following list of how to optimize your PC, but I still
feel no difference at all, can anyone add some more into the list. Thx.

a.. Frequent Disk clean up
b.. Weekly Defragmentation
c.. Use a more comprehensive Defrag program than the one included with
Windows. --> Raxco, called Perfect Disk 2000 (Version 6.0)
http://www.raxco.com
d.. Run updated virus scan
e.. Scan for spyware e.g Ad-Aware ->
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/purchase/home/ Or spybot/ - Javacool --
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/specialinfo/rapidblaster.html/ Pest Patrol -
http://www.pestpatrol.com/
f.. Check for parasites
g.. If you have file sharing software such as Kazaa, disable it.
h.. Registry cleaner --> Regcleaner --
http://www.docsdownloads.com/regclean.htm OR Easy cleaner --
http://www.docsdownloads.com/easycleaner.htm
i.. Empty the temp folder, and cache files
j.. Switch off some start up program by using msconfig.exe, or switch off
some unnecessary services
k.. Update the outdated drivers, remove unnecessary programs
l.. Need to have a good 10-15% of your C: drive free for the OS to
operate properly.
m.. Try dropping your display settings and reduce the complexity of your
wallpaper -- see how it runs with a plain color only! -- as
display-intensive resource-wasters can make a huge difference in
responsiveness.
n.. Some background applications drain ram, some constantly call the cpu
tying it up with the result being that your computer may run slow, and some
simply by their nature interfere with the real working programs you use on a
daily basis, so try to uninstall the unnecessary ones.
o.. Update video card driver -- If you are experiencing hard locks without
any error messages, shadowing or ghosts of your open windows when you move
them around, or left over pixels, than you surely need to try updated
drivers or the card may be bad. Also make sure that your video drivers are
updated if you are having a shutdown problem or experiencing random fatal
exception errors whilst in windows.

Thx.
Adrian

The best thing you can do would be to buy more ram for your machine.
Depending on how much you already have you will see the biggest difference
upgrading from 128 of 256 Meg to 512 or1Gig.

 

[Mr Nobody]

Hi Adrian

Try to turn off file indexing and make sure you are using NTFS. Of coures
adding RAM if you have less than 512 meg will help alot.

Better yet, follow all the advise in the following link, I should have
thought of this before I started posting. Disregard my first sentance and
follow the this to the letter, then you will be OK.

http://www.techbuilder.org/article.htm?ArticleID=47626

BTW I hope you are not using your real e-mail address when you post to any
news group. Use an alias to help prevent spyware and spam. Those e-mail
harvesters are running all the time.

HTH
Mr Nobody

 

[Jim Macklin]

check www.blackviper.com


| Hi Adrian
|
| Try to turn off file indexing and make sure you are using
NTFS. Of coures
| adding RAM if you have less than 512 meg will help alot.
|
| Better yet, follow all the advise in the following link, I
should have
| thought of this before I started posting. Disregard my
first sentance and
| follow the this to the letter, then you will be OK.
|
| http://www.techbuilder.org/article.htm?ArticleID=47626
|
| BTW I hope you are not using your real e-mail address when
you post to any
| news group. Use an alias to help prevent spyware and
spam. Those e-mail
| harvesters are running all the time.
|
| HTH
| Mr Nobody
|
|
|

 

[Alex Nichol]

The best thing you can do would be to buy more ram for your machine.
Depending on how much you already have you will see the biggest difference
upgrading from 128 of 256 Meg to 512 or1Gig.

Depends on your workload. I saw very minor improvement in going to 384
from 256, and none detectable in going on to 768. You need to see how
much *actual* use of page file there is; if it is not getting used,,
then more RAM will just sit around being used to cache more files on the
off-chance.

 

[Adrian]

Thx guys, my list getting longer ^^
and my pc performance getting better, Thx.

Adrian