Will more installed programs make my XP Pro system slower?

[yo]

Hi there,

I've got a P3.2 with 1GB ram...800mhz front side bus, etc. what is supposed
to be a very fast system...

I'm starting to install an enormous amount of software: ms studio
enterprise architecht full instal, flight sim full install, office 2003 full
install, and too many more to mention...

as I install what is now more than 40GB of software on my C drive, I get the
feeling my system registry must be getting enormous and I'm wondering if the
more software you install in a XP Pro system means that the entire system
will generally get more bogged down and slower?

I haven't noticed any hits to performance yet, I'm just wondering. Thanks!

 

[Alias]

I haven't noticed any hits to performance yet, I'm just wondering.

Thanks!

If it ain't broke, DON'T FIX IT!

Alias

 

[Guest]

Hi,

See the capacity to install programs depends on the hard disk space and also
the actual usage of the program.

But there is a limit to how many programs u install and if they are acutally
meant for XP. IF you want to run more than u think u want you will have to
considering using a server.

And running multiple applications at the same time will require more RAM. so
try to limit the number of simultaneous programs.

And using Visual STudio .nET Ent Arch will definitely need a lot of memory
to run on. So try to experiment how they work and then adjust according to
your liking and comfort.


Regards
M. Rajesh
..Net and Windows Shell MVP
www.winxpsolution.com.

 

[Lester Stiefel]

Hi there,

I've got a P3.2 with 1GB ram...800mhz front side bus, etc. what is supposed
to be a very fast system...

I'm starting to install an enormous amount of software: ms studio
enterprise architecht full instal, flight sim full install, office 2003 full
install, and too many more to mention...

as I install what is now more than 40GB of software on my C drive, I get the
feeling my system registry must be getting enormous and I'm wondering if the
more software you install in a XP Pro system means that the entire system
will generally get more bogged down and slower?

I haven't noticed any hits to performance yet, I'm just wondering. Thanks!

That depends on how many of them have startup agents. Tools
such as quickfind, office startup, budget manager startup,
etc will impact performance eventually. Count how much ram
is required for the running applications and divide by 10.
When the agents are running the whole amount of ram is not
needed. Some will use it as standby, however - antivirus and
utility software for example do use all of the stated
requirements (agent or full)

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

The NT registry is not like the 9x registry where bloat sometimes was an
issue. Unless you are actually experiencing problems, there is nothing wrong
with installing the massive amounts of software. The key to performance here
will be to take steps to ensure that nothing unnecessary is loading at boot.
If Windows booted without it before the installation, than it can certainly
boot without it after installation (meaning that you should kill any autorun
lines inserted into the startup routine by any of the applications you
installed).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi there,

I've got a P3.2 with 1GB ram...800mhz front side bus, etc. what is supposed
to be a very fast system...

I'm starting to install an enormous amount of software: ms studio
enterprise architecht full instal, flight sim full install, office 2003 full
install, and too many more to mention...

as I install what is now more than 40GB of software on my C drive, I get the
feeling my system registry must be getting enormous and I'm wondering if the
more software you install in a XP Pro system means that the entire system
will generally get more bogged down and slower?

I haven't noticed any hits to performance yet, I'm just wondering.

Thanks!