Community weekly poll: What is the first thing you do when your computer's...
- 5/11/05 1:48 PM
What is the first thing you do when your computer's...
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 5/11/05 1:48 PM
What is the first thing you do when your computer's performance starts to deteriorate?
Run a disk defragmenter utility
Run antispyware/adware apps
Run a disk clean-up utility
Remove any unnecessary programs
Run an antivirus app
Run a registry cleaner
Download and install the latest OS and driver updates
Call for help
Other (tell us what it is)
only way to recover lost performance
by a_leiva - 5/13/05 4:40 AM In reply to: What is the first thing you do when your computer's... by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
When my PC slows down the only way to recover lost performance is to:
1.- backup data
2.- wipe harddisk
3.- full reinstall from XP SP2 CD ROM!
To be honest I've automated this process (since this happens too often), and already have an image of the reinstall, so the process now reads:
1.- backup data
2.- restore Ghost9 image
Only one step shorter, but HOURS snappier!
Making the image only takes a few minutes, and this is also a good way to recover from unexpected crashes, spyware infection and even viruses.
Just remember to have a copy of the image in a safe place, personally I recommend to put it in a DVD stored in a safe place. The image should fit nicely, even with office, Encarta, and other software in it.
Good luck with Windows anyway!
Anibal
The only way
by Sucker - 5/13/05 4:57 AM In reply to: only way to recover lost performance by a_leivaa_leila has the perfect answer, it takes less than an hour and you have a brand new clean system. You can waste far too much time trying to identify what maybe wrong.It is also a good idea to keep images of a clean system and your data off site, at your neighbours, family members house,or in an isolated shed/garage away from the house.
What is the first thing i do?
by kgmetcalfe - 5/13/05 4:52 AM In reply to: What is the first thing you do when your computer's... by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
turn off the machine - wait 30 seconds - restart.
followed by
Run a disk defragmenter utility
Run antispyware/adware apps
Run a disk clean-up utility
Remove any unnecessary programs
Run an antivirus app
Run a registry cleaner
Download and install the latest OS and driver updates
Routine
by tpm9129 - 5/13/05 8:50 AM In reply to: What is the first thing i do? by kgmetcalfeHow does one do a 'registry cleanup? I am some what concerned about messing with the registry, I use Windows 98SE.
Thank you
I turn it off
by gwhitcomb - 5/13/05 4:55 AM In reply to: What is the first thing you do when your computer's... by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
A lot of people leave their computers on all the time, or put them on standby. I'm no expert but remember reading that sysem resources that are allocated by your applications are not automatically cleared when you exit the applications. Only turning off the computer does this. Anyway, this is what I do.
Mac maintenance is easy!
by jaydee - 5/13/05 4:59 AM In reply to: What is the first thing you do when your computer's... by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
When my iBook starts to slow down, all it takes to get it back to normal is:
1. Repair permissions twice.
2. Restart.
3. Give it a few moments to sort itself out.
If that doesn't work then maybe I would repair the disk or update the prebinding, but its <b>rare</b> that I need to do that.
Another option is to wait for the next minor update (10.3.x or 10.4.x) which usually speeds things up.
Easy!
PCPitstop
by GoslingEd - 5/13/05 5:11 AM In reply to: What is the first thing you do when your computer's... by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
http://www.pcpitstop.com/
for diagnostics and benchmarking can often reveal the source of performance bottlenecks.
Task Manager
by ikeyb - 5/13/05 5:35 AM In reply to: What is the first thing you do when your computer's... by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I pull up task manager to see if any strange new processes are running. if so i proceed to do a search for them (if i can't guess the program responsible from the name of the process). Then, depending on where the .exe for the process is located, i may leave it alone, or google it for more information.
Computer Slowdown
by mfmthing - 5/13/05 5:38 AM In reply to: What is the first thing you do when your computer's... by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I don't have the problem because I practice frequent periodic disk defrag', registry cleanup, virus scans, and windows updates. It also probably helps that mine is a "white box" on which I did a clean install of XP and don't have all that extra garbage Dell and the others put on their computers.
Slowdownnnn...?
by drbb - 5/21/05 11:23 AM In reply to: Computer Slowdown by mfmthingWay to go. Whenever possible, I schedule maintenance activities for sleep time, like disk cleanup and defrag, as well as malware checks. Between these and the firewall (ZoneAlarm Pro), malware blocker (SpywareBlaster), memory manager (CachemanXP), my system stays pretty clean and mean. When it does slow down noticeably (rarely), reboot takes care of the problem. Occasionally, its a problem with the ISP and bandwidth, but not much I can do about that.
DSL slowdown
by rob.linuxsympatico.ca - 12/12/05 2:27 PM In reply to: Slowdownnnn...? by drbbMy ISP recomemmends turnimg off the DSL modem for at least 3 minutes every two weeks to keep things speedy....seems to work as my last speed test showed 1140 mbps which is pretty good for DSL !!
Rob
What do I do?
by Daviddude - 5/13/05 6:12 AM In reply to: What is the first thing you do when your computer's... by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I clear my temporary internet files, run disk defrag checker, run norton antivirus, run microsoft anti spyware, run lavasoft adaware. If none of these turn up anything, I restart my machine and just move on...
System Slowdown
by Teedoff - 5/13/05 6:14 AM In reply to: What is the first thing you do when your computer's... by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The first thing I do is to delete all cookies and temporary internet files as well as history from my PC. Then I run disk cleanup and finally I check to see if I really need to defrag my PC.
first thing I do
by modrid - 5/13/05 6:16 AM In reply to: What is the first thing you do when your computer's... by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
All of the above!!!
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