23 Mar 07
The post that was quoted here has been removedOver time it's amazing what latches into your startup routines in windows. A lot of processes that run are running on the 'off chance' that they'll be needed.
For example - Real Player is bad for this - once installed, registry entries are added so that each time you start your PC it starts up a process that will make the real player start faster when you need it - great - if you use real player - otherwise it's just a resource hog.
Lots of programs have these 'helper' apps that are only there to enhance their own programs performance.
If you're not comfortable checking / changing the registry startup values, then get something like spybot (http://www.spybot.info) to do it for you.
Use taskmanager to see what's eating resource when it's slow and try and work out if the thing running is needed or not.
24 Mar 07
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Try not to have so many programs running at the same time - just have what is really needed.
Also run crap cleaner to clear all the un-needed stuff.
ccleaner is a free prog that clears all temporary files etc.
Scan with Adaware and Spybot and remove all the adware and stuff it finds. [also both free]
Adaware = http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
Spybot = http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html
ccleaner = http://www.ccleaner.com/
*More RAM would be good too - as said.
Downloading loads of music and films always slows mine down.
24 Mar 07
The post that was quoted here has been removedMore ram is vital.
Soulseek is a memory hog. Fritz also uses serious memory. 20 tabs on FF would also use a lot. If you have your media library loaded in winamp, then that would also contribute to slow down.
I wouldn't recommend using soulseek at the same time as Fritz.
Use CTRL + ALT + DELETE to go into Task Manager, and then click on the processes tab, and sort by Mem Usage. You'd be amazed how much memory a program like Soulseek or Frtiz uses.
If you want to continue using those programs at the same time, I'd recommend maybe 2 gig as opposed to 1.
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