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I am assuming your house is normal and you have had this experience: after opening a couple of bottles of wine, or more, for a party or dinner for several friends, at .....
I am assuming your house is normal and you have had this experience: after opening a couple of bottles of wine, or more, for a party or dinner for several friends, at .....
It seems that nobody realizes that I'm alive unless they need
something. I'm beginning to feel like Rodney Dangerfield - I get
no respect! I always get the "I need" calls. As in - "I need a
ride to go to Tako's Pig Roast or I'll starve to death" -
The other calls that I get are of the variety - "My computer
doesn't work" - "Excel is acting funny" - "My computer's locked
up, what do I do?"
Well, I can't authorize you to go home or to the mall, so what
about trying "the three finger salute (Control, Alt, Delete) or
rebooting your computer"?
I have no idea why everyone asks me how to fix his or her
computer problems. I can answer the easy questions like- "How do
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To prove my point - At home I have a 20Gig hard drive with a
Pentium III processor, 500Mhz and I'm lucky enough to have a
cable modem. I got fat, dumb and happy thinking I would have the
resources to run any program.
I got a wake up call when designing our web site and my
resources dropped to 30%. Some people in a similar situation
would reformat their hard drive. But I would not - except as a
last resort - because it is a real pain, time consuming and I'm
too lazy.
Doing computer cleanup is not foremost in anybody's mind. What's
the old saying - If it ain't broke, don't fix it? This is
similar to "Backups" -
Everybody tells you to backup your data and the tendency is to
wait till tomorrow. You become a convert real fast when you lose
everything you've spent hours, days or weeks entering and you
have to start from scratch.
If you suspect your system resources are low, you may want to
try these options that I always suggest to those with similar
problems. --- These are a layman's instruction. If you need help
from a professional - call a professional, I'm not the one to
listen to.
The first thing to do is CHILL OUT!
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Windows 95/98 - You may want to check your reading with a
program running such as MS Access (or any program that eats your
resources).
Try again with nothing but windows running to see the difference
- go into "Control Panel", click "System", click "Performance"
(or you can right click "My Computer" and select "Preferences").
If "System Resources" is above 50% with MS Access running, you
should be in relatively good shape. With nothing running you
should be around 88%. Don't fall for that garbage that says,
"You are configured for optimum performance". If your resources
are down - something ain't right!
While you're looking at the resources click "Virtual Memory" and
make sure "Let Windows manage" is checked. Unless you know what
you're doing, don't try to change the settings (I don't). If
your resources are running @ 90 %, you don't need to read any
further.
Step2: Have another glass of wine, beer or whatever - Look in
the bottom right corner of your screen. You should see some
icons like Volume, Virus protection, Time, etc., etc, etc, etc.
A lot of that is a lot of needless junk that is put in your
startup group needlessly by programs. Stuff like Printer status,
Real Player, Scanner status, AOL, IOU, DEQ, AEIOU or whatever -
those use resources needlessly.
Try disabling them one at a time and check your resources again.
If one of them is a hog, delete it from your "StartUp" group.
You can check to see what's in your "StartUp" group by right
clicking your "Start" button.
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Click "Explore", in the left window look in the "Windows" tree
(click if there is a + before Windows). Look for "Start Menu"
(click if necessary to expand the tree). Look under "Programs" -
you should see "StartUp". Click it.
In the right window is what is in your group. You can highlight
and press "Delete" on your keyboard to get rid of what you don't
need. All this is going to your recycle bin in case you change
your mind. Unfortunately, when you reboot you will probably see
a lot of the same junk you deleted back in the lower right
corner.
This is the case with programs such as Real Audio, Printer
programs and virus programs. To stop them from starting you
usually have to open the individual program and look around.
Nine out of ten times you can find a box checked under the
options in that program.
Also in Windows 98, you can click the "Start" button, select
"Run" and type "msconfig". A window will pop up with the upper
right tab will be labeled "Startup". There will be programs
listed in there with check boxes.
These are the programs that automatically start when you start
your computer. I had 29 programs listed with check marks. I did
not have 29 icons on the bottom right of my task bar. I only had
5.
If you recognize a program, you can remove it from automatically
starting by removing the check mark and selecting "Apply". You
will be asked to restart your computer. If you should change
your mind, the programs will still be on your hard drive. To be
on the safe side - check with your computer manufacturer.
Step 3: Have a glass of wine, beer or whatever - Delete your
Temporary Internet files. In Internet Explorer at the top under
"View", select "Internet Options"; select "Delete Temporary
Files" (your cookies won't be affected). Close IE.
Left click the "Start" button (bottom left of screen), select
"Find", "Folders", type "*.TMP", choose "Find Now". You can
delete anything in your TMP list that pops up. Windows won't let
you delete anything that it needs to run. Reboot - If everything
is running fine, empty your "Recycle Bin".
Step 4: Have a glass of wine, beer or whatever - Double click
"My Computer" (if you can still find it), right click your "C"
drive, left click "Properties", Select "Tools",. Perform a
thorough "Scan Disk" - (depending on the size of your hard drive
this could take a while) - make sure "Automatically" fix error"
is checked.
Go get something to eat - (you need something to absorb the
alcohol - don't drive!).
After this has finished - again under "Tools" - select "Defrag".
Do a "Thorough" if you haven't defragged in a while. This will
definitely take a long time. I suggest you do it before you go
to bed - (you'll need to after the wine anyway).
Running "Defrag" groups all your data on your computer and helps
programs run smoother. If you are in the habit of installing and
deleting a lot of programs your data will look like a half-empty
football stadium with people scattered. One member of your
family is on the West Side, one on the East Side and one in the
End Zone.
Defragging will group the family together - if the mother-in-law
is there, that may not be such a good idea. I'm rambling again.
You're probably wondering if there is a caboose to my train of
thought. Oh well, if this helps one person - it was worth it.
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