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Windows 7 home premium
sp 1 64 bit operating system HP CQ5500F AMD 140 2.7 GHz RAM 2GB I would like to restore my system to when it was newer and faster. Will system restore remove programs I have downloaded like Thumbs and Lightroom? Thank you for any help. John |
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"thewiz" wrote in message ... Windows 7 home premium sp 1 64 bit operating system HP CQ5500F AMD 140 2.7 GHz RAM 2GB I would like to restore my system to when it was newer and faster. Will system restore remove programs I have downloaded like Thumbs and Lightroom? Thank you for any help. John System Restore mainly restores the registry and is not designed to remove programs. To remove any programs you don't need use the uninstall interface of Programs and Features in Control Panel. If there are any entries there that you're not sure about try Googling them for more info. |
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:29:53 GMT, thewiz wrote:
Windows 7 home premium sp 1 64 bit operating system HP CQ5500F AMD 140 2.7 GHz RAM 2GB I would like to restore my system to when it was newer and faster. Will system restore remove programs I have downloaded like Thumbs and Lightroom? Thank you for any help. See Dave's reply, but also note that uninstalling programs will *not* make your computer any faster, What is *running* affects its speed; what is installed does not. |
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Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:29:53 GMT, thewiz wrote: Windows 7 home premium sp 1 64 bit operating system HP CQ5500F AMD 140 2.7 GHz RAM 2GB I would like to restore my system to when it was newer and faster. Will system restore remove programs I have downloaded like Thumbs and Lightroom? Thank you for any help. See Dave's reply, but also note that uninstalling programs will *not* make your computer any faster, What is *running* affects its speed; what is installed does not. Also note that the main cause of XP slowdown seems to be AV and security software, and that general experience is that XP systems slow down over time, even if nothing new is installed. The speed can be restored by re-installing XP, and it's something I did every year or so as a matter of course. System restore very rarely makes difference to either boot speed or running speed. I'm still waiting to see if the same applies to Vista and 7, although anecdotes indicate that it does, although so far, it's mainly when a service pack is installed. -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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John Williamson wrote in news:9vaqjpFe0pU1
@mid.individual.net: Ken Blake wrote: On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:29:53 GMT, thewiz wrote: Windows 7 home premium sp 1 64 bit operating system HP CQ5500F AMD 140 2.7 GHz RAM 2GB I would like to restore my system to when it was newer and faster. Will system restore remove programs I have downloaded like Thumbs and Lightroom? Thank you for any help. See Dave's reply, but also note that uninstalling programs will *not* make your computer any faster, What is *running* affects its speed; what is installed does not. Also note that the main cause of XP slowdown seems to be AV and security software, and that general experience is that XP systems slow down over time, even if nothing new is installed. The speed can be restored by re-installing XP, and it's something I did every year or so as a matter of course. System restore very rarely makes difference to either boot speed or running speed. I'm still waiting to see if the same applies to Vista and 7, although anecdotes indicate that it does, although so far, it's mainly when a service pack is installed. I'll hold off for now since it won't speed up my computer. Thank you all for the quick help. |
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To restore an OEM PC (HP) to when it was 'new' use the HP provided restore
disk or contact HP for directions to do so. - Restoring a pc to 'as received' condition will require reinstallation of all programs (user installed and in some case HP installed if not present on the restoration media). -- ....winston msft mvp mail "thewiz" wrote in message ... Windows 7 home premium sp 1 64 bit operating system HP CQ5500F AMD 140 2.7 GHz RAM 2GB I would like to restore my system to when it was newer and faster. Will system restore remove programs I have downloaded like Thumbs and Lightroom? Thank you for any help. John |
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"thewiz" wrote in message ... John Williamson wrote in news:9vaqjpFe0pU1 @mid.individual.net: Ken Blake wrote: On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:29:53 GMT, thewiz wrote: Windows 7 home premium sp 1 64 bit operating system HP CQ5500F AMD 140 2.7 GHz RAM 2GB I would like to restore my system to when it was newer and faster. Will system restore remove programs I have downloaded like Thumbs and Lightroom? Thank you for any help. See Dave's reply, but also note that uninstalling programs will *not* make your computer any faster, What is *running* affects its speed; what is installed does not. Also note that the main cause of XP slowdown seems to be AV and security software, and that general experience is that XP systems slow down over time, even if nothing new is installed. The speed can be restored by re-installing XP, and it's something I did every year or so as a matter of course. System restore very rarely makes difference to either boot speed or running speed. I'm still waiting to see if the same applies to Vista and 7, although anecdotes indicate that it does, although so far, it's mainly when a service pack is installed. I'll hold off for now since it won't speed up my computer. Thank you all for the quick help. If you think your computer is slower than it used to be try having a look round in Task Manager to see what's running in the background etc. I see you only have 2 G/B ram which may be a bit low, I guess it depends on how you use your computer and what software you run. If it's slow to boot up then maybe there are lots of things being loaded at start-up. A useful program is CCleaner which has a start-up list in its tools section. You can save the list as a text file and post it here for more help if you like. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner |
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:50:50 +0100, "Dave-UK" wrote:
"thewiz" wrote in message ... John Williamson wrote in news:9vaqjpFe0pU1 @mid.individual.net: If it's slow to boot up then maybe there are lots of things being loaded at start-up. I'll add another comment: Despite what many people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs you run, but *which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but others have no effect on performance. Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do is determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all the time. You can try internet searches and ask about specifics here. Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of. |
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XP doesn't slow down over time if you have a good 4 or 6 core CPU. Memory
doesn't seem to make a difference when it comes to slowdowns over time. John Williamson wrote: Ken Blake wrote: On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:29:53 GMT, thewiz wrote: Windows 7 home premium sp 1 64 bit operating system HP CQ5500F AMD 140 2.7 GHz RAM 2GB I would like to restore my system to when it was newer and faster. Will system restore remove programs I have downloaded like Thumbs and Lightroom? Thank you for any help. See Dave's reply, but also note that uninstalling programs will *not* make your computer any faster, What is *running* affects its speed; what is installed does not. Also note that the main cause of XP slowdown seems to be AV and security software, and that general experience is that XP systems slow down over time, even if nothing new is installed. The speed can be restored by re-installing XP, and it's something I did every year or so as a matter of course. System restore very rarely makes difference to either boot speed or running speed. I'm still waiting to see if the same applies to Vista and 7, although anecdotes indicate that it does, although so far, it's mainly when a service pack is installed. -- Tciao for Now! John. -- The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper manners Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day on the job for potty mouth, Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help you dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all the while pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of your computer except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Ok get the next sucker on the phone. Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR (Deirdre McFibber) There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which one are you? Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake! El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!) I hate them both, With useless bogus bull**** you need at least *three* fulltime jobs to afford either one of them I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world downloads the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a month VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat and out your arse sir? UBB = User based bullFROGGING Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the realm of understandability Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday This sig file was compiled via my journeys through usenet |
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On 4/19/2012, ...winston posted:
To restore an OEM PC (HP) to when it was 'new' use the HP provided restore disk or contact HP for directions to do so. - Restoring a pc to 'as received' condition will require reinstallation of all programs (user installed and in some case HP installed if not present on the restoration media). You will also lose *all* user data. This is an extreme solution not to be chosen lightly. -- ...winston msft mvp mail "thewiz" wrote in message ... Windows 7 home premium sp 1 64 bit operating system HP CQ5500F AMD 140 2.7 GHz RAM 2GB I would like to restore my system to when it was newer and faster. Will system restore remove programs I have downloaded like Thumbs and Lightroom? Thank you for any help. John -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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