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Optimize Your Computer and XP for New Users.
I see from this site that there are many issues relating to Windows XP.
In spite of it all, I have heard that Windows Vista is much more of a nightmare. lol If you are new to computing as well as Windows XP, there are a few things that you could do to make your time on the computer more pleasant and SAFE! Optimizing your computer from the start as well as learning some routine maintenance and sticking to a schedule as far as the maintenance goes, will do just that! It will not only keep your computer running at peak efficiency, but will also safeguard your computer from collecting nasties like Adware, Spyware, viruses, worms, trojans and more! Personally I recommend for the average user who is on the computer a couple hours a day, to a schedule like the following: Weekly Virus Scan Biweekly(every 2 weeks) Clean your Registers Defrag your hard drive Monthly Delete any programs, data, music, movies or what have you, that you KNOW you are not going to use. Doing JUST THIS will help, but there are a ton of other optimization steps you could take that will help you even more! Some of these steps actually make the above NEEDED less often, but I would STILL do them as frequent as mentioned. Wishing you all happy, safe and quick computing. Kelvin |
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SPAM - Optimize Your Computer and XP for New Users.
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SPAM - Optimize Your Computer and XP for New Users.
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Optimize Your Computer and XP for New Users.
On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 04:06:07 +0000, Kelvin Nikkel
wrote: I see from this site that there are many issues relating to Windows XP. Of, course. This is where people come for help with their problems, not to tell us about their successes. Hang around a transmission repair shop, and you'll think that all cars have transmission problems. In spite of it all, I have heard that Windows Vista is much more of a nightmare. lol It's not any nightmare at all. I run both Windows XP and Vista, on different computers here, and they are both completely stable, without any problems at all. If you are new to computing as well as Windows XP, there are a few things that you could do to make your time on the computer more PLEASANT AND SAFE[/b]! 'OPTIMIZING YOUR COMPUTER' (HTTP://WWW.EASYOPTMYPC.OPTMYPC.COM) FROM I don't know this book at all, but if it says the things you say below, I recommend against it. THE START AS WELL AS LEARNING SOME ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND STICKING TO A SCHEDULE AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE GOES, WILL DO JUST THAT! IT WILL NOT ONLY KEEP YOUR COMPUTER *RUNNING AT PEAK EFFICIENCY*, BUT WILL ALSO *SAFEGUARD* YOUR COMPUTER FROM COLLECTING NASTIES LIKE *ADWARE, SPYWARE, VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJANS AND MORE! Personally I recommend for the average user who is on the computer a couple hours a day, to a schedule like the following: Weekly Virus Scan How often to run a virus scan depends on your computing habits, but for many people, it would be much better to run it more often than once a week. Personally, I use Avast! anti-virus, and one of the things I like about it is that it automatically does a virus scan whenever the screen saver comes on--in other words, whenever the computer isn't otherwise in use. Biweekly(every 2 weeks) Clean your Registers The word is "registry," not "registers." Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you. The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit it may have. Defrag your hard drive Once every two weeks is not the right schedule for everyone to defrag on. That's more often than most people need to do it, but there's no schedule that's right for everyone. It depends on how you use your computer and it depends on how much you use your computer. You should defragment your drive when doing so results in a speed up. Here's what I recommend. Pick some arbitrary interval--for example once a month. Defragment on that interval a few times, and assess whether the computer generally feels faster after doing so. If the answer is yes, defrag more frequently. If the answer is no, defrag less frequently. Repeat a few times, and you'll soon settle into a frequency that works well for you. As a general rule, beware of all general rules telling you how often to do something. In almost all cases, they are not right for everyone. Monthly Delete any programs, data, music, movies or what have you, that you [b]KNOW* you are not going to use. I am certainly not against deleting files that are not going to be used, but if you think that this will in any way improve performance, you are mistaken. programs that are *running* can adversely affect performance. Neither programs that are not running, nor any other kind of file can. Also note that one should never "delete" a program. Programs need to be uninstalled. Doing JUST THIS will help, but there are a ton of other optimization steps you could take that will help you even more! Some of these steps actually make the above NEEDED less often, but I would STILL do them as frequent as mentioned. Wishing you all happy, safe and quick computing. Kelvin -- Kelvin Nikkel -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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