PC problem

[el-half]

how is it obvious, users are still working on pc's ranging from win 2.1 to win XP, Not sure about registry's in pre win 95 machines but it makes a differance, work on an NT vbased machine compared to 9x system big differance.

Of course an NT based machine is very different from a 9x machine but most "tweaks" are mostly the same, i.e. defragging, removing spyware, temporary files, cleaning registry,...sometimes the way you have to do it may be different.

I don't think he's still using win 2.1 , heck you never know, sorry for that sort off inappropriate comment :

isn't that obvious nihil?

[Death_Knight]

So the installation steps are:

1. Install OS
2. Install Service Pack
3. Misc. Drivers
4. Install needed Proggies
5. Defrag

?

I have a 40gig 7200rpm Seagate hdd split into 2 partition of each 20gig for my OS and data storage

[ghostofanonion]

Don't be too hasty to reinstall your OS, I'm running XP and last time I cleaned it up I had 800mb free space (On a 80Gb hdd aint that much) and about 32 services running, I've cleaned up the hard drive and made it to a startup services of 17 things. My machine is running OK giving me enough time to get some new hardware (I'm going to be installing a radeon 9600 pro to replace my already outdated FX 5200) in this way I limit the probability of driver issues when I upgrade plus backing up 46 Gb of stuff isn't always that easy... so untill I get my new hard drive I'll be living on borrowed time (Considering the amount of malware I've just disabled and incorerectly deleted.) but it works for me NOW and I dont have to do an inconvienient reformat when I'm unprepared.

Ultimately I'd reinstall My OS about once every 4 - 8 months simply becuase it's easier than maintaining some kind of realistic file structure and cuase I'm to lazy to fix the problems properly

[Death_Knight]

WinXp background service is also memory eating monster... go to www.blkviper.com and turn off unnecessary service and www.tweakxp.com to play with my registry some tweaks.

[CXGJarrod]

Originally posted here by el-half
Of course an NT based machine is very different from a 9x machine but most "tweaks" are mostly the same, i.e. defragging, removing spyware, temporary files, cleaning registry,...sometimes the way you have to do it may be different.

I don't think he's still using win 2.1 , heck you never know, sorry for that sort off inappropriate comment :

Download Spybot Search and Destroy and see what happens... el-half is right, Spyware can really slow down your system.