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Hi James,
Thanks for your PC speed/clean up tips......muuuch appreciated.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Cooley" <laptop4u@xxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: PC speed up
> Lionel,
>
> I've run a computer repair shop for a number of years and the BEST book
for
> _optimizing windows_ goes by that name. I heartily recommend it.
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565926773/thesiliconunderg
>
> It's filled with technical tweaks and tricks to speed thing up and the
> methods do work -- I know because I've implemented them in all the
computers
> I sell.
>
> The website will tell you much of the same, I imagine -- I can only get
part
> of the front page because my internet here in India right now is sooooooo
> slooooooow.
>
>
> If you need a quick fix, I think you could benefit from a little cleanup
and
> defragging the computer. Here's how.
>
> STEP 1
> RIGHT-click on Internet Explorer on the desktop, choose Properties and
then,
> under the General tab, hit the "Delete Files" button under the Temporary
> Internet Files section.
>
> STEP 2
> Delete all the temp files that have accumulated. Go to Start|Find|Files or
> Folders and type "*.tmp" (no quotes) in the Named field and be sure you
tell
> it to Look In the C:\ drive. Highlight all the files found by typing
CTRL+A,
> RIGHT-click on them and choose delete. Some file may be in use and you
can't
> delete them. That's okay.
> Once you're done, don't forget to empty the Recycle Bin by RIGHT-clicking
on
> it and choosing "Empty Recycle Bin"
>
> STEP 3
> 1. Re-start the computer and once it's going, do a CTRL+ALT+DELETE and
"End
> Task" everything except Explorer. Sometimes you have to repeat the "End
> Task" bit on certain programs.
>
> 2. Once that's done, go to Start | Run and type "defrag C:\" (no quotes).
>
> 3. Go out and wash the car, because it's gonna take a while...
>
> 4. Restart computer afterwards.
>
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lionel Issen" <lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Metastock" <Metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 7:56 PM
> Subject: PC speed up
>
>
> > A banner ad led me to this web site:
> > http://www.fastpcspeed.com/index_fc.html?hop=fstclk.pcspeedfc
> > The advertiser claims to be able to speed up your computer. It sounds
too
> > good to be true.
> > Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of this product/method?
> > A Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and their families.
> >
> > Lionel Issen
> > lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
>
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