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A clean install fixes everything then the next day things start going
south a little at a time. Lots of things running you don't need that
take a long time to load when you reboot. No problem just get a huge
memory to deal with it and a very fast processor. Better yet get dual
processors. Registry is a little messed up and lots more registry for
windows to run through to know what to do. On and on. I do clean
installs, I do fixes to everything and I stupidly download new
programs all the time. Upgrading hurts. there is just so much trash
we load up on the machines including new operating systems that use
more resources each new version. I just fixed up my son's computer.
It has ME and now runs like a rocket with a 900 Mhz processor and 512
MB memory on an old PIII. I could have put XP Pro on it but why would
I slow my poor son down.
Jimmy
Imagine that you had a PC that only used a RAM disk. That is everything
processes in memory. Would you still expect a fresh registry to make such a
difference? In my opinion, you'd be wrong. Certainly, a larger registry with
old hives and stubs impacts performance a little, but it isn't the software
that's the culprit. It's the layout of the disk-based file system that
impairs performance over time. Defragging a disk only helps when the files
are very scattered and broken.
Going to the trouble of reinstalling everything to recover is obviously
quite a pain, but most people rationalize the effort by saying they've fixed
a myriad of problems, particularly an old messed up registry. Actually,
reinstallation fixes the file system. You can accomplish pretty much the
same improvement by doing a bare metal restore. Install just the XP kernel,
make it bootable, install the restore client, do a full restore, and the PC
will sing like it used to.
Colin West
-----Original Message-----
From: Jimmy Snowden [mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:08 AM
To: Omega-List
Subject: Re:Best site for tweaking PC
The registry is where windows gets hosed. So many or most of the time it is
better to just install Windows again to make the registry as good as it
gets. Unfortunately you have SP1 and SP2... to install also. Thanks
Microsoft. If you are still running then install Windows in a different
directory such as C:\Windows2. Then you get a choice when you boot up. So
install all your programs where they were, as in on top of where they are
then delete the Windows directory if you want and just run on Windows2 and
and a new registry. This proceedure really works well but it is a bit
complex. I prefer to use Casper to backup my C: so if things go badly I can
bring back anything I want from the F:. Or better yet format the C: then
install Windows and all upgrades from Microsoft you want then install your
programs then copy the data files back from F: to C:. I just overwrite the
whole folders in most programs.
Jimmy
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