Hi Carol.I use a product called Tune Up Utilities even though I'm a techie and this little toolbox of utilities automatically and pretty much independently maintains my computer, cleaning the registry of redundant entries, removing redundant files and defragmenting my hard drives. It has plenty of other functions including a system optimiser which recommends things you can do to help you maintain your system as well as turning off unneeded background programs and other things. You can download a copy from www.tune-up.com and give it a try. It works reasonably well with JFW, at least well enough to set it up and run the automated maintenance tasks.
All the best, Ibrahim.-----Original Message----- From: Carol Pearson
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:52 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: COMPUTER MAINTENANCE - ADVICE PLEASE This old girl will! Definitely not a fan! <Smiles> -- Carol P ---- Original Message ---- From: "Gordon Keen" <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 4:29 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: COMPUTER MAINTENANCE - ADVICE PLEASE
Oops! Sorry that application seems to have been bought by norton, if you aren't a fan of that company ( and who could blame you ) you had better look for another - sorry old girl. Cheers G From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England. On 24 Aug 2011, at 14:19, Carol Pearson wrote:Hi all, My 7 year old Windows XP machine is just about dawdling along and, having done some recent maintenance, I'm now wondering about next steps. It's running Jaws 12, has been virus and malware checked thoroughly and I've run a complete Scandisk. However, though in some ways it appears quite zippy, after startup of Windows, as various items are being loaded, it's very sluggish and I'm thinking also that OutlookExpress and Internet Explorer aren't all that stable. I'm thinking I may have to do a complete reformat andinstall of the software but am loath to do this, of course, so maybe I can get a bit further before reaching that conclusion. My questions are as follows: How might I determine if the hard disk is failing? (Do I need to carry out all possible maintenance before reaching such a conclusion?) Assuming that I probably do, can I uninstall and re-install Outlook Express and Internet Explorer and exactly how do I do this and find the latest versions, please? I'm not keen to play with the registry but realise it is probably now very long and unweildy, with mumerous unwanted entries, since some items have been uninstalled over the years, so I'd be grateful for recommendation of a simple but good registry editor that will do the job without me having to know the answers myself. Finally, is there anything else I should be doing that I haven't thought about? Thanks for any and all help, maybe to keep this old work horse on the road a little longer! <Smiles> -- Carol P ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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