[access-uk] Re: COMPUTER MAINTENANCE - ADVICE PLEASE
- From: Gordon Keen <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:51:43 +0100
Hi
tongue in cheek - take it out and use a humane killer on it!
Have you cleared out your caches lately, if it's not a personal question.
As you may know I haven't used a windows machine for yonks now but I seem to
recall there was an application called clean sweep which was shareware I think
you could try a google for that.
Good luck
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 Outlook Express and Internet Explorer
> aren't all that stable. I'm thinking I may have to do a complete reformat
> and install 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?
>
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