Carol,
IMHO You want a re-install. Though I think the program
Gordon was ona bout is ccleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com
If you can't be bothered going through their links grab
it at,
www.ninite.com
Regards,
Barry.
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PLEASE
Oh yes, been there done that and not a personal question!
<Smiles>
Will look to see if I can find that application. Thanks.
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Carol P
---- Original Message ----
From: "Gordon Keen" <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:51 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: COMPUTER MAINTENANCE - ADVICE
PLEASE
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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