Re: Can Jaws slow down your computer?
- From: "Richard Sherman" <squirman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:20:48 -0700
Hi,
I agree that reinstalling the OS should be a last resort. Norton securities
is a strong candidate on what is using many resources. You might be better
with using Norton anti-virus program with another program as your firewall.
Something else to consider is if you are using battery power on your system
the more things you have plugged into it will drain the battery and slow
down your system. USB devices all take power from the system.
Also don't forget to check your system tray and turn off anything you are
not using as someone else had mentioned.
HTH
Rich Sherman
----- Original Message -----
From: James Homuth
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Can Jaws slow down your computer?
Reinstalling the operating system is a last resort option. There's
usually a whole lot of an easier way of doing it, and it involves
less of a headache on everyone's part. What it comes down to is, if
you want to take all of maybe the 5 minutes risk of finding out what
the problem is, start turning off suspicious programs that might be
the cause of the computer's being slowed down. Virus scanners should
be turned off only if you're sure you've ruled everything else out.
As someone else on this list said, by default Windows boots up a lot
of unnecessary things that could possibly slow things down for you,
too. I would suggest that, until you know exactly what the problem
is, any program you're not planning on using right away should be
closed. This includes programs that would normally reside quietly in
the system tray. Because, unfortunately, one of those programs that's
residing quietly in your system tray may be doing so and happily
guarding a good chunk of your system resources at the same time.
James,
List Admin
At 04:38 PM 9/27/2006, you wrote:
>Can I just restore the computer back to factory settings?
>Jeanette
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:frequency660@xxxxxxxxxxx>Blake Sinnett
>To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 4:36 PM
>Subject: Re: Can Jaws slow down your computer?
>
>You probably won't like the sound of this, but some times computers just
>need the OS reinstalled. If the computer was faster when you first got
it,
>you should consider this option.
>
>
>From: "Jeanette"
<<mailto:jtorres6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>jtorres6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <<mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Can Jaws slow down your computer?
>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:59:04 -0400
>
>If it is Worton then how can I fix this?
>Jeanette
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dennis
> To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Can Jaws slow down your computer?
>
>
> i bet its the norton thats doing it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeanette
> To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Can Jaws slow down your computer?
>
>
> xp media addition and I have Norton security. I all ready
defragmented,
>checked for errors, and did a dis cleanup. Both computers have been slow
>since I first got them but now there even slower.
> Jeanette
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Shawn Keen
> To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Can Jaws slow down your computer?
>
>
> hmmm, what version of windows are you running? 98? XP?
> XP cleans up after itself pretty well I've had it on this work
>computer for over 2 years and everything still runs fairly well. I've
had
>xp on my home computer for 4 years and it is starting to slow down quite
a
>bit. 3 or 4 minutes at bootup.
>
> 98SE didn't clean house very well and can drasticly slow down
after a
>year or 2
>
> other things you might think about, is getting a cleaner for ad
>aware, spy ware, etc. Defragging all that fun stuff.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeanette
> To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Can Jaws slow down your computer?
>
>
> What else could cause computers to be slow? I have alot of
memory
>and ram so It should not be slow but it is.
> Jeanette
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Homuth
> To: <mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Can Jaws slow down your computer?
>
>
> Well, it's no secret JFW can at times be resource intensive.
But,
> somehow, I doubt the performance hit you take running it will
be
>very
> much different from if you didn't have it running.
Particularly
>on
> today's computers. I've run several processes I know full
well
>are
> more resource intensive than JFW, and this computer's nothing
> special, but it was still fairly fast all things considered.
>
> James,
> List Admin
> At 02:45 PM 9/27/2006, you wrote:
> >
> >Yeah, it can! that's why when I bought this new laptop I
went
>for
> >over kill. if jaws slows it down I won't notice it, this
laptop
>is
> >hard core enough to run a neuclear power plant. hehehehe
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From:
>
<<mailto:jtorres6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Jeanette>mailto:jtorres6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Jeanette
> >To:
>
<<mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>mailto:jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:24 PM
> >Subject: Can Jaws slow down your computer?
> >
> >I've been using Jaws for 8 years now and I've had 2
computers
>both
> >of them have always been slow. Can Jaws bee the reason?
> >Jeanette
> >
> >
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