-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Defragging
- From: Harold B <harold7@xxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:18:08 -0500
LIONEL WROTE:
As Hank said , the Screen saver mucks things up, delete it. I
found that if I went off line it helps a lot too. I use to go
to Run, msconfig, Startup, and uncheck a lot of things in
there too, It seemed to help.
SUGGESTION:
Anything you do to lighten the load on a computer will help it
in its running (and we'll still always have problems). Just
using the many free system cleaners that are available online
will help not just in the defragging process but also in all
the programs that you operate on your computer.
Regarding msconfig, Starup, the only lines I have there are:
SystemTray, LoadPowerProfile (two lines), Keyboard Manager,
and AVG (an excellent v*rus checker). More than that means
more programs are running in the background grinding up more
system resources.
In addition, all those other lines can easily be removed from
that Startup window using the Registry. Anyone interested in
how, just ask.
Deleting unnecessary fonts from the Fonts folder speeds things
up (some are necessary; some just slow up the computer). Here
you have to know which are needed.
You might note that keeping your "Close Programs" window
(Ctrl+Alt+Del, sometimes called the three finger salute),
keeping it light also helps in many ways. Systray and Explorer
are absolutely needed. The others I have are
1. Rnaapp, needed for the internet; it appears the first time
upon logging onto the internet, and then it remains on the
Ctrl/Alt/Del window. It stands for Remote Network Access
Application.
2. Msgloop, used with Rnaapp to dial into the internet
3. Msg32, used with Rnaapp to dial into the internet
Depending upon how you use the computer, and the amount of
junk files that you've accumulated (we all do and that's why
"system cleaners" are necessary), you can keep all the above
and a weekly defrag shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. Hank
is right, the screen saver must be turned off in the Display
Properties window.
Harold
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