So the computer finally is showing it's age
Monday, January 14, 2013 by kona0197 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
It's taken me awhile to start this thread, sorry. I know this may end up in flame wars. Again I am sorry.
So everyone knows my situation. Well those close to me on this site do. My computer is finally showing signs of how old it truly is. Keep in mind my computer has a Pentium 4 processor so I am guessing this setup to be almost ten years old. The problem, even after a few friends helped me here with a new hard drive and more memory, is the rest of the system. The processor can't keep up with the newer operating systems. I'm having a hard time just running XP. Found out the other day my DVD Burner drive is almost dead as it will read disc sometimes and other times it will not. Monitor is on it's last legs as well. Hard to read anything and the brightness is going out. It's an old CRT Dell monitor that is almost as old as the tower.
As Starkers had told you this computer is my main way to communicate with the things that are important in my life. So I was hoping someone out there had a few newer parts I could install to extend the life of the machine a bit. Nothing special. I already have DDR2 memory and a newer hard drive. Just need a few other things.
So carry on. Discuss I guess.
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Reply #582 Thursday, February 21, 2013 5:37 PM
Hmmm......what a coincedence.....those are exactly the same tools I used to fix my last computer crash problem. -- Ace --
Reply #583 Thursday, February 21, 2013 6:46 PM
Get you all that stuff and you don't even download my skin to support me, WTF. And, what happened to windows 8?
Reply #584 Thursday, February 21, 2013 7:22 PM
Sorry Doortech. It's been a very long time since I have used any Stardock software. I used to skin Windows XP. I really like the default look of Vista and 7 so I just use that.
I still have Windows 8 here. I have it loaded in Virtualbox and I test drive it every now and then. Windows 7 is what I am using now.
Reply #585 Friday, February 22, 2013 2:44 AM
You don,t have to use it to rate it real high and download it a few {hundred}times!Working on the stuff you asked about, but, will take a bit to get sorted. 
Reply #586 Monday, February 25, 2013 1:16 PM
For those of you who are following this story I would like to let you all know that I was able to land a job. I had my orientation last Saturday, and my first work day will be this Thursday.
The computer is taking about 2 minutes to boot. Can that be speed up? I used to 40 to 50 seconds with Windows 7.
Reply #587 Monday, February 25, 2013 1:47 PM
Sweet, congrats! 
Reply #592 Sunday, March 3, 2013 6:44 PM
4 cores, almost 4 GB of memory and still Firefox locks up while I am running a Malewarebytes scan. What am I doing wrong?
(Posting this from Chrome. Seems to be the only browser working well with WC from my computer. Would use Chrome all day if I could have a few custom Firefox ricks built in.)
Reply #593 Sunday, March 3, 2013 7:36 PM
What else running in the background?
Check how many processes are running in task manager.
Reply #595 Sunday, March 3, 2013 7:40 PM
Only 52 processes running in task manager. Your opinion Jafo. This time I would have to say you are wrong. Firefox is a great browser, and Malwarebytes is the standard for malware defense.
Reply #596 Sunday, March 3, 2013 7:50 PM
You asked why using Firefox while running Malwarebytes was causing lockups..... I gave you the reason.
It's not opinion...it's obvious cause and effect....
Reply #597 Sunday, March 3, 2013 7:55 PM
Damn, I got 67 processes running and I have an old 2 core. Guess I need to ....
Reply #598 Sunday, March 3, 2013 8:03 PM
135 processes here....no slowdowns...no Firefox...no Malwarebytes.
See....that proves it....
Reply #599 Sunday, March 3, 2013 8:05 PM
What's "almost 4GB"? 52 proceses ....I have less than 30 running Autocad, webcab software, trllian, dopus and all the normal stuff...
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Reply #581 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:34 PM
Reminds me of when I used to go to watch a stock-car race up the bush on Boxing Day.....tools consisted of a sledge-hammer and a chainsaw...