i don't want this to happen again so can i......
Tuesday, November 1, 2005 by Bash2cool | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
My computer got so slow becuase of the way i loaded so many skins to my computer......
so i don't wnat this to happen again.....can i install the bootskin, log-on windowblinds.....etc software on a cd? Will i still be able to put skins on my computer? will it even work? can u guys give me advise on what to do so that the problem won't happen again?
so i don't wnat this to happen again.....can i install the bootskin, log-on windowblinds.....etc software on a cd? Will i still be able to put skins on my computer? will it even work? can u guys give me advise on what to do so that the problem won't happen again?
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Island Dog
Reply #22 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:12 PM
Reply #22 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:12 PM
Go to Start, Run, then type msconfig.
Go to the startup tab and tell me how many things are listed there.
Bichur
Reply #23 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:16 PM
Reply #23 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:16 PM
How many programs are you running at once?
What kind of system? Memory? etc?
What kind of system? Memory? etc?
Bash2cool
Reply #24 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:17 PM
Reply #24 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:17 PM
29 things are listed but since i have already reinsatlled windows before...i bet it could have been more than 40.
currently its 29 and the skins i have downloaded in the past are on a dvd
currently its 29 and the skins i have downloaded in the past are on a dvd
Bash2cool
Reply #25 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:19 PM
Reply #25 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:19 PM
Here's my computer.
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name BASHEER
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 04
System Model P6319A-ABA 750N
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1594 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software, Inc. 3.02, 11/22/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name BASHEER\Owner
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 83.56 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name BASHEER
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 04
System Model P6319A-ABA 750N
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1594 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software, Inc. 3.02, 11/22/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name BASHEER\Owner
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 83.56 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
starkers
Reply #26 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:45 PM
Reply #26 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:45 PM
Bash....Island Dog is Right, too many running processes will slow down your machine, as will bloating your OS with programs you don't really need. You need to unload what is unnecessary....the programs you don't need or can do without.
There are also many services and applications that run in the background, some of these can be stopped, but you need to know which ones you can terminate so as not to up your system. So do as ID says and it can be taken from there. A list of running services would also help.
You make no mention of how much RAM you have, but your CPU is not the most up to date, and with too many things running you can over-tax it = a slower PC
There are also many services and applications that run in the background, some of these can be stopped, but you need to know which ones you can terminate so as not to up your system. So do as ID says and it can be taken from there. A list of running services would also help.
by the way my computer has 80GB and a 1.6GHz processor |
You make no mention of how much RAM you have, but your CPU is not the most up to date, and with too many things running you can over-tax it = a slower PC
Jafo
Reply #28 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 11:20 PM
Reply #28 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 11:20 PM
| Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB Available Physical Memory 83.56 MB |
Bit on the low side. Ram is cheap....another 512 wouldn't hurt...
aufisch
Reply #29 Thursday, November 3, 2005 12:50 AM
Reply #29 Thursday, November 3, 2005 12:50 AM
Yea, just the fact that you have only 83MB out of 512 physical memory left seems to indicate that you are running a lot of background stuff. I used to run WinXP with everything customized on 256 with no problem.
I would suggest unload some of the more unnecessary gimmicks (maybe you have some that you rarely use?), or buy some more RAM as Jafo suggested.
I would suggest unload some of the more unnecessary gimmicks (maybe you have some that you rarely use?), or buy some more RAM as Jafo suggested.
Bash2cool
Reply #30 Thursday, November 3, 2005 6:02 AM
Reply #30 Thursday, November 3, 2005 6:02 AM
alright.....
i'll do what ID said and see if i can get a new 512MB Ram...or 1GB
i'll do what ID said and see if i can get a new 512MB Ram...or 1GB
Jafo
Reply #31 Thursday, November 3, 2005 6:41 AM
Reply #31 Thursday, November 3, 2005 6:41 AM
Apprentice Bash2cool ...best advice you are likely to ever get on the subject....
Listen to/reply to yrag.
If he can't help you you're toast....
Bichur
Reply #32 Thursday, November 3, 2005 8:43 AM
worth repeating
Reply #32 Thursday, November 3, 2005 8:43 AM
| best advice you are likely to ever get on the subject....Listen to/reply to yrag. |
worth repeating
Bash2cool
Reply #33 Thursday, November 3, 2005 6:49 PM
i'm going to listen but i forgot what partiton is.........AND ALL THAT TIME READING COMPUTER BOOKS FOR NOTHING!!
Reply #33 Thursday, November 3, 2005 6:49 PM
| What's loaded on the 1st partition? |
i'm going to listen but i forgot what partiton is.........AND ALL THAT TIME READING COMPUTER BOOKS FOR NOTHING!!
starkers
Reply #34 Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:10 PM
Reply #34 Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:10 PM
Bash....yrag is asking what you have loaded on the section of hard-drive where your OS (XP)is. Usually that is C:/ and the other partition is D:/
Bash2cool
Reply #35 Friday, November 4, 2005 6:43 AM
Reply #35 Friday, November 4, 2005 6:43 AM
right now its 16GB used and 59GB free but before it was 55GB used and 25GB free
yrag
Reply #36 Friday, November 4, 2005 12:32 PM
......you can't have a Volume2 without a Volume1...you either manually changed the drive name or you have a partition. Additionally, if I had to guess, I'd say you didn't format the drive before installing XP again. Let's, for the moment, get past that.
Aside the fact the figures don't add up.....they're irrelevant. Defrag the drive.
If you can't figure out what apps are eating your memory (open taskmgr and it will tell you), then, as noted by others, get more ram. Memory running that close to max (for whatever reason) not only beats up your hard drive and slows your system down, but creates a very large (and fragmented) swap file. Left unattended, it will eventually crash your system. That 'glowing' hard drive LED flashing all the time is your drive asking for help.....help it.
Reply #36 Friday, November 4, 2005 12:32 PM
| Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2 |
......you can't have a Volume2 without a Volume1...you either manually changed the drive name or you have a partition. Additionally, if I had to guess, I'd say you didn't format the drive before installing XP again. Let's, for the moment, get past that.
| right now its 16GB used and 59GB free but before it was 55GB used and 25GB free |
Aside the fact the figures don't add up.....they're irrelevant. Defrag the drive.
If you can't figure out what apps are eating your memory (open taskmgr and it will tell you), then, as noted by others, get more ram. Memory running that close to max (for whatever reason) not only beats up your hard drive and slows your system down, but creates a very large (and fragmented) swap file. Left unattended, it will eventually crash your system. That 'glowing' hard drive LED flashing all the time is your drive asking for help.....help it.
Bash2cool
Reply #37 Friday, November 4, 2005 3:56 PM
my father told me this and i did it but it only made it go a little faster but then by the next day it was as slow as usual.
i didn't format the drive because my computer came with a built-in recovery system....so i just recovered it ...which i did five time until it got to its normal speed and functions
Reply #37 Friday, November 4, 2005 3:56 PM
| Aside the fact the figures don't add up.....they're irrelevant. Defrag the drive. |
my father told me this and i did it but it only made it go a little faster but then by the next day it was as slow as usual.
| ......you can't have a Volume2 without a Volume1...you either manually changed the drive name or you have a partition. Additionally, if I had to guess, I'd say you didn't format the drive before installing XP again. Let's, for the moment, get past that. |
i didn't format the drive because my computer came with a built-in recovery system....so i just recovered it ...which i did five time until it got to its normal speed and functions
yrag
Reply #38 Friday, November 4, 2005 4:12 PM
That's your other partition.
Doing a Recovery is a waste of time. Doing a Recovery over and over with expectations of a different result is more then a waste..it's a job. If you don't cut back on the present memory usage or add more memory, you'll end up with the same slowdown.
Reply #38 Friday, November 4, 2005 4:12 PM
| came with a built-in recovery system |
That's your other partition.
| only made it go a little faster but then by the next day it was as slow as usual. |
Doing a Recovery is a waste of time. Doing a Recovery over and over with expectations of a different result is more then a waste..it's a job. If you don't cut back on the present memory usage or add more memory, you'll end up with the same slowdown.
Bash2cool
Reply #39 Friday, November 4, 2005 4:34 PM
so basiclly. buy new memory.....but my computer has only two slots with are full already
the two slots that are used equal up to 512mg so.....what next?
Reply #39 Friday, November 4, 2005 4:34 PM
| Doing a Recovery is a waste of time. Doing a Recovery over and over with expectations of a different result is more then a waste..it's a job. If you don't cut back on the present memory usage or add more memory, you'll end up with the same slowdown. |
so basiclly. buy new memory.....but my computer has only two slots with are full already
the two slots that are used equal up to 512mg so.....what next?
yrag
Reply #40 Friday, November 4, 2005 4:56 PM
Reply #40 Friday, November 4, 2005 4:56 PM
Buy what you can afford; 1 - 512, 2 - 512, 1 - 1024....you get the idea. Just make sure; #1- that your board supports larger memory sizes and #2- if you only replace one, that the memory speed is equal to or greater then your present ram. If you replace both then buy the fastest you can afford. For info on size and speed, you'll have to RTFM......
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Reply #21 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:04 PM
i know.....and it wasn't the skins....it was the software!!!!(i think) is it?
cause i think my computer is too slow for all the programs.