What are some of the things that you can do to speed up a computer? I know that you can do a disk clean, scan for viruses, clean your cache out, and do critical updates... but what else is there that I can do? Also, what can I do Hardware wise?
bluedos82 42 Posting Pro
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Hardware-wise:
RAM is the most important
plus, it's the simplest upgrade you can perform that in some cases is just as good as a processor upgrade
Software-wise:
Disk defragmenter
Use programs such as TweakXP or registry hacks to speed up the NTFS file system
bluedos82 42 Posting Pro
Registry hacks? details...
feigned 57 Posting Whiz
Registry hacks? details...
Turns off services and such. More oriented for NT based systems, but has a few 9x tips available.
Though I agree with more memory never hurting anything, there is a practical limit (for most) of 256MB. Any more than that and either you're a geek, person with money, or don't know what's going on in the first place and had someone build it for you. 256MB is plenty for any normal user with today's software; not applications that came out 5 years ago.
I say that, then I have to bark about the fact that there's no substitute for raw processing power. In general, the more GHz you have, the faster the system. A faster bus makes up a healthy chunk of this. I would rather have an AMD system on a 200MHz bus at 2GHz than one with a 100MHz bus at 2GHz.
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