[extropy-chat] when will computers improve?

[Kevin Freels]

Thanks, but I've been there and done that. I have a program called process
explorer that actually shows me all the process going on. Nothing there but
my drivers, etc as described and stuff that needs to be there. I did just
reduce my fonts from some 50 or so to about 25. We'll see how that goes.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey at yahoo.com>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] when will computers improve?


> Keep an eye on all those TSRs that run down on the right hand end of
> the task bar. They tend to pile up a lot. I have also noticed, at least
> in XP, that many such programs that you install that should display an
> icon down there don't, though the programs are running if you bring up
> the task list in task manager.
> Another thing that east resources are fonts. If you are not a graphic
> designer, you really don't need a thousand and one fonts. Minimizing
> your fonts down to a few dozen saves tons of resources.
> Still another thing is a funky desktop image and lots of sounds and
> animations on your icons and cursor actions. Get rid of em.
>
> --- BillK <bill at wkidston.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Fri Dec 19, 2003 05:29 pm Kevin Freels wrote:
> > > Once I have my soundcard driver, mouse driver, video card
> > > driver, ZoneAlarm, DSL (EnterNet 300 which sucks all by itself),
> > and
> > > Norton AV running, I get resources available of 68%.
> > >
> >
> > Sounds excessive to me.
> > I have Win98, 256MB memory, and when I load all the drivers, plus
> > Nvidia
> > graphics drivers plus Cable Internet, Sygate Personal firewall, AVG
> > antivirus and Mozilla Mail and Browser, I have resources available of
> > about 83% GDI, 80% USER and 80% SYSTEM.
> >
> > I usually have lots more than this running quite happily.
> >
> > Try different software?
> >
> > BillK
> >
> >
> >
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