re: Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 2:56 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Wendy
(1 messages posted)
Hello,
I am having the same exact problems as the original writer. My defragmenter
only goes to 1% then back to 0% and so on. This computer hasn't been defragmented
in almost a year and is getting ready to lock up for good at any time. I have more
than that problem. I don't understand all of this computer jumbo, and I did try
to download the me defragmenter off of the site provided. However, I don't have
winzip32.exe and don't have the funds at this time to get it. So, I'm really stuck.
Does anyone have any other ideas (really really easy ideas) that I may try? :)
Thank You, Wendy :)
On Tuesday, January 28, 2003 at 9:20 pm, Carol wrote:
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>You may have gotten it to run in safe mode. Nonetheless, here are some tips on disabling
>Find Fast and other info. If you still have Find Fast installed, follow MS instr.
>to get rid of it. It's a resource hog and runs every few minutes, just in case you
>decide to open an Office program. It's useless.
>
>Clear your browser cache and other temps first. Make sure your AV program isn't
running.
>Always run scan disk before defrag.
>
>Download WinME's defrag tool and replace your original. It's much faster than the
>one in 98.
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>NewDefrag
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>Go to Start - Settings - Control Panel - Internet Options
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>Under the General tab click the Delete temporary internet files, choose to delete
>all Offline content and click Clear History button.
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>Go to Find - Files or folders - in the named box type: *.tmp and choose Edit - select
>all - File - delete. Do the same for *.chk. Then type: temp. Empty the contents
of
>the C:\Windows\temp folder. Delete this folder - C:\Windows\Applog; it will be re-created
>at bootup, but it'll be empty. Empty Recycle bin
>
>Normal mode:
>Close all tray applications and hit Alt_Ctl_Del and end task on all items except
>for explorer and systray, disable your screensaver by setting to "None." Run scandisk
>in "Standard" then defrag. Reboot.
>
>Tip: If you're using Microsoft Office, follow Microsoft's instructions to kill the
>Find Fast Indexer. It interferes badly with system performance and maintenance.
Note:
>Do NOT renable it, it's usless and uses lots of resources.
>
>Kill Find Fast
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>FYI, In case you have problems with the maintenance completing, PC Mag has an app
>that will kill all running processes.
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>EnditAll
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>To remove unnecessary processes from your startup area. Those are constantly running
>in the background. Most programs can just be started when needed.
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>Right-click on the icons in the tray area, open each, go through the options to
turn
>off the "tray" or "run at startup" feature.
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>For the others, go to Start - Run, type: msconfig. Under startup tab.... Leave
Systray,
>Scan Registry, Load Power Profile (two), firewall, if you have one.
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>Note: Load Power Profile only if you use power saving schemes. For info. on any
other
>processes that you have listed, check here to see whether they're needed in your
>startup.
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>Startups
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>Just an extra tip, if you're interested. Windows doesn't do very well at unloading
>dll's from memory, when you close programs. This will help free up resources.
>
>If you're not comfortable or familiar with using regedit, I can post the file, for
>you to save and merge.
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>Unload DLLs
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