re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup'
Monday, April 7, 2003 at 1:55 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by shirley byrd
(5 messages posted)
Hey,DGBrothers,//read your reply..I inherated an IBM 96Aptiva it has..win95.Win.98
installed two..long story,win 98 se some old 95 programs.I want to remove ALL except
MY OWN 98seit has 17000000 mb can you imagine ALL THAT ROOM??? been up graded 2
times I need a good program,,,sugestions please?thanks
On Thursday, October 3, 2002 at 11:12 pm, DGBrothers wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I just got done working on a friend's new computer, with a 1.something GHz processor,
>128 MB RAM, and an absolutely huge hard disk. It took all of seven minutes to boot
>up. That's about four times slower than this dinky little 700MHz AMD Athlon system
>I'm running now.
>
>Here's what I did to speed it up...
>1.) I made sure to go to WindowsUpdate.com, and loaded in all the latest updates.
>
>2.) I loaded in the latest BIOS version (It was a new computer, but it already had
>a BIOS revision out.)
>
>3.) I ScanDisked/Defragged the hard drive.
>
>4.) I got rid of those 'cling-on' startup programs (You know...those little turd
>programs that attach themselves to the startup process and have to be flicked away.)
>(TKBell.exe for the RealPlayer, a notification program for MS Money, etc....basically
>all the non-essential stuff.)
>
>5.) MOST IMPORTANT...I downloaded a copy of XTeq Systems X-Setup, and tweaked the
>performance settings of the system.
>
>Result? The system not only started a lot faster (1 1/2 minutes), but programs ran
>roughly twice as fast, judging by the amount of time it took to start them up.
>
>Hope this helps...
:)
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