re: Windows Explorer slow
Saturday, August 30, 2003 at 11:47 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Clark
(26 messages posted)
Thanks Grillmaster. I will give some of your cheaper solutions a try. My computer
is 5 years old so I am just trying to limp by as I am sure it will need replacing
any day.
On Saturday, August 30, 2003 at 11:26 am, GrillMaster wrote:
>Well there are several things you can do that may help. Here is a couple (not in
>any particualr order).
>
>1. remove any unnecessary files, copy them to CD or Floppy if you may need them
later.
>
>2. Depending on total Hard drive space you may need to clean up your hard drive
>by removing other unnecessary programs or files (this is good in general)
>
>3. You may be straining your graphics card/on board memory because of all the icons
>needed to open, so you can switch to view files as a list or maybe details instead
>of icons or tiles.
>
>4. You might try increasing internal memory if your system can be upgraded.
>
>5. More involved but beneficial in the long run, is upgrading your hard drive.
>Look for faster speed 7200 RPM as opposed to 5400 RPM.
>
>6. You may have excess programs running in the background. Instant messengers,
>email programs, etc. Any programs that periodically check your computer like automatic
>updates and Anti-virus software settings could be slowing you down, having sotware
>like that check all files and programs as opposed to just executables will slow
down
>your system in general.
>
>There are countless other possibilities, but it depends on your system, more detail
>about it are needed.
>
>Saturday, August 30, 2003 at 9:56 am, Clark wrote:
>I have over 300 folders totaling 400 mb in my "My Documents" folder. When I work
>on files in there it really bogs down opening folders. Any ideas how I can speed
>things up? Thanks.
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