re: Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Monday, December 8, 2003 at 2:06 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Birdman
(1 messages posted)
Carol I had exactly the same problem. First, make sure you are disconnected from
the Internet, then turn your Virus protection software and the Screen saver off.
Then you should be able to proceed with the defrag.
At least this worked for me! Another option is to download a program called "Hijack
This" http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/ then scan your computer, post it on to their
site and delete whatever they say to delete. You might have a spyware running somewhere
in your computer.
birdman
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.
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>Clear your browser cache and other temps first. Make sure your AV program isn't
running.
>Always run scan disk before defrag.
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>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
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>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.
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>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.
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>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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