Re: OT: Windows

Martin Bazley wrote:
> In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, the words of
> pete m  filtered slowly through the cosmos...
> 
>> On Apr 11, 11:34 am, Martin Bazley <mar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, the words of
>>> pete m  filtered slowly through the cosmos...
>>>
>>>> I agree; since Windows 2000 came out, Windows has been pretty stable.
>>>> Windows XP almost never crashes; certainly no more often than I've
>>>> seen X11 hang.
>>> What Windoze does which really annoys me is not so much crash as hang.
>>> If you even do so much as click on two different buttons in quick
>>> succession, the computer can lock up for about a minute.
>>>
>>> Oh, and have you ever noticed how they get slower with age?  A five
year
>>> old PC can easily take five minutes just to show a start button, and
at
>>> least another two after that to recognise clicks on it.
>> That shouldn't happen.  Do you have AV & spyware programs installed?
>> And do you use the disk defragmenter occasionally?  Both are reasons
>> your performance can degrade.
> 
> As far as I know, no anti-virus-spyware programs are in force, and I
> couldn't say for the disk defragmenter - I have heard the technician
> complain about some computers where you can run it and run it and the
> computer never gets any faster.  (Said computer was one of the
> five-minute-boot ones.)

If you want to see how fast your five year old computer _REALLY_ is 
start up msconfig and select diagnostic startup. It is amasing how much 
faster your computer starts and runs with only basic necessary processes 
started.

Main reason that causes slowdown are programs that are installed and 
then removed and removal process doesn't remove all things it does to 
your computer (their processes and drivers stay there). IE. badly 
written programs. If you keep your computer clean from those "I'll try 
this one, if it doesn't work I'll then remove it" -programs your machine 
stays fast.

Also such things like fonts slow windows machine down. Too many fonts 
and you'll notice the difference.

Timo Pietilä