Clearing the registry ain't difficult ...there are a few registry fixers which I have not noticed to be helpful ...how does one "clear" the prefetch? I sent the drive stuff separately to the list and jeff...you will see them there ...summary: desktop has 160gb/7200/8mb and laptop has 120gb/5400/8mb and runs better with slower processor ...d'oh!!
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Piwowar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:23 AM Subject: Re: better >How come my IBM ThinkpadX31 PM1.4 2gb ram (but the same was true before >I upgraded from 1gb ram) with exactly the same stuff running (except >for lots of ibm stuff extra) runs and performs sooo much better than my >Dell PIV2(w/intel speed boost) 1gb ram (max it will take) running the >same but none of that ibm stuff? Neither has any viri or spy or other >fections... Could be things like the hard drive. I see the largest factor with Windows seems to be crap that accumulates in the OS. It could be the registry or in could be the caches or the prefetch. Clearing or fixing those often speeds things up a lot. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
