Here is something to take into consideration when dealing with overall performance issues with anyone's computer/laptop.
First, some background. I've been servicing computers for quite a number of years now, regardless of the fact that I've been in IT for 28 years. I have seen first hand that machines will slow down for any one or more reasons. In general: 1) Corrupted OS due to viruses/spyware 2) extra garbage in registry 3) disk fragmentation 4) not enough system resources (memory/disk) I will take these one at a time: 1) If you spend more than 30 seconds on the internet chances are you may get infected with viruses/spyware. These tend to cause all sorts of performance issues. Make sure you are running good AV/AS software. Also, DON'T OVER-PROTECT yourself. Often times I've seen people put 2 or 3 AV/AS software programs "just to be safe". This can cause major performance issues. You can run a free scan/cleaning from www.ewido.com. Works very good for free! 2) If you are like me, there are many times where I've installed/un-installed/reinstalled all sorts of stuff. The uninstallers are not that good and will keep things in your system registry. There are 2 utilities that I use that cleans most of that mess up. Registry Mechanic and CCleaner. Download these and run them often to tidy things up. 3) Disk fragmentation comes from every day use. If you go into Windows Explorer and find your C: drive, right mouse click C: drive/left mouse click on Properties, then left mouse click on the Tools tab then left mouse click on Defragment Now. This process take quite a bit of time but is worth it in the long run. 4) System resources. First hard disk space. Make sure you have not used more than 70% of your HDD space. Clean out temp files and other non-essential files. Second memory. If you are running Windows XP your system will be happy with at least 1 gb of memory. Windows Vista is best running at 2gb of memory. If you have less memory your machine spends a lot of time memory/disk thrashing.... as in runs slow! I have been running DX4WIN for quite a number of years (probably going on 10). It is a very stable system and will perform with the least amount of system resources. It is up to you to keep a good home for your version of DX4WIN. If it is a mess then don't expect miracles. 73; Kurt - W2MW --- wo2n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RR Tnx, seems quite the DXHog, hi. > I'm running a GHZ of Memory. > 73, Bernie/WO2N.> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erkki Heikkinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:14 AM > Subject: RE: [Dx4win] CPU Usage > > > > Bernie, > > > > It happens here, too. If I am transmitting RTTY > when the CW spot comes, > > it will slow down dramatically and possibly spoil > the QSO. Otherwise I > > have not noticed any ill effects. > > > > 73 Erkki OH2BF > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of wo2n > >> Sent: 4. maaliskuuta 2008 1:02 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [Dx4win] CPU Usage > >> > >> > >> Is it normal for CW Announce to use 75/85% of CPU > Usage, when > >> a spot is > >> coming in??? > >> 73, Tnx Bernie/WO2N.> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Dx4win mailing list > >> [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dx4win mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Kurt W. Zimmerman My Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtwzimmerman ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 4 16:21:59 2008 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ernie Howard) Date: Tue Mar 4 16:27:27 2008 Subject: [Dx4win] importing to dx4win In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I use the N3FJP contest programs here. I have no trouble importing the logs to DX4WIN. While in the contest program, export it to ADIF format first. Then import that file to DX4WIN using the ADIF format import. The ADIF file for the contest will be in "programs/international dx 2.7/" Ernie W8EH n4dsp wrote: > I used n3fjp's International DX CW Contest Program for the contest and > now want to export all the contacts to dx4win. How would I do this? > > thanks > > john > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > -- ------------------------------------------------------ Ernie Howard, Jr W8EH Middletown, Ohio E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 4 18:51:21 2008 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ALAN BRAUN) Date: Tue Mar 4 18:55:46 2008 Subject: [Dx4win] importing to dx4win In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is exactly how I do it and seems to work fine. ADIF is better than Cabrillo for import as it's more precise about modes. I always import into a blank database, then fix the mistakes, and only then import the new database into my main one. Safer that way! Alan NS0B > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:47:34 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] importing to dx4win > CC: [email protected] > > According to the vendor's web site: > > http://www.n3fjp.com/INTDx.htm > > It exports ADIF. > > So, export the log as an ADIF file. Then import the ADIF file into DX4WIN. > > File > Import/Export > ADIF > File > Import > > You might consider creating a new/lank DX4WIN file first, then import > into it, to see what it looks like. You can then import that DX4WIN > file into your main DX4WIN log. Common sense dictates to make > backups before importing into your main log, of course, just in case > things go haywire. > > - Scott KA9FOX > > At 10:26 AM 3/1/2008, you wrote: > >I used n3fjp's International DX CW Contest Program for the contest > >and now want to export all the contacts to dx4win. How would I do this? > > > >thanks > > > >john > >_______________________________________________ > >Dx4win mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 4 23:08:56 2008 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul van der Eijk) Date: Tue Mar 4 23:13:26 2008 Subject: [Dx4win] CPU Usage In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bernie, Windows is not a good operating system for real-time operations like generating CW. So the task to generate CW runs at a higher priority and does not give up control on a voluntary basis resulting in a high CPU usage. I simply hope to produce better CW this way. Note also that some tasks, like making a backup, updating the worldmap and processing dx spots wait until the CW generation is finished. --Paul wo2n wrote: > RR Tnx, seems quite the DXHog, hi. I'm running a GHZ of Memory. > 73, Bernie/WO2N.> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erkki Heikkinen" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:14 AM > Subject: RE: [Dx4win] CPU Usage > > >> Bernie, >> >> It happens here, too. If I am transmitting RTTY when the CW spot comes, >> it will slow down dramatically and possibly spoil the QSO. Otherwise I >> have not noticed any ill effects. >> >> 73 Erkki OH2BF >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wo2n >>> Sent: 4. maaliskuuta 2008 1:02 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [Dx4win] CPU Usage >>> >>> >>> Is it normal for CW Announce to use 75/85% of CPU Usage, when a spot >>> is coming in??? >>> 73, Tnx Bernie/WO2N.> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Dx4win mailing list >>> [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dx4win mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul van der Eijk -- Photography 4900 Bradford Drive, Annandale, VA 22003 (703) 750-9744 Cell: (703) 919-2182 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.cox.net/pvandereijk
