Nick it sounds like you are on the right track. I would look at the RAM (memory) consumption first. If you can avoid filling it up, thus causing your computer to swap to disk, your computer will probably run a lot better. Easier said than done! But finding these background tasks that you don't need and uninstalling/disabling them is worth it to keep your computer running a little longer.
Also reading your email on the command line will help… But I wouldn't recommend it, you'll miss all the sight gags. :) --joshua On Feb 6, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > BUT, I do have a bridge I'd consider selling... > > On Feb 6, 2013 8:52 PM, "Douglas Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote: > Help someone who relies on Dell? Can't be done, my friend. > > On Feb 6, 2013 8:48 PM, "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]> > wrote: > HEY! > > This my thread and the price of admission is actually being helpful with the > problem. Please don’t jam this channel. > > > > After you have said something helpful, THEN you can be ribald. > > > > n > > > > From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas Roberts > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:39 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor > > > > How about Trojan cracks? Sounds like rich earth, ripe for tilling. > > Merle, what are your thoughts? > > On Feb 6, 2013 8:34 PM, "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My Dell Studio (yeah, yeah, save the Mac cracks) has been cranky of late, > particularly when streaming stuff, and since I am reluctant to put out a > couple of hundred dollars to have it “tuned up”, I have been trying to see > what I can do on my own. This has led me to the resource monitor, a truly > fascinating little gizmo, a couple of levels down in the Task Manager. The > help files that are attached to it are pretty lean, and I was wondering if > someone knew of a “Resource Monitor for Idiots” source. > > > > One thing that I immediately learned which was STUNNING was that mac I-tunes > has a chum that it loads called AppleRemoteDevicesManager.exe which grabs 25 > percent of your resources off the top and doesn’t let go unless you whack it > over the head with a brick. It’s purpose is to manage your relationship with > your mobile devices, but relentlessly demands resources even though you don’t > have any mobile devices. I think of it as essentially an Apple Trojan. > (Ok, now, you can make Mac-cracks). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > http://www.cusf.org > > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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