FROM CLINT: What's your CPU speed Harold? Do you have your video drivers installed? If you're running generic video card drivers your resources can be lower than they should. You could also have a resources leak. You can find a lot on that in search.
Are you getting this startup info just from MSCONFIG? You can't always just run MSCONFIG alone (or for that matter, cont-alt-del alone) and look at each list. You have to run both. So check cont-alt-del and see what's listed there. TO JOHN Note that I reinstalled AVG just to make sure I have all the components and now I also have AVG7-CC --- I suppose it is important. RESPONSE: With AVG and ZoneAlarm in Startup, the computer opens with 74% system resources free. From some of the comments from the group, I suppose that's not bad. In Msconfig > Startup I have: SystemTray Load PowerProfile (I'm keeping that on the two lines) Keyboard Manager (Without it, I don't think my standby button (or any other hot keys on my keyboard would work) AVG7_CC AVG7_AMSVR Zone Labs Client AVG7_EMC TrueVector (that's something in ZoneLabs (ZoneAlarm) I don't think that's running Startup thin; I think it is best for the computer and allowing me to open whatever else I want, as I need it. In the Task Manager window (Ctrl/Alt/Del), I have seven items listed immediately upon bootup and before opening any programs: Explorer Avgemc Zlclient Avgcc Systray Msgloop Msg32 Upon scanning the system with AVG, I always get this: "Could be infected: JS/Loop" You are asking me about CPU speed and Video card drivers. Where might I get that information? In my Start menu (top of the first menu), I keep a folder called "Computer Care" and in that folder I have two sub-folders called "Registry Care" (where I keep access to such files as Easy Cleaner, RegClean, and RegCleaner). I also have a folder I call "Computer Information." In addition to those folders, below them I keep the "computer care" files: BeClean, CleanSys, CleanUp, HDValet, Space Odyssey, and a few other maintenance programs. In Computer Information I have links to the following: DirectX - Diagnostic Tool Graphics Diagnostic Utility System Monitor System Properties DrWatson Resource Meter System Configuration Editor Microsoft System Information In this last one, Microsoft System Information window, I clicked the Video line in the left pane and got the following: avivideo TM, Indeo TM R3.1, Indow TM R3.2, Indeo video 5.04, msh261, msh263, RLE, VD0net Vd0Wave Video Codec, and Video 1 --- Choosing "Video 1" I got the following information: Key: vidc MSVC Description: Video 1 Group: icm Driver: msvidc32.dll Status: (nothing stated) Version: 4.10.0.1998 Date: 4/23/99 22:22 Size: 45046 Loaded (nothing stated) Tested?: (nothing stated) I have to confess to you that I have no idea what anything in that System Information window means (like the Scarecrow says, "If I only had a brain") so maybe you can let me know where CPU speed and Video card driver information can be found. Everything is working fine and still, maybe Hugh is right and I should get myself a new Dell. Look above where it says "Version: 1998" --- they must have made some progress since then ;-) --- Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
