Well if you're happy with the way things are running, then that's good. But 74% @boot is just too low. Something's not right. You should have about 98% @boot on Win98 with nothing running and the video drivers installed. At least, every Win98 PC I built did. This is with CPU's about your speed up on up. Loading AV software and a firewall should not bring it below 85% at worse. -Clint
Merry Christmas to all & God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CLINT SAYS --- Harold you don't know your CPU speed? When the PC boots it will be on the first POST screen. I don't remember where to find it on Win98. RESPONSE: Here it is . Aida32 gave it to me (another great program for getting information about your own computer) CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE, 533 MHz (4 x 133) Sandra (System Analyzer Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) says I have 535 MHz --- but who's going to argue with a woman over 2mhz. For Win98, Aida is still available free. Sandra seems to be no longer available for 98. Luckily I had downloaded it some years ago but wasn't using it. I have it zipped (2.51MB) so if anyone wants it (for Win98), contact me off the list and I'll send it to you. Again, the matter of "Resources free after startup" is over. With AVG and ZoneAlarm in Startup, I open with 74% resources free --- I suppose that's good enough. Thanks to everyone. I'll never know the significance of all the information listed in all these programs or even some of the technical material discussed here. But then, Hugh writes, "Oddly enough the only formal computer course I ever took was Fortran I, in 1970." --- if I had Hugh's background, I might be building my own computer, which I'm sure many in this group can do. I never saw a computer until 1996; maybe 26 years from now I'll a little more. In 2030, if I'm still around, I'll be lucky to know who I am (no less anything about computers). --- 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 =====================================================
