Re: [JAWS-Users] slow computer

2011-01-26 Thread Deana
I am running Windows XP Pro. - Original Message - From: Holger Fiallo holgerfia...@comcast.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] slow computer ?what particular program are running in your PC? -Original Message

[JAWS-Users] Slow computer

2011-01-26 Thread Grayham Forsythe-Fields
Hi, On an XP(SP3) machine: To speed up my machine I clear out the Windows Prefetch folder a couple of times a week. In addition I flush the DNS resolver cache at about the same frequency. Defragmenting the hard disk is usually the biggest save, although you might want to consider scheduling

Re: [JAWS-Users] Slow computer

2011-01-26 Thread Patti
What is DNS, and what does it do? Patti Hi, On an XP(SP3) machine: To speed up my machine I clear out the Windows Prefetch folder a couple of times a week. In addition I flush the DNS resolver cache at about the same frequency. Defragmenting the hard disk is usually the biggest save,

Re: [JAWS-Users] slow computer

2011-01-25 Thread Holger Fiallo
?you might try to do a diffraction to get it to be fast. -Original Message- From: Deana Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:07 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] slow computer Hi all. My computer is running extremely slowly. I know I have way too many

Re: [JAWS-Users] slow computer

2011-01-25 Thread Deana
- From: Holger Fiallo holgerfia...@comcast.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] slow computer ?you might try to do a diffraction to get it to be fast. -Original Message- From: Deana Sent: Tuesday, January 25

Re: [JAWS-Users] slow computer

2011-01-25 Thread Holger Fiallo
?what particular program are running in your PC? -Original Message- From: Deana Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:30 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] slow computer I went to disk defragmenter and told it to analyze. It told me that I did not need

Re: [JAWS-Users] slow computer

2011-01-25 Thread Dan Rossi
You can use msconfig to prevent programs from starting automatically. Not necessarily for the faint of heart. You can also get nittier and grittier and look under administrative tools, services, and then disable certain services, or at least at least set them to manual rather than automatic

Re: [JAWS-Users] slow computer

2011-01-25 Thread Norma A. Boge
holgerfia...@comcast.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] slow computer ?you might try to do a diffraction to get it to be fast. -Original Message- From: Deana Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:07 PM To: jaws-users-list