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I have pasted a checksheet I use to verify the optimum operation of my computers which included how to optimize the network connection. Try these on your pc. Are you using a download manager that can reconnect to the website and continue the download even if it gets disconnected mid file? Lets work this out so you can get the files. Windows Laptop PC Tune Up Checksheet NETWORK CONNECTION 1. Run TCP Optimizer (free program http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php ) Your connection to the Internet has several configuration settings that affect you connection speed. You can study these and set them manually at www.speedguide.net <http://www.speedguide.net/> or just download the TCP Optimize and accept the Optimum setting. REGISTRY CLEANER 2. Run a registry cleaner http://www.regcure.com http://www.registryguy.com/ The Registry is a database file that grows every time you make changes on your computer. You need to reduce its size and delete obsolete entries to make your computer run fast, load fast and reduce errors that could freeze programs or crash Windows Operating System. APPLICATIONS RUNNING IN RAM 3 Ctrl+Alt+Delete >Taskmanager>Applications tab: What programs are running on your computer? Do you need them all running? Then Processes Tab: How much processor time are they using? When you are not doing anything with your computer the processes tab will show 90%+ of the time the System Idle process is running. This is normal. If anything else is hogging the processor determine what it is and if you want it on your computer. 4. Look in the Programs> Control Panel> Add/Remove Software for any programs you can remove (I found I had two different WiFi interface programs on my computer. I checked Device Manager to see which one was being used and deleted the other) TO SPEED UP PERFORMANCE 5. While you are in the Programs>Control Panel>System Properties, Open the Advanced tab, Performance Settings, and A. Select Adjust for best performance, B. Check the box Show shadows under mouse pointer C. Check the box Smooth edges of screen fonts D. Check the box Use visual styles on widows and buttons And Apply. 6 Check the Page File Size at: Right-click on "My Computer" and go down to Properties>Click the "Advanced" tab> Click "Settings" in the "Performance" section >Click the "Advanced" button>Click "Change" under "Virtual Memory" Set the page file size to 1.5 times the ram size. A SMALL pagefile size MAY make the computer run SLOWER OR HAVE ERRORS. (See this http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm ) STARTUP MENU 7. START menu > Run, type in msconfig, in the System Configuration Utility, click the Startup tab, and uncheck programs you do not need running all the time, Like Adobe Update etc. Note!! Verify that each one of the programs in the startup menu is a legitimate program for you computer. I found a program "fpapli.exe" that I did not recognize. I searched for this on yahoo and found it is suspected malware. I unchecked it in startup and searched my hard drive for other copies and found 4 of them. I deleted all of these. ERROR CHECKING 8. Use START>Control Panel>Administrative Tools to check Event Viewer, Performance, Services, Computer Management for Device Manager etc. fix errors found. HARD DRIVE 9. Run a Disk Error Check (see Microsoft instructions http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265 ) 10. Run the Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup to delete temp files etc. 11. Run Microsoft Update at Microsoft.com and repeat till no more updates are found 12. Update your Application Programs to latest version and Security Software to latest definitions 13. Run spy checker and antivirus scans 14. Open My computer> Explore and right click on the C driver >Properties: How much free space is left? Less than 10 percent means it is time to delete software or get a bigger drive. To free-up extra space on the Hard Drive. Recycle Bin: right click Properties, and Set the Maximum size of Recycle Bin to 2% System Restore: Control Panel, go into System, under the System Restore tab, move the slider to reduce the size of System Restore. The system restore is the location where windows saves your current software configuration periodically. If your system crashes and you restart the computer with a request to return to a previously working configuration this is where the data comes from. I have never used the function is 20 years of working computers so I have mine set at only 1500mb. If you do a lot of installing of Beta software that may crash you might want to use a higher allocation. If you have plenty of hard drive space leave it at the 10 to 12% area. 15. After making the changes and updates above run your Registry cleaner again. 16. Check the Startup menu again to be sure no live update programs got added during you update application efforts. 17. Defragment the hard drive from Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Defragment I like to use Auslogics Disk Defrag <http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag> it seems to work very well. That is my 2cents -James Zippy-Man LCD Tip: if the LCD is to dark with the graphic driver set at maximum then the power supply to the CCFL lamp is bad. If the color of the display is reddish then the CCFL needs replacing (CCFL=Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) 18. Control Panel> Display > Settings> Advanced> Graphic Driver tab: set Brightness and Contrast 19. Right click on your Desktop> Properties> Appearance tab> Effects Second box down, "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts": Select ClearType Hit ok That is the correct setting for LCD monitors. BATTERY TIP: The Lithium Ion battery for the laptop will have the longest life before replacement is necessary if it is charged to full and run down to 3 or 5% during use. This means disconnecting the charger while using the battery. Batteries kept on the charger continously have a shorter life before replacing. BATTERY TIP: The Lithium Ion battery for the laptop will have the longest life before replacement is necessary if it is charged to full and run down to 3 or 5% during use. This means disconnecting the charger while using the battery. Batteries kept on the charger continuously have a shorter life before replacing. Battery Refresh 20. once a month use the battery refresh function in the Bios to reset the battery monitor in your toughbook to match the actual performance of your battery. On startup when the screen displays "press F2 to enter settings" do press F2. When the Bios Setup Utility appears find the Refresh Battery line which may be on the Main Menu or Exit Menu depending on your version of the Bios. Highlight this item and press Enter to execute the command. You cannot make any other changes to the bios when you to a refresh as they will be ignored. This process will take about 6 hours to run down the battery and recharge it. Do this overnight as you cannot interrupt the process or it will abort. When done the battery icon on your system tray will display the correct run time in hours and minutes for the battery. Note: The run time will not appear if you are plugged into the charger.
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