If you've got two Hard disks on seperate IDE channels (hd1 and hd2), if Windows is on HD1, put the pagefile on HD2 and vice-versa.
Alternatively, install linux (I recommend Mandrake/Mandriva for linux newbies (available on the front of this month's Linux format here in the UK)), open-office (now fully compatable with MS products) and Firefox/Thunderbird for internet access and email. A system like this is easy to install, (mandriva will probably install all of this software for you!), will reduce the chances of viruses attacking your system (there's no real threat under linux!) and will automatically prevent spyware, pop-ups and most other nastys that affect MS only systems. If you don't want to install linux, but are interested in playing with it, check out ubuntu or knoppix, both of which will run from the CD. All of this software is free (legally, not "free" from a mate at the market!), most of it is developed by or includes code from renowned commercial companies and is stable. My �.02, Matt On Wed, 18 May 2005 08:52:34 +0100 "Jon Haworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Riva, > > > Excuse my ignorance - what is the pagefile? > > It's a dedicated area of the hard drive that gets used as virtual memory > when you run out of RAM - this is known as "paging" or "swapping", and slows > you right down. > > First google result I got for "page file" was > http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php which looks like a pretty decent > explanation. > > > I am seeing some pages online that say that I should > > download HiJack and run that. I have never even heard > > of that. > > "Hijack This", AFAIK, but I've never used it myself. The MS AntiSpyware beta > is surprisingly good, but will stop working in two months or so: > http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mpsx > > Of course, if you're seriously paranoid you can't trust anything on an > infected machine, leaving you with no option but a complete rebuild ;-) > > Cheers > Jon > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by Swift Internet, and is > believed to be clean. > > > ____ _ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM _ ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or > use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > Send Your Posts To: [email protected] > To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: unknown lmsubst tag argument: '' To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
