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Moskie · 10-27-2003, 04:29 AM

If you're using some version of Windows XP or 2000, you can check out the Task Manager. Do this by hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL (and, depending on what version of Windows you're using, you might have to click the Task Manager button). An important thing to check out is the Processes tab. See what's running. If you're not sure what a particular process is/does, google it and see if you can figure out what it is. If its something you don't want/need running, terminate it. Also, sort the process by memory and cpu usuage too see if one particular process is slowing things down. You can't hurt too much by terminating processes.... nothing a restart won't fix.

If you notice that there's things that always run when you start Windows that you don't want running, check out the MSCONFIG utility (Start->Run->msconfig). Sort through the Services and Startup tab and uncheck things you don't want to start when Windows loads.

Hope that helps.

10-27-2003, 04:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
Moskie Pure Chewing Satisfaction Location: can i use bbcode [i]here[/i]?	If you're using some version of Windows XP or 2000, you can check out the Task Manager. Do this by hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL (and, depending on what version of Windows you're using, you might have to click the Task Manager button). An important thing to check out is the Processes tab. See what's running. If you're not sure what a particular process is/does, google it and see if you can figure out what it is. If its something you don't want/need running, terminate it. Also, sort the process by memory and cpu usuage too see if one particular process is slowing things down. You can't hurt too much by terminating processes.... nothing a restart won't fix. If you notice that there's things that always run when you start Windows that you don't want running, check out the MSCONFIG utility (Start->Run->msconfig). Sort through the Services and Startup tab and uncheck things you don't want to start when Windows loads. Hope that helps. __________________ Greetings and salutations.