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Hello Mary:
Without knowing what type of applications you're running on your system, it would be kind of hard to say if you require a new system or not. One thing I do recommend before buying a new system, is to buy a new 40 or 80 GB HDD. Mirror or reinstall Windows to the new drive...if you're still not happy with the performance, you're best to buy a new system .... Chris. -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Mary" wrote in message oups.com... I have a Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz computer with a Pentium III (512K Cache, whatever that means) I added RAM for a total of 224MB. The hard drive is 13GB with only 2.97 GB used. OS is Windows 98SE My computer is very slow: takes forever to boot up, takes forever to launch apps, sometimes mouse is slow and jerky, sometimes hard drive runs alot. I defrag and run scandisk regularly/empty recycle bin/delete temp file. I've used regclean; deleted stuff from startup; played with virtual memory; scanned for viruses/adware/spyware (have McAfee); changed to network server setting, etc. Tried all the tweaks that I dare relating to Win 98. I've physically cleaned out all the dust in the CPU and tried to blow out all the dust around the exhaust fan. All to no avail. Is it time to buy a new computer? Is the thing just wearing out? It has been hot & humid here - any connection? Thanks for any advice. |
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Why? She has plenty of HD free space already (10+ GB). A bigger drive will
not affect performance (except in a negative manner) unless it has insufficient free space. Not the case here. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "chris" wrote in message ... Hello Mary: Without knowing what type of applications you're running on your system, it would be kind of hard to say if you require a new system or not. One thing I do recommend before buying a new system, is to buy a new 40 or 80 GB HDD. Mirror or reinstall Windows to the new drive...if you're still not happy with the performance, you're best to buy a new system .... Chris. -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Mary" wrote in message oups.com... I have a Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz computer with a Pentium III (512K Cache, whatever that means) I added RAM for a total of 224MB. The hard drive is 13GB with only 2.97 GB used. OS is Windows 98SE My computer is very slow: takes forever to boot up, takes forever to launch apps, sometimes mouse is slow and jerky, sometimes hard drive runs alot. I defrag and run scandisk regularly/empty recycle bin/delete temp file. I've used regclean; deleted stuff from startup; played with virtual memory; scanned for viruses/adware/spyware (have McAfee); changed to network server setting, etc. Tried all the tweaks that I dare relating to Win 98. I've physically cleaned out all the dust in the CPU and tried to blow out all the dust around the exhaust fan. All to no avail. Is it time to buy a new computer? Is the thing just wearing out? It has been hot & humid here - any connection? Thanks for any advice. |
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Is it time to buy a new computer?
Why? She has plenty of HD free space already (10+ GB). A bigger drive will
not affect performance (except in a negative manner) unless it has insufficient free space. Not the case here. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "chris" wrote in message ... Hello Mary: Without knowing what type of applications you're running on your system, it would be kind of hard to say if you require a new system or not. One thing I do recommend before buying a new system, is to buy a new 40 or 80 GB HDD. Mirror or reinstall Windows to the new drive...if you're still not happy with the performance, you're best to buy a new system .... Chris. -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Mary" wrote in message oups.com... I have a Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz computer with a Pentium III (512K Cache, whatever that means) I added RAM for a total of 224MB. The hard drive is 13GB with only 2.97 GB used. OS is Windows 98SE My computer is very slow: takes forever to boot up, takes forever to launch apps, sometimes mouse is slow and jerky, sometimes hard drive runs alot. I defrag and run scandisk regularly/empty recycle bin/delete temp file. I've used regclean; deleted stuff from startup; played with virtual memory; scanned for viruses/adware/spyware (have McAfee); changed to network server setting, etc. Tried all the tweaks that I dare relating to Win 98. I've physically cleaned out all the dust in the CPU and tried to blow out all the dust around the exhaust fan. All to no avail. Is it time to buy a new computer? Is the thing just wearing out? It has been hot & humid here - any connection? Thanks for any advice. |
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Does becoming MS-MVP require the knowledge of computer hardware? With a
statement like that, I seriously doubt it! -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Why? She has plenty of HD free space already (10+ GB). A bigger drive will not affect performance (except in a negative manner) unless it has insufficient free space. Not the case here. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "chris" wrote in message ... Hello Mary: Without knowing what type of applications you're running on your system, it would be kind of hard to say if you require a new system or not. One thing I do recommend before buying a new system, is to buy a new 40 or 80 GB HDD. Mirror or reinstall Windows to the new drive...if you're still not happy with the performance, you're best to buy a new system .... Chris. -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Mary" wrote in message oups.com... I have a Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz computer with a Pentium III (512K Cache, whatever that means) I added RAM for a total of 224MB. The hard drive is 13GB with only 2.97 GB used. OS is Windows 98SE My computer is very slow: takes forever to boot up, takes forever to launch apps, sometimes mouse is slow and jerky, sometimes hard drive runs alot. I defrag and run scandisk regularly/empty recycle bin/delete temp file. I've used regclean; deleted stuff from startup; played with virtual memory; scanned for viruses/adware/spyware (have McAfee); changed to network server setting, etc. Tried all the tweaks that I dare relating to Win 98. I've physically cleaned out all the dust in the CPU and tried to blow out all the dust around the exhaust fan. All to no avail. Is it time to buy a new computer? Is the thing just wearing out? It has been hot & humid here - any connection? Thanks for any advice. |
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Is it time to buy a new computer?
Does becoming MS-MVP require the knowledge of computer hardware? With a
statement like that, I seriously doubt it! -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Why? She has plenty of HD free space already (10+ GB). A bigger drive will not affect performance (except in a negative manner) unless it has insufficient free space. Not the case here. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "chris" wrote in message ... Hello Mary: Without knowing what type of applications you're running on your system, it would be kind of hard to say if you require a new system or not. One thing I do recommend before buying a new system, is to buy a new 40 or 80 GB HDD. Mirror or reinstall Windows to the new drive...if you're still not happy with the performance, you're best to buy a new system .... Chris. -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Mary" wrote in message oups.com... I have a Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz computer with a Pentium III (512K Cache, whatever that means) I added RAM for a total of 224MB. The hard drive is 13GB with only 2.97 GB used. OS is Windows 98SE My computer is very slow: takes forever to boot up, takes forever to launch apps, sometimes mouse is slow and jerky, sometimes hard drive runs alot. I defrag and run scandisk regularly/empty recycle bin/delete temp file. I've used regclean; deleted stuff from startup; played with virtual memory; scanned for viruses/adware/spyware (have McAfee); changed to network server setting, etc. Tried all the tweaks that I dare relating to Win 98. I've physically cleaned out all the dust in the CPU and tried to blow out all the dust around the exhaust fan. All to no avail. Is it time to buy a new computer? Is the thing just wearing out? It has been hot & humid here - any connection? Thanks for any advice. |
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What I said was entirely correct. Would you care to support your contention
that it isn't? How does a giant hard drive help performance? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "chris" wrote in message ... Does becoming MS-MVP require the knowledge of computer hardware? With a statement like that, I seriously doubt it! -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Why? She has plenty of HD free space already (10+ GB). A bigger drive will not affect performance (except in a negative manner) unless it has insufficient free space. Not the case here. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "chris" wrote in message ... Hello Mary: Without knowing what type of applications you're running on your system, it would be kind of hard to say if you require a new system or not. One thing I do recommend before buying a new system, is to buy a new 40 or 80 GB HDD. Mirror or reinstall Windows to the new drive...if you're still not happy with the performance, you're best to buy a new system .... Chris. -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Mary" wrote in message oups.com... I have a Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz computer with a Pentium III (512K Cache, whatever that means) I added RAM for a total of 224MB. The hard drive is 13GB with only 2.97 GB used. OS is Windows 98SE My computer is very slow: takes forever to boot up, takes forever to launch apps, sometimes mouse is slow and jerky, sometimes hard drive runs alot. I defrag and run scandisk regularly/empty recycle bin/delete temp file. I've used regclean; deleted stuff from startup; played with virtual memory; scanned for viruses/adware/spyware (have McAfee); changed to network server setting, etc. Tried all the tweaks that I dare relating to Win 98. I've physically cleaned out all the dust in the CPU and tried to blow out all the dust around the exhaust fan. All to no avail. Is it time to buy a new computer? Is the thing just wearing out? It has been hot & humid here - any connection? Thanks for any advice. |
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Is it time to buy a new computer?
What I said was entirely correct. Would you care to support your contention
that it isn't? How does a giant hard drive help performance? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "chris" wrote in message ... Does becoming MS-MVP require the knowledge of computer hardware? With a statement like that, I seriously doubt it! -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Why? She has plenty of HD free space already (10+ GB). A bigger drive will not affect performance (except in a negative manner) unless it has insufficient free space. Not the case here. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "chris" wrote in message ... Hello Mary: Without knowing what type of applications you're running on your system, it would be kind of hard to say if you require a new system or not. One thing I do recommend before buying a new system, is to buy a new 40 or 80 GB HDD. Mirror or reinstall Windows to the new drive...if you're still not happy with the performance, you're best to buy a new system .... Chris. -- "All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the more ludicrous the analogy!" "Mary" wrote in message oups.com... I have a Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz computer with a Pentium III (512K Cache, whatever that means) I added RAM for a total of 224MB. The hard drive is 13GB with only 2.97 GB used. OS is Windows 98SE My computer is very slow: takes forever to boot up, takes forever to launch apps, sometimes mouse is slow and jerky, sometimes hard drive runs alot. I defrag and run scandisk regularly/empty recycle bin/delete temp file. I've used regclean; deleted stuff from startup; played with virtual memory; scanned for viruses/adware/spyware (have McAfee); changed to network server setting, etc. Tried all the tweaks that I dare relating to Win 98. I've physically cleaned out all the dust in the CPU and tried to blow out all the dust around the exhaust fan. All to no avail. Is it time to buy a new computer? Is the thing just wearing out? It has been hot & humid here - any connection? Thanks for any advice. |
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Mr. Terhune: I checked for viruses/malware and all was clear. Followed
the Clean Boot instructions, then did scandisk & defrag. Didn't dare to change AV apps just yet. Here's the list of background apps: Microsoft Office Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE" -b -l Logitech Desktop Messenger Agent Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Desktop Messenger\8876480\Program\LDMConf.exe" /start run Win.ini hpfsched LDM Registry (Per-User Run) C:\Program Files\Desktop Messenger\8876480\Program\BackWeb-8876480.exe Tau Monitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRAM FILES\AGNITUM\TAUSCAN 1.6\TAUMON.EXE VsEcomrEXE Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Network Associates\McAfee VirusScan\vsecomr.exe CriticalUpdate Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\SYSTEM\wucrtupd.exe -startup ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe MCAgentExe Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\AGENT\mcagent.exe files\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe MCUpdateExe Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\AGENT\MCUPDATE.EXE LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme VSOCheckTask Registry (Machine Run) "C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\MCMNHDLR.EXE" /checktask VirusScan Online Registry (Machine Run) "C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\mcvsshld.exe" MPFExe Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\PERSON~1\MPFTRAY.EXE EM_EXEC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\LOGITECH\MOUSEW~1\SYSTEM\EM_EXEC.EXE mdac_runonce Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\runonce.exe TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\taskmon.exe SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe McVsRte Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\mcvsrte.exe /embedding KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) c:\windows\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Service) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme Your material stated that it's not a good solution to disable items in msconfig so I need instruction on how to do it. I had played around with unchecking boxes based on info from sysinfo.org site which may have resulted in the unresponsive mouse problem. Most items on the list relate to McAfee...maybe that's what's slowing things down. As mentioned before I wondered about the computer overheating. I don't live in an air-conditioned house and even though there are not too many really hot days in Maine (2 seasons he winter & August)it does seem like the computer runs better when it's cold. Thanks, Mary P. S. What is "MS-MVP"? Thanks to all who have responded to my question |
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Is it time to buy a new computer?
Mr. Terhune: I checked for viruses/malware and all was clear. Followed
the Clean Boot instructions, then did scandisk & defrag. Didn't dare to change AV apps just yet. Here's the list of background apps: Microsoft Office Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE" -b -l Logitech Desktop Messenger Agent Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Desktop Messenger\8876480\Program\LDMConf.exe" /start run Win.ini hpfsched LDM Registry (Per-User Run) C:\Program Files\Desktop Messenger\8876480\Program\BackWeb-8876480.exe Tau Monitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRAM FILES\AGNITUM\TAUSCAN 1.6\TAUMON.EXE VsEcomrEXE Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Network Associates\McAfee VirusScan\vsecomr.exe CriticalUpdate Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\SYSTEM\wucrtupd.exe -startup ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe MCAgentExe Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\AGENT\mcagent.exe files\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe MCUpdateExe Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\AGENT\MCUPDATE.EXE LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme VSOCheckTask Registry (Machine Run) "C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\MCMNHDLR.EXE" /checktask VirusScan Online Registry (Machine Run) "C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\mcvsshld.exe" MPFExe Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\PERSON~1\MPFTRAY.EXE EM_EXEC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\LOGITECH\MOUSEW~1\SYSTEM\EM_EXEC.EXE mdac_runonce Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\runonce.exe TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\taskmon.exe SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe McVsRte Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\mcvsrte.exe /embedding KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) c:\windows\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Service) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme Your material stated that it's not a good solution to disable items in msconfig so I need instruction on how to do it. I had played around with unchecking boxes based on info from sysinfo.org site which may have resulted in the unresponsive mouse problem. Most items on the list relate to McAfee...maybe that's what's slowing things down. As mentioned before I wondered about the computer overheating. I don't live in an air-conditioned house and even though there are not too many really hot days in Maine (2 seasons he winter & August)it does seem like the computer runs better when it's cold. Thanks, Mary P. S. What is "MS-MVP"? Thanks to all who have responded to my question |
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Is it time to buy a new computer?
On simple way to find out if it is McAfee, is to temporarily disable ALL McAfee
startup items, and restart. Be sure to stay OFFLINE while you have the A-V disabled (unplug the cable if you have to, for broadband). See if the problems still exist....that may tell you if McAfee is involved. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Mary" wrote in message ups.com... Mr. Terhune: I checked for viruses/malware and all was clear. Followed the Clean Boot instructions, then did scandisk & defrag. Didn't dare to change AV apps just yet. Here's the list of background apps: Microsoft Office Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE" -b -l Logitech Desktop Messenger Agent Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Desktop Messenger\8876480\Program\LDMConf.exe" /start run Win.ini hpfsched LDM Registry (Per-User Run) C:\Program Files\Desktop Messenger\8876480\Program\BackWeb-8876480.exe Tau Monitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRAM FILES\AGNITUM\TAUSCAN 1.6\TAUMON.EXE VsEcomrEXE Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Network Associates\McAfee VirusScan\vsecomr.exe CriticalUpdate Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\SYSTEM\wucrtupd.exe -startup ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe MCAgentExe Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\AGENT\mcagent.exe files\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe MCUpdateExe Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\AGENT\MCUPDATE.EXE LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme VSOCheckTask Registry (Machine Run) "C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\MCMNHDLR.EXE" /checktask VirusScan Online Registry (Machine Run) "C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\mcvsshld.exe" MPFExe Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\PERSON~1\MPFTRAY.EXE EM_EXEC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\LOGITECH\MOUSEW~1\SYSTEM\EM_EXEC.EXE mdac_runonce Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\runonce.exe TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\taskmon.exe SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe McVsRte Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\mcvsrte.exe /embedding KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) c:\windows\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Service) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme Your material stated that it's not a good solution to disable items in msconfig so I need instruction on how to do it. I had played around with unchecking boxes based on info from sysinfo.org site which may have resulted in the unresponsive mouse problem. Most items on the list relate to McAfee...maybe that's what's slowing things down. As mentioned before I wondered about the computer overheating. I don't live in an air-conditioned house and even though there are not too many really hot days in Maine (2 seasons he winter & August)it does seem like the computer runs better when it's cold. Thanks, Mary P. S. What is "MS-MVP"? Thanks to all who have responded to my question |
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