Programs to keep your computer fast : General & Trouble Shooting

Posted: May 11th, 2006, 4:50 pm

rabidsoccerball
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Are there any specific programs anyone here uses to keep their computer running fast and well? I found System Cleaner and tried the free evaluation version and it seemed very well. I also have Windows Defender and AOL Safety and Security Center. Any reccomendations for any other programs I should be using? Only reccomend free programs, unless I can get that program for free by other means.

I'll only give points if I think the program helped after testing it.

Posted: May 11th, 2006, 4:55 pm

sushi76
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I use xp so I like to use Tweak Xp its makes my computer go a lot faster

Posted: May 11th, 2006, 5:15 pm

lilfisher

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clicky

clicky

lowers stuff and shuts down process to keep games running faster for more fps. works for all games

window washer was a good program which im guessing is like system cleaner (window washer been around for a while now). the link ill give is of an older full version. ill get a newer one and upload it for everyone
/clicky

Last edited by lilfisher on May 11th, 2006, 6:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Posted: May 11th, 2006, 5:45 pm

rabidsoccerball
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Pretty cool, I used w/o symantec, should I be using both? It just shuts off a few non-essential things right?

Posted: May 11th, 2006, 5:48 pm

lilfisher

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well it shuts off stuff like file sharing, automatic updates, anything that will eat up any of your cpu or use your ram. lowers your settings on the comp so all will run faster. choose either or. if your using symantec and want it to shut off because its a resource hog it will completly kill the process. the way to get stuff up and running again is a restart. but yeah choose whichever you want. they both are the same apart from that one shuts down norton and one doesnt

Posted: May 11th, 2006, 6:18 pm

lilfisher

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posted the latest window washer. enjoy rabid

(<3 being able to post in locked topics)

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Posted: May 12th, 2006, 7:07 pm

Tault_admin

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This is all you need to do.

run first of all msconfig

Take off all start up items
Then right click my computer
Advance Tab
Performance Tab
Adjust for best performance.

Take off antivirus like norton and use a more basic one.

Any other slowness then do the following

Ram
Processor
Graphics card
HD

Posted: May 12th, 2006, 7:29 pm

picadude
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Click Start then run and type regedit Works for me great
(!empty($user->lang['IMAGE'])) ? $user->lang['IMAGE'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'IMAGE')))

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM
(!empty($user->lang['IMAGE'])) ? $user->lang['IMAGE'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'IMAGE')))

Current control set > Control > Session Manager
(!empty($user->lang['IMAGE'])) ? $user->lang['IMAGE'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'IMAGE')))

Memory Management > Prefetch Parameters.
(!empty($user->lang['IMAGE'])) ? $user->lang['IMAGE'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'IMAGE')))

Right click and select "modify".
(!empty($user->lang['IMAGE'])) ? $user->lang['IMAGE'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'IMAGE')))

Then change the value in EnablePrefetcher from 3 to 5.
(!empty($user->lang['IMAGE'])) ? $user->lang['IMAGE'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'IMAGE')))