Guest neutrino Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 a general moan, so excuse the long rambling on here... but also in case anyone has a better way... Curses !!! here we go again... it's almost becoming an annual event! Having to reinstall Windows and all applications, because the system is slowing up, applications are slower to burst into life after the initial CLick on the icon. internet Explorer is one that Is noticably slower to show up on screen! Yet having just assisting in setting up a new Pc - and watching the speed of boot up~ Aaah if only it could be like this always! I Wonder if M'soft has ever thought of (if it IS the registry), having some kind if registry splitting - one purely for Bootup, so that that at least is quick, then when it's up and ready to start any Applications, it switches over to an "application registry" and then begins any "boot time" apps. would it speed things up any~ I don't know - but tis not to be since two registries are not here, if even possible - then again.. maybe it's something to be suggested to an App maker - if such a thing is possible and would result in a speed boost! But I wonder how much the registry plays a part in speed and App starting? Do applications NEEd to be in there?! I did a reinstall some time back and on one occasion - where I still had some apps previously installed in a second partition - and before reinstalling these - i tried to start some up from their install folder, mostly that wasnt possible since they were missing files that would be installed in C drive - but one or two DID start up ok, and they would not have had any reference to them in the registry! since I'd just reinstalled Windows !? just wish i knew more about the internal how's and why's that cause a system to boot slower, or applications to start up slower - to the point where you feel it's time to clean it all out and start over, and hope at the end of it - you'v a glitch free fast booting, fast application start clean machine. And I'v yet to come across any program that claims to clean your system up and make it faster! and most other advice is defrag/spyware check & diskcheck, all of which I do routinely at least once every two months - somtimes monthly. wonder if this "Pc Pitstop" is any good ~ runs several system tests and gives you the results and reccomends changes - but do things liek this really solve things.?!? Is there a tool to not just defrag the hard drive but to also scan the files and logically shuffle things into line and make them optimally easier for the system to access and therefore quicker to open up? Why does 'windows' move things about on the hard drive!? if they get shifted from here to there as the weeks and months roll on - and begin to get take longer to fire up cos the files need ot be accessed all over the place! then WHY does the operating system permit this to take place! why not an optimisation scan to lock files in the most appropriate and fastest accesable place and leave them there! aaah well ~ ~ ~ if no replies of amazing brilliance~ guess I'll resinstall windowsXP and then follow up with a full application reinstall - might take me a day or two! :) U all have a nice day.
Guest Kelly Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Re: Pc Again Slowing down....... XP needs nothing listed in msconfig/startup to boot. That should be your starting point. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "neutrino" <stuartr@bluebottle.com> wrote in message news:1183975363.808889.306690@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com... >a general moan, so excuse the long rambling on here... > but also in case anyone has a better way... > > Curses !!! here we go again... it's almost becoming an annual event! > Having to reinstall Windows and all applications, > because the system is slowing up, > applications are slower to burst into life after the initial CLick on > the > icon. > internet Explorer is one that Is noticably slower to show up on > screen! > > Yet having just assisting in setting up a new Pc - and watching the > speed > of boot up~ Aaah if only it could be like this always! > > I Wonder if M'soft has ever thought of (if it IS the registry), > having > some kind if registry splitting - one purely for Bootup, so that that > at least > is quick, then when it's up and ready to start any Applications, it > switches > over to an "application registry" and then begins any "boot time" > apps. > would it speed things up any~ I don't know - but tis not to be since > two registries are not here, if even possible - then again.. maybe > it's something > to be suggested to an App maker - if such a thing is possible and > would result > in a speed boost! > But I wonder how much the registry plays a part in speed and App > starting? > Do applications NEEd to be in there?! I did a reinstall some time > back > and on one occasion - where I still had some apps previously installed > in a second partition - and before reinstalling these - i tried to > start some up from their > install folder, mostly that wasnt possible since they were missing > files that > would be installed in C drive - but one or two DID start up ok, and > they would > not have had any reference to them in the registry! since I'd just > reinstalled > Windows !? > just wish i knew more about the internal how's and why's that cause a > system to > boot slower, or applications to start up slower - to the point where > you feel it's > time to clean it all out and start over, and hope at the end of it - > you'v a glitch free fast booting, fast application start clean > machine. > And I'v yet to come across any program that claims to clean your > system up > and make it faster! and most other advice is defrag/spyware check & > diskcheck, > all of which I do routinely at least once every two months - somtimes > monthly. > wonder if this "Pc Pitstop" is any good ~ runs several system tests > and gives > you the results and reccomends changes - but do things liek this > really > solve things.?!? Is there a tool to not just defrag the hard drive but > to also > scan the files and logically shuffle things into line and make them > optimally > easier for the system to access and therefore quicker to open up? > Why does 'windows' move things about on the hard drive!? if they get > shifted > from here to there as the weeks and months roll on - and begin to get > take > longer to fire up cos the files need ot be accessed all over the > place! then > WHY does the operating system permit this to take place! why not an > optimisation scan to lock files in the most appropriate and fastest > accesable place and leave them there! > aaah well ~ ~ ~ if no replies of amazing brilliance~ guess I'll > resinstall windowsXP > and then follow up with a full application reinstall - might take me a > day or two! > :) > U all have a nice day. >
Guest neutrino Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Re: Pc Again Slowing down....... Kelly wrote: > XP needs nothing listed in msconfig/startup to boot. > That should be your starting point. > > -- So your saying I could delete everything in the startup tab? apart from anything obvious that I know I want started there (anti-virus/spychecker for example). even any windows system32 stuff..... ? not at home just now so can't say specifically whats in there.. though I do tend to make sure apps at start up are only what I want, though I'v not tampered with anything I "don't-really-know-what-it-is" windows stuff. I'll check later on other things in there.
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