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  • L Le rner

    hi all, i have an OS Windows XP. please tell me how can make faster this. thanks.

    To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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    Dalek Dave
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    • L Le rner

      firstly i have 256, but after this i have also tried 1 gb but not so much difference in speed.

      To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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      When was the last time you format it?

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        Format C:

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        JustWorking
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        Make sure you backup your important files first.

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        • L Le rner

          hi all, i have an OS Windows XP. please tell me how can make faster this. thanks.

          To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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          CPallini
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          Every MS OS run very fast, provided you don't install applications. :)

          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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          • L Le rner

            hi all, i have an OS Windows XP. please tell me how can make faster this. thanks.

            To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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            Lost User
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            Le@rner wrote:

            i have an OS Windows XP. please tell me how can make faster this.

            If you want REAL hardware acceleration you can get a good 9.81 m/s^2 by releasing the mass of the laptop from a significant height. Either that or take ot for a drive, in a fast car.

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              Format C:

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              Le rner
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              i also tried this,after some time pc is again slower. i was format the C:,approx 10 days before today. one more thing this time when after formatting c:, when i installed Microsoft Visual Studio its installed successfully but when i run any code its gives error and display some dll those are not present.

              To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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                Make sure you backup your important files first.

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                Unfortunately, backing up Dave's files won't help Le@rner. :)

                If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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                  Le@rner wrote:

                  i have an OS Windows XP. please tell me how can make faster this.

                  If you want REAL hardware acceleration you can get a good 9.81 m/s^2 by releasing the mass of the laptop from a significant height. Either that or take ot for a drive, in a fast car.

                  Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

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                  JustWorking
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                  fat_boy wrote:

                  If you want REAL hardware acceleration you can get a good 9.81 m/s^2 by releasing the mass of the laptop from a significant height. Either that or take ot for a drive, in a fast car.

                  :laugh:

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                    Unfortunately, backing up Dave's files won't help Le@rner. :)

                    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                    [My articles]

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                    Rajesh R Subramanian
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                    Dave has many "important files" that must be backed up now and then. :)

                    “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                    • L Le rner

                      hi all, i have an OS Windows XP. please tell me how can make faster this. thanks.

                      To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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                      NormDroid
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                      Look out for the next satellite launch and ask if the OS can be placed as storage on the payload, this hopefully should make the OS a lot faster.

                      All right, you guys, I got eight crates of Ipecac from Mort. All on my tab. Now, whoever goes the longest without puking gets the last piece of pie in the fridge.

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                        Look out for the next satellite launch and ask if the OS can be placed as storage on the payload, this hopefully should make the OS a lot faster.

                        All right, you guys, I got eight crates of Ipecac from Mort. All on my tab. Now, whoever goes the longest without puking gets the last piece of pie in the fridge.

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                        Lost User
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                        Hmm, dont know how you would measure it, but you would have to wath out for that satellite data being 'adjusted'! :)

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                        • L Le rner

                          i also tried this,after some time pc is again slower. i was format the C:,approx 10 days before today. one more thing this time when after formatting c:, when i installed Microsoft Visual Studio its installed successfully but when i run any code its gives error and display some dll those are not present.

                          To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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                          Although XP will run in 256Mb of ram, I wouldn't recommend it (and did notice that the service packs made it worse for small ram PCs). And although the minimum spec for VS is 256Mb that is also the recommended minimum for .NET alone. I would find it painful to run VS in less than 1Gb - it would be really slow. If your ram is that low, then there is a good chance your HDD is also pretty small, which will restrict the size of your swap file - this may cause problems with running VS. My order of priorities for running XP with VS: RAM - 1GB is a good minimum. HDD - 80GB or bigger. Monitor: Big as you can get. Processor - 1.2G Athlon or faster. Basically: the lower the spec, the less you load. Every App you install will slow the PC down a bit, for some stupid reason.

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                            Dave has many "important files" that must be backed up now and then. :)

                            “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                            I call them "Gentleman's Special Interest Literature".

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                              hi all, i have an OS Windows XP. please tell me how can make faster this. thanks.

                              To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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                              Mark_Wallace
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                              Go: 1. Start 2. Run 3. Enter "services.msc" (without the quotes) 4. Stop & disable anything you don't like the look of. 5. Restart the computer. If it won't restart, use System Restore, then repeat steps 1-5, but stop & disable a few less things. I'll tell ya, this computering stuff is just too easy!

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                              • L Le rner

                                hi all, i have an OS Windows XP. please tell me how can make faster this. thanks.

                                To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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                                nativebyte
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                                Install Vista. Use it for couple of days. Now install XP, I bet it will work fast :-D

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                                  I call them "Gentleman's Special Interest Literature".

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                                  Well, I supposed: "Personal Readings and Other Niceties". :rolleyes:

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                                    Go: 1. Start 2. Run 3. Enter "services.msc" (without the quotes) 4. Stop & disable anything you don't like the look of. 5. Restart the computer. If it won't restart, use System Restore, then repeat steps 1-5, but stop & disable a few less things. I'll tell ya, this computering stuff is just too easy!

                                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                    Le rner
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                                    There is number of services presents,how can i know which one of them i stopped or disabled.

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                                    • L Le rner

                                      hi all, i have an OS Windows XP. please tell me how can make faster this. thanks.

                                      To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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                                      • L Le rner

                                        hi all, i have an OS Windows XP. please tell me how can make faster this. thanks.

                                        To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

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                                        Abhinav S
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                                        You could try defragmenting your hard drive if you've not done that in a while.

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                                          Well, I supposed: "Personal Readings and Other Niceties". :rolleyes:

                                          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                                          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                                          [My articles]

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                                          Rajesh R Subramanian
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                                          Personal Obligation towards Radically Niche material. :)

                                          “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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