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Performance - Win98
Looking at my daughters laptop - uses Win98
It runs soooo slow when - loading at startup cutting and pasting between applications loading programs (eg PC Doctor, MS Word) I have - deleted all temp files emptied recycle bin run PCDoctor - passes all tests compressed all Outlook Express files run ScanDisk for complete scan of both drives - no errors Run disk defragmenter both drives above imcreased c drive free space from 388mb to 525mb without improving performance also done norton virus scan and housecall.trendmicro full scan with finding issues. What next? |
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Performance - Win98
This is from a post by Jim Eshelman: "But the good news is that there are several things you can do to get the best out of what you have. I have a series of optimization articles that might be a good start. May I recommend these? Computer Health http://aumha.org/win4/a/health.htm Win98 & Win ME Memory Management http://aumha.org/win4/a/memmgmt.htm Startup Program Loading http://aumha.org/win4/a/loads.htm Partition Planning http://aumha.org/win4/a/parts.htm Do You Have Parasites? http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm System Resources FAQ http://aumha.org/win4/a/resource.htm wrote in message ... Looking at my daughters laptop - uses Win98 It runs soooo slow when - loading at startup cutting and pasting between applications loading programs (eg PC Doctor, MS Word) I have - deleted all temp files emptied recycle bin run PCDoctor - passes all tests compressed all Outlook Express files run ScanDisk for complete scan of both drives - no errors Run disk defragmenter both drives above imcreased c drive free space from 388mb to 525mb without improving performance also done norton virus scan and housecall.trendmicro full scan with finding issues. What next? |
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