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Old January 7th 06, 05:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Default Is it time to buy a new computer?

Or buy Windows 2000 on ebay ;-)

John

Ron Badour wrote:
There are only two cures for the low resources problem: upgrade to XP or do
not run too many programs when using W98. If you have programs running in
the background that you do not use during every computing session, remove
them from start up and start them manually when you need to use them. You
can easily check on the amount of resources: Windows Explorer, Help, About.

To cut back on the number of programs starting at boot, check the
programs themselves for an option not to load. You might have to double
click an icon in the tray (others might require a right click) and then
look for preferences or options. If you cannot find an option, look
for the program in the following start up points and remove the
reference to it:

Start up folder on the start menu, the load= and run= lines in the
win.ini and these registry run keys (use regedit.exe):

1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion*\Run
2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\*Run
3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion*\RunOnce
4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\*RunOnce
5. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion*\
RunServices
6. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion*\
RunServicesOnce
7. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion*\
RunOnce\Setup

There is a freeware program that makes this process a lot easier to
manage: Startup Manager,
http://home.ptd.net/~don5408/toolbox/startupcpl/

You can use msconfig.exe, startup tab, to disable programs; however, by
doing so, you may lessen its value as a troubleshooting tool. There
might be some double entries in msconfig--leave those for your AntiVirus
program and load power profile alone as they are required. If you
disable an entry in msconfig or remove it from the start up point and
the program loads again after a reboot, that is an indication that you
missed an option on the program itself. If you don't know what an entry
is, check he http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm


 




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