Hey
AVGWarhawk,
Grab a trial of Diskeeper Pro Premier, a great app:
www.diskeeper.com
1. Defrag all drives
2. Enable and run I-Faast
3. Run the boot-time defragmentation
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my tune-up list is good to do to:
Specs Check:
1)START --> MY COMPUTER (right click -PROPERTIES)
2)General Tab
à Note CPU Speed and RAM, Service Pack 1 or 2
3)Check Available Hard drive Space
Optimization:
1)START --> MY COMPUTER (right click -PROPERTIES)
2)ADVANCED TAB
à Performance – Settings
à Visual Effects
a) [x]Adjust for best performance
b) Advanced tab
à Processor Scheduling [x]Programs
c) Advanced tab -> Memory Usage [x]Programs
*** CHECK AVAILABLE HARDDRIVE SPACE BEFORE DOING THE FOLLOWING:
d) Advanced tab -> Virtual Memory
à Change, [x]custom:
Init/Max =4096 MB -> click SET button
* Note: if you can, 6000/6000 works best for SH4
3)SYSTEM RESTORE- Slows performance but a good thing, -your call.
Change IE 5/6:
1)Tools -> Options
à General -> Delete Cookies, Delete Files, Clear History.
2)Tools -> Options
à Advanced -> Security, [x]Empty Temp. Internet Files on Exit.
3)Tools -> Options
à Advanced-> Security, [x]Don’t save encrypted pages to disk
4)Tools -> Options
à Advanced-> Browsing, [x]Uncheck Reuse Windows launching shortcuts
[Clean up]
In Start-up:
1) Remove ALL non-required Applications
- MS Office Toolbar Startup
- AOL, Real Player, Etc.
Msconfig: Startup
1) Realplayer Loader
2) Download Daemon
3) Any Un-Necessary Applications
Anti-Virus:
1) Update Virus files
MS Update:
1) Critical Updates, etc
2) MSOffice Updates
Maintenance:
1)Grab a trial copy of Diskeeper from
http://www.diskeeper.com
2)Install and Run Defrag
3)Then set Set-it and Forget-it feature.