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Old 08-01-07, 08:01 AM   #2
sqk7744
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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:

SH4 PC Tune-up Checklist
For Win XP Clients
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.
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