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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Apr 21, 2010 4:33:32 GMT -5
Usually I don't often clear my Firefox cache, and moreover, I have a Smart Defrag running most of the time, which auto-defrags files quite a lot. And I know I have so many things running, but with all the startup items in the Windows & System32 folder (Don't forget that also says rundll32) , I can't disable any of them as I fear some of them could be crucial, anyway, here's the picture of which one can be safely disabled. Do show me which one can.
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Post by Clone on Apr 21, 2010 12:23:41 GMT -5
well you've all ready done a few good ones, disabling the adobe programs from auto starting dose wonders. if you don't use and Dell programs disable that one EXE that i see hiding in their, and you can safely disable any thing that's from a program that you've installed (like the HDTune)
after that go in to Programs, and then Change windows systems (or what ever its called) and disable things that you don't use in their, like the sniping tool, touch controls are some times install but this looks to be XP so they wont be, and removing the windows games helps surprisingly if you don't use them.
sadly my specialty lies in Windows 2000, Vista and Windows 7 so i cant help you much with XP (however Xp is vary similar to 2000)
im wondering what this "smart" program is that your using, i all ways advise against anythign that has "Smart" in its name and especially against anythign that's auto run. manual defrages work better at cleaning and don't bog down the system at bad times.
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Apr 21, 2010 19:18:27 GMT -5
Smart Defrag is its name, it's also the same product made from IObit, which made Advanced System Care. Sniping tool? What's that? I've been through the Windows system in there, I can't uninstall everything as some of them can be crucial to run windows, I'm an enthusiast but not on everything. The only thing I went into the Windows system is simply uninstalling the Web Games & the Internet Gateway (That thing is usually more harm than good, don't know why Microsoft created it). But I bet most of the problems might lie in my msconfig, I do experience a lot of slow startups, so I want to ask which one can be disabled as according to the picture I showed you. I want to disable all of them {Except Java Update, Dell Quickset (Shortcut keys on your laptop), Sypnatics (The touchpad), SigmaTel (Audio), HDTune, IOBit softwares & HDDhealth}, so what about the rest inside the Windows & System32 folder, what are they? Are they ok to be disabled? That's what I'm asking earlier.
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Post by Clone on Apr 24, 2010 17:05:21 GMT -5
you should really never touch whats in side of the System32 folder, i still don't see why you want all those extras running though (HDTune, IOBit softwares & HDDhealth), they all soak up recorces and i'm assuming the majority get a priority load meaning that they will slow down your start ups greatly.
if you had vista instead i could direct you to a folder that only contains non windows start ups and tell you to just disable all of those but your stuck on XP so its though. really the best way with XP is to just uninstall your OS and do a fresh install and compare that start up list to the one after you finish moving in (did this last time i used XP) and used that to determine what to uninstall. you can do it like how i used to find out what was important and just start disabling things and see what causes problems but that's time consuming and can cause several crashes in the process.
the windows system uninstall section that i told you to go threw before, your fine disabling just about everything in there. (leave the .NET frame work if you use .net based programs though). also if you don't use IE EVER, then you can get rid of that and it will save you some hard disk space.
last bet to get better start ups is to just get really good with a drfrager. their are a few that let you rearrange the hard drive contents. if you come across one that's not going to cost you any money place the system folder in the priority spot (its been to long for me to remember which edge of the hard drive that was though) and then do a few restarts and standard defrages. that should speed you up. (vista & 7 dose a smiler thing automatically)
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Post by Atecom on Apr 25, 2010 2:20:23 GMT -5
Just do a google search of each of the processes, if you decide you want it, leave it, if not remove it.
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Apr 25, 2010 3:51:44 GMT -5
Ahh, reformat. I know you'll say that, Clone, but so far, I hope I'll wait for at least 2 more months since I'll be using my new laptop with an I7, in that way, slow downs will not occur that much.
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Post by Clone on Apr 26, 2010 0:06:50 GMT -5
ya, i jump to the reformat a little to quickly. (i need to remind my self that not everyone can move out and back in in one day like i do)
however i think i might start running in to problems with doing reformats because i had issues with activating my copy of Windows 7 when i went to install it... even used the windows install disks reformat system and it still gave me parc.
any ways my laptop will be getting a reformat soon, been having issues ever sense installing the free weekend of MW2. all my games run like crap and the frame rate wont change regardless of what i do. (13 frames per second in Roller Coster Tycoons really sad...)
just a note on the state of GPU's
Nvidias 470GT GPU is currently working its way to the best buy mark like the 8800GT was for DX10 cards. its price point and performance on beta drivers lands it right in between the ATI 5870 and the 5850 (those two cards were the launch cards for ATI's line of DX11 cards) and its heat signature has greatly decreased from the reference boards originally bench marked.. however in benchmarks that have vary heavy tessellation, the Nvidia cards win by a large factor.
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Apr 26, 2010 1:45:29 GMT -5
Are those ATI 5870 & 5850 in the high end classes? My Dell market still shows the 5470 (Which it's a medium class), although I cannot be sure of their heat signature since I knew their performance and power consumption, but not the heat signature. EDIT : Ok, just checked it at www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-5870.23073.0.html . Apparently the 2 cards are high end ones, but wow, quite of a high power consumption. Wouldn't suppose higher power consumption generates more heat?
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Post by The Italian Dragon on Apr 26, 2010 10:46:08 GMT -5
No, if the heat is well dissipated. A guy was playing Crysis in Custom Ultra High mod + custom TOD + Realifesis on a HD5870 and the videocard wasn't going voer 60 °C Keep in mind that Crysis is still today a game that can make high end computers fall on their knees. My GT220 1 GB, has a quite good head dissipation as even if I play Crysis it's not heating a lot ( it goes around 60° ).
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Post by Clone on Apr 26, 2010 11:43:03 GMT -5
i was actually talking desktop cards Kokusho, however that site that you found is one that i use a lot. they have vary reliable information. also like you asked, higher energy consuming cards/higher end cards will all ways consume more energy and also will be hotter. however with a good case or proper heat sink on the card it makes no difference. besides, the 470 average heat load's in the 70 degrees Celsius range and my 8800GT averages in the 80's when under load so this will be a nice upgrade that also saves me some heat. (also the 8800's a single slot where the 470's a duel so i should be seeing some good heat dispersion compared to what i see right now)
(i think computers is the only thing i speak fluently in the metric system...)
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Apr 26, 2010 19:40:03 GMT -5
Oh, I see. And whoops, I always forgot about the desktops, and well, sure, but, Alienware or VoodooPC maybe high end but can still be brought down even with cooling liquids? Wow, true? Fans will not help much if your modern gaming is so intense and on max settings. Who knows you may have to put air conditioners nearby or play near one. It'll be quite chilly.
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Post by Clone on Apr 28, 2010 15:27:50 GMT -5
the dissipation once the airs out of the case is really fast so its actually nothing much unless your in a hot room to begin with. (i will enjoy the extra heat next winter, the dorms get so cold)
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Apr 28, 2010 19:26:05 GMT -5
I see what you mean by that.
Anyway, last time if you were wondering why I turn on my HDTune & HDDHealth, those are actually hard disk temperature monitors. I got a bad crash few months ago because of overheating, and it's a forced reformat, so I'm turning those on to keep an eye on those overheating problems. Constant cooling is needed.
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Post by Clone on Apr 29, 2010 18:46:21 GMT -5
then you should consider getting a new HDD or a stand for your computer (i'm assuming your talking laptop). if you have a hard drive failure because of heat then their are some major problems. even in my tiny case the hard drives the second coolest thing (and their right next to the CPU, PSU, GPU, and RAM...) and my Laptop its the second coolest part too (the optical drive is vary cool because i rarely use it)
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Apr 30, 2010 1:07:30 GMT -5
Getting a stand is not for me, I always use tables. As for the heating problem, just got that problem since January, so far, today it doesn't seem to perform well either as I noticed my computer is much slower than normal. After all, it's beginning to age.
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