I've found XP DOES need to be restarted at least once a day. If you don't, it starts to use more and more of the PageFile and can cause some sluggish behavior. This is on my main PC though, where I have dozens of apps and webpages open and running at the same time. -Clint
God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Thompson" That might be, but if you do experience the slowdown, you might try one more boot to see if it clears things up. I used to shutdown every night , but with xp, I don't seem to have to to reclaim my memory, etc. Now about the only time I reboot is when I'm installing or cleaning the registry. (I do turn the peripheries off and the monitor tho). Keith LarryB wrote: > Thanks Keith, I turn my unit off each and every nite so I > would > suppose that would do all the resetting I should require. > > LarryB > K & L > South Carolina > > > Keith Thompson wrote: > >> I have found that on occasion, the system seems to be much >> slower >> than usual, with all spyware removed (trojans checked, etc), >> but >> found that rebooting 2 or even 3 times seems to reset all >> the links, >> registry and all so that it returns to standard speed. I >> have >> advised a few others to do the same and they seem to feel >> that it >> works for them as well. >> >> Keith Thompson >> >> LarryB wrote: >> >>> Thanks Clint, I just checked the specs and my OS is XP2002 >>> SP2 with >>> an AMD Athlon XP2200+ 1.79Ghz and 512mb of RAM. >>> BTW I also notice this on my laptop a Dell 9100. It does >>> not happen >>> all the time and is quite random in nature. >>> >>> LarryB >>> >>> >>> Support-OrpheusComputing.com wrote: >>> >>>> Larry I had that problem too when I was using it. If your >>>> PC is >>>> rather slow (CPU wise and not much memory) that MIGHT have >>>> something to do with it. I had it worse on an old slow PC >>>> (800mhz >>>> and 128mb), but not as bad on my main PC. They were both >>>> XP SP2 >>>> and on the same LAN. So, it might be a CPU thing since FF >>>> does >>>> suck the CPU resources. But FAIK it could have something >>>> completely different. I tried the tweaks and they didn't >>>> help. >>>> -Clint >>>> >>>> >>>>> LarryB wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I have noticed that when using FF and I launch to any >>>>>> site (URL)that >>>>>> it does not connect the first time and shows me a >>>>>> message that it >>>>>> times out. I try it the second time and it always >>>>>> connects. Is it >>>>>> just >>>>>> a matter of extending the time if that is possible? >>>>>> Peter might know the answer to this. I believe he uses >>>>>> FF. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
