Try this site for XP streamlining. Works for me. http://www.blackviper.com/
Good luck! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Gurganus Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: For TFLan's sake: WAS Re:, Now XP SP2 I initially had the same slowdown as Mark and Andy, but I had read somewhere that XP "optimizes" start-up programs and programs you use regularly as part of it prefetch processes. It only optimizes these files every 3 days. So I gave it a few days and sure enough startup got back to a normal, acceptable speed. There's a way to force optimization right away, but I've seem to misplaced my link to the instructions. One other pet peeve of mine is that so many software companies have such a high opinion of their products that they want to automatically start it for you and put it in the system tray. This slows down startup and wastes memory. I use a good little free utility called StartupManager to turn off (and back on if needed) this automatically starting programs. You can do a similar thing with the Windows msconfig utility, but StartManager keeps track of what you've turned off and allows you to turn it back on. You can get StartManager at http://f2.org/archive/software/startupmgr.html. Ed > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Mark A Patton > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 5:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: ShopTalk: For TFLan's sake: WAS Re:, Now XP SP2 > > same reaction as I just got it, full start up takes longer > all seems normal once fully started > > > > Mark A Patton > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy Ruigh > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: ShopTalk: For TFLan's sake: WAS Re:, Now XP SP2 > > > I downloaded XP SP2 at work. I used it. For about 30 minutes. Then I > uninstalled it. I cannot believe how slow a almost-new PC was running on > it. Normally I'm not that anal about speed and I'm not an anti-MS zealot, > but........ I'll have to do a little more research and see if there are > some services that I could turn off to make it a bit more responsive. > > -Andy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill C Swingler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 4:58 PM > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Re: > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > Please download XP service Pack II It's now available "Now" as a > download. > > It may just solve your problems! That's if you are using XP and if you > are > > be prepared for a 45 minute download even if you have cable broadband. > It > > has a great "firewall as a bonus! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Al Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 4:49 PM > > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Re: > > > > > > > What I find amazing is that these are supposedly going through > shoptalk. > > > They never reach me. Is it possible that my ISP somehow sees these > posts > > > as viruses/worms/etc and stops them? Or are they? I wonder if they > would > > > also tell me they stopped one. Computers used to be so simple. Even > the > > > ones where you had to take your shoes off for some calculations. > > > > > > Al > > > > > > At 04:20 PM 8/25/2004, you wrote: > > >>I guess someone on this forum traced this back to gte.net or mike.org? > > >>These msgs get pruned out by my service provider, so i don't see them > > >>on email, only on Yahoo!, so I can't trace it back (and I'm not quite > > >>sure how to do that anyway). > > >> > > >>Is it possible for someone who knows where these are coming from to > > >>email back to mike.org to tell him he has been infected? > > >> > > >>Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.744 / Virus Database: 496 - Release Date: 8/24/2004 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.744 / Virus Database: 496 - Release Date: 8/24/2004
