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programs to run to speed up comp?
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:41 pm
by Nilbert500
seems my comp has been getting a little slower, Ie crashes or loads slow sometimes. And i have about a billion problems with daoc with dual logging like getting error.dll when in loading screen, random crashes, and freezing on in zone ports. Im guessing i might need a new vid card even though i run lowest graphic settings and windowed mode and had no problems like 8-10 months ago
I have a p4 2.4ghz, 1gig ram, windows exp and g4 ti4200 card so specs arent too bad.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:44 pm
by Flipout
reformat ftw.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:29 pm
by Nilbert500
havent ever done it before, had comp for 3 years. Im worried i would lose some really important info
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:32 pm
by barbos
you would lose everything you don't have somewhere else
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:09 pm
by Nilbert500
ya i didnt build this comp myself and prolly dont have certain driver discs around so im screwed
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:16 pm
by Zoidmeister
Getting slower sounds like you may have some background crap running that could be removed. I notice latest MSN causes spurious IE crashes for me - wasn't happening before I upgraded to 6.0.
Try defragging the drive first, uninstall programs you don't use (the ones that run background tasks), checkout your startup tasks and remove uncessary ones.
Also if your running XP there are some good websites for tuning - disabling services, TCP/IP tuning etc.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:46 pm
by Mirithal
Kill background programs
Defrag
Viruses
Spyware
Test your RAM, memtest86 (google it) is a good utility (some could be bad now, i've had that happen)
Update Drivers
If nothing helps, backup your stuff and reformat ... d/l the drivers you will need off the web. If you're running xp, the default drivers will do you alright until you can get better.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:17 pm
by Ormeld
im still having that damn popup problem where hella shit pops up, either my IE windows (x10-100) or a search window pops up (x2-15) shit needs to get fixed, i reformated n im still havin this fucking problem
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:20 pm
by Mirithal
that would be spyware ....
Download both Adaware and Spybot
google it ...
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:39 pm
by SuperHelix
/agree
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:16 pm
by Ormeld
i have ad aware and spybot and bazooka n norton and i still have this problem.
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:15 am
by Mirithal
no clue... anyone?
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:12 pm
by Twystyd
Buy a new machine. I'm a tech God.
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:51 pm
by Ormeld
FUCK THAT, I JUST SPENT $1300.00 ON MY FALCON NORTHWEST FRAG BOX, IM NOT GETTING A NEW MACHINE, OUT OF THE FUCKING QUESTION!
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:55 pm
by Xarkon
reformat ?