Re: Alternatives to re-installing XP Home
From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 01/03/05
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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:31:49 -0700
In news:crcc2o$m0p$2@news6.svr.pol.co.uk,
Ben Hardy <bh@hb1.com> typed:
> OK Ken, so lets get this straight-
>
> You are saying:
>
> 'The size of the registry has no effect whatsoever on the speed
> of the
> computer but it may affect the Startup time'
> OK, I'll accept that.
>
> 'A 42Mb Registry is typical'.
> Doesn't that depend on how much software/Fonts etc etc you have
> installed? Surely a machine with say, 80 apps installed, which
> according to 'Add/Remove Programs', mine has, will have a
> larger
> Registry than a machine with 20 apps installed?
Certainly it depends on things like that. But 42MB is well within
normal range and not cause for concern.
>
> 'An OS doesn't slow down over time unless there are other
> issues such
> as spyware etc'
> Well I know many people that would disagree with that.
I know many people who disagree with that too. However, none of
the people whose views I trust do. As always, you are free to
agree or disagree with whomever you wish.
> As far as
> Spyware, Adware, Viruses etc go I spend many hours checking and
> scanning for suchlike - see my earlier post. I'm pretty
> confident
> that I have a clean machine. Of course, I use numerous
> applications
> for this but I am now beginning to distrust some of them,
> especially
> Registry Cleaners.
> 'It doesn't matter how long a PC takes to boot up'
> I don't believe you said that! When I first installed the OS
> the PC
> started up in less than 20 seconds - it now takes about four
> minutes.
Well, I can't know for sure, but that sounds to me like you have
accumulated more background programs that are starting
automatically.
> (Read the post from Bill in this group). Now four minutes is
> not a
> long time
Right. For most of us it's a once a day event, and not important.
> I agree but what is concerning is why.
As far as I'm concerned it doesn't matter, unless it also has an
effect on the general speed of the machine. And, also as far as
I'm concerned, that's the only issue to be concerned about. If
startup is slow but speed is otherwise satisfactory, there's
nothing to be concerned about. If general speed is *not*
satisfactory, that should be a concern whether startup takes 20
seconds or four minutes.
Startup speed and running speed are not necessarily related.
That's the sense in which I mean that startup time is not
important.
> According to what
> MSCONFIG and Event Viewer tells me, there's nothing untoward
> starting
> up other than the usual stuff such as AV & Firewall. This was
> the
> case when it started in 30 seconds! If start up time continues
> to
> increase then not only will I have time to get a coffee but
> also
> breakfast, shopping, brunch and who knows what else. I want it
> to
> start in 20 seconds like it used to and like it would do if I
> was to
> re-install
Your choice, of course. I think you're worrying about the wrong
thing.
> 'Don't make the mistake of thinking that this is necessarily
> something
> everyone experiences'.
> Well, all of my colleagues and friends agree and many people on
> numerous websites agree that it's a common problem. I've also
> run
> many OSs and it seems to have been a problem since Win95. I
> agree
> that it's easy to say 'reformat and reinstall' and that's why
> I'm
> posting this before I'm forced to do that.
>
> So rather than rubbish my post, why not read it from the start
> and
I wasn't trying to rubbish anything, but to give you what I
thought was good advice. If you don't like my advice, feel free
to ignore it.
I came into the thread late, and didn't see all your earlier
posts. And because I don't save already-read messages, it wasn't
easy for me to back and see the entire thread.
> you will discover that I've run all the usual Malware/Spyware
> apps,
> Reg cleaners etc. My AV and Firewall is up to date. I regularly
> check
> MSCONFIG, Event Viewer, Services and now SFC, I clean out Temp
> files,
> Caches etc. I regularly run CHKDSK and Defrag. All of this
> time-consuming s**t I go through just to have a smooth, fast
> computer
> that I can do WORK on.
> Suggestions would be helpful.
Sorry, it's the end of the thread as far as I'm concerned. We
apparently disagree on a number of fundamental issues, and that's
fine with me.
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