Re: Very old Copmuter / Removing Programs
- From: "db" <databaseben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:53:28 -0500
you are correct "if" the computer is optimal.
therefore I don't completely agree with your
rationale.
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the o.p.s isn't optimal, thus the reason for uninstalling
programs.
if the o.p's computer was running fine, then there
would be no bother with uninstalling programs and
the inversly the o.p. would install even more programs.
therefore, because my conclusion is that o.p.'s computer
is below par I provided an argument to ken's observation
based on my rationale for "baseline performance"
baseline performance dictates, that if "1" program
is running on a computer,
the computer will be logically faster than having
two or more programs and their processes running.
thus, there is correlation to the amount of processes
running and the amount of resources available.
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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uaqra84PKHA.3540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Robert wrote:.I have old slow computer that I would like to remove programs with
by control panel from add and remove. From control panel When I try to remove programs I don't get the entire program out of the
computers system.
To remove programs would anyone know of a free safe piece of
software that I could download to remove programs with in the
future? Not programs that I have tried to remove unsuccessfully. But programs that will be removed soon?
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:If your expectations are that removing programs will make your
computer faster, that is *not* correct. What you run affects your
speed, not what you have installed.
Two questions for you:
1. What programs are not being removed entirely?
2. Exactly what parts of them are not removed?
db wrote:I disagree.
if the system only has windows
running and if that system has
minimal memory requirements.
the system will run faster with
the above configuration.
In your response, one would gather that you are assuming everything that the OP wishes to uninstall is running during the operation of the machine. One can install 7-ZIP and it will not influence the performance of the machine unless started up and left running. Same goes for Firefox. Similarly for Photoshop. Practically any game (of any type) would be the same.
Now - if the hard disk drive space is low (extremely) and the installed memory is insufficient (not enough to even start up Windows and the 'always-running applications' without dipping into the virtual memory pool) - then your supposition is correct - uninstalling applications to free up disk space for use in virtual memory could speed up the system if the space had been so tight it could not provide sufficient space for the virtual memory it needed. IMHO, assuming the OP is only wanting to uninstall applications that run at all times and/or their disk space is so tight it could be causing the issue I presented is a pretty extreme jump, IMO.
In the end - being an 'old slow computer' that the OP obviously wants to improve the performance of and given their desire to uninstall several things they are obviously having trouble getting rid of - I would suggest that the biggest benefit (if plausible/possible for the OP to do) would come from a clean installation of Windows (XP we assume from location of the posting only) and minimal resident (running actively at all times) applications. Windows XP with Service Pack 3 and most post-SP3 updates (all critical/security at least - IMO IE8, Windows/Office Live stuff could safely be ignored on this machine) and a simple/small AntiVirus application with the latest hardware drivers available would do nicely. Maybe flash the BIOS and throw a little extra memory (RAM) at the computer if it is really that short on resources (being old, it may be - could have less than 512MB memory - and although it can be argued that is enough for some - it can be argued that having 'extraneous' memory, unused at a given point in time, may not necessarily be a waste - as it is possible every so often one might benefit from the extra (maybe 512MB-1GB for Windows XP - especially in this case.))
However - I believe the answer was given to the OP directly for what they asked elsewhere. I will not repeat the answer, as it is easily found and I don't want to imply that I believe it may be right for this poster. In truth - I don't know - as I would need more information (some idea of the hardware specs of the machine - processor speed, amount of memory, amount of HDD space (total/free) - some of the applications trying to be removed from the machine (the ones that have failed to be fully removed, in particular), the OS actually installed, the OPs ability (or inability) to cleanly install the OS/needed applications back on the machine in question if needed/desired, etc.)
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