Dwaine, can you send me a copy of Windows 2000? I have a good serial number, but no disk. I need it for an old computer. Barry
Dwaine- I have four older computers - all PII's I think. The slowest is a 500 the faster might be a 700? Anyway, the memory is maxed out on them at between 256mb or something. I was running win 98 (1st release) on them, and needed at least win 98SE to run the new programs I bought for testing. I installed XP on them, and it just sucked up all the resources. The machines don't run fast enough to use the serial port clicker device that is required for testing. The device measures reaction time, and it keeps telling me an error message stating that the results are inaccurate. The manual for the software says to increase the processor speed, add more memory, ect. I have already killed the virus software, and that helped. I also turned off all unnecessary programs. I works OK, but just a little boost would make it fine. I was told that win 2000 is stable and doesn't require as much memory. I use these computers for AD/HD testing, and one is a server. We just use the server for the phone system, so it doesn't have to be much of a machine. Minimum requirements for the program according to the specs is P133 and 128 MB memory. It says "or better" of course. I just thought 2000 might fix the problem. Am I think straight? And yes, I actually have three nice computers. I bought some used Dell computers that were already in the new building, and wiped them clean and installed XP on them. All are doing great. I just don't want to put a bunch of money in new computers for testing when all they do is that one function. Barry
wrong 2000 is the first build of longhorn, uses same resources. take HD from old PC's have them put on one external hard drive, use with new PC
Take out unessential XP services, lots of resources can be reclaimed. NOTE You are doing this at your own risk, but its all temporary. if you lose any important services, go back to the config area and set the type to Automatic, it will be back on the next reboot. If you are unsure, check them 1 or 2 at a time and observe the changes after rebooting. Always make a full 'System Restore' backup first, in the event you disable a critical service, you will need the backup, in worse cases, you will need to reinstall XP, but that hasnt happened to me yet. HOW> Right click on My Computer, then choose Manage then in the window goto Services & Applications>Services. In the list on the right you can check each item (read its description) to disable right click on the item, then goto properties, in the popup window for it, press Stop, then set Startup Type to manual Some examples: If PC is not on a network/the internet then you can potentially disable: Server Workstation Telephony TCP/IP NETBIOS Helper Network Connections Wireless Zero Configuration (if you're not using any wi-fi) ICS/Firewall Security Center Webclient Terminal Services (**) Remote Access Connection Manager Remote Registry (**) DNS Client DHCP Client (** these can be disabled for better general security as its not needed for casual users) (WARNING This will severly cripple XP, your PC may start to hang at shutdown, requiring manual power/reboot) Optional Extras: Print Spooler ( Printer page buffering ) Plug and Play (guess) Help & Support (what shows you help screens when you press F1, but we all know what we're doing most times) Error Reporting Service (no more annoying 'this program has failed now send a message prompt') Indexing Service Event Log Check out a program called XPlite too, it helps strip out a lot of crap from XP.
I REALLY hate Computers. My machine at home got a virus. It went right around my virus scanner, and loaded itself. The virus scanner was screaming the whiole time, and could not stop it. I know the file that needs deleting, but I can't delete it. Every tiome I boot it makes a new copy of itself under some weird name like gskaaaded.exe. I boot up in safe mode, and it still won't let me delete the file. I run "Hijack this" in safe mode. I check all files and hit fix. On a rescan, the program is right back running. I can't delete the damn thing because it is running in memory, and I can't shut it down. Can I boot to a DOS prompt and delete it? It has been forever since I fooled with DOS. What is the command line? Also, isn't there a command line that will fix a bad boot sector? Like "fixboot" or something?
You got the FU trojan? LOL. You can clean it off, just ship it to me, just remove any offensive porn first...... :
What? Ship the whole harddrive? I don't do porn, so nothing to clean. Well, there is that one clip of Sadaam swinging on the gallows, and the one where the Iraqi insurgents get blown to pieces by a Blackhawk gatlin gun....I guess that is porn to some.
I'll call you later today. I am pretty sure that you are not awake at 7:00AM Just a thought here - I'm not really as computer illiterate as I act. I can usually do what I have to to get things fixed, but this virus is a bitch. I have the location in the registy, but it won't let me delete the key. I have booted in safe mode, and tried to assign the administrator rights to the key, and it still won't delete. The key is permanently locked. Killbox finds it, but can't delete it. Hijack This finds it, can't delete it. I tried the "delete on startup" way, and everything else. Quite a bitch. My virus software says to go to a clean computer and make a disk, then do other stuff that I have no clue what it means. I am really close to a c: format. It probably would do the system good anyway. The file creates a BHO, and it won't die. I am not opposed to using a glass torch.
If you are up at 5:00AM it's to watch your neighbor with your telescope while she gets dressed. Harlan told me the routine. I can't beleive that you paid him to knock on her door while she was in the bathroom.
