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| USING MSCONFIG TO TURN YOUR COMPUTER INTO A MORE STABLE OPERATING PLATFORM: FOR USE WITH WINDOWS 98/SE, WINME, WIN XP HOME/XP PRO (carefull with xp - some applications are crutial!!) START BY RIGHT CLICKING "MY COMPUTER" THEN CLICK "PROPERTIES" THEN CLICK THE "PERFORMANCE" TAB AND THEN NOTICE WHAT YOUR SYSTEM % OF FREE RESOURCES IS. USUALLY IT WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE 50-70% RANGE. THIS IS NOT VERY ACCURATE IF YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN TURNED ON A WHILE AND YOU'VE RAN SEVERAL PROGRAMS, SO YOU SHOULD CHECK THIS FROM A FRESH REBOOT. WHAT THIS PROCEEDURE DOES IS FREE UP YOUR SYSTEM RESOURCES BY BOOTING YOUR COMPUTER WITH ONLY THE PROGRAMS IT "NEEDS" TO RUN. PROGRAMS SUCH AS MSMSGS.EXE (MSN MESSENGER) ARE NOT NEEDED ON BOOT UP, BUT ARE RATHER "OPERATOR" ACTIVATED PROGRAMS. THESE SORT OF PROGRAMS YOU CAN MANUALLY ACTIVATE THROUGH YOUR START/PROGRAM MENU. INSTRUCTIONS CLICK START, CLICK RUN, THEN TYPE IN THE TEXT FIELD MSCONFIG AND PRESS ENTER A "SYSTEM CONFIGURATION UTILITY" WINDOW WILL POPUP, THEN AT THE TOP CLICK THE "STARTUP" TAB. YOU WILL NOW SEE A WINDOW WITH A BUNCH OF BOXES WITH PROGRAMS AND COMMANDS NEXT TO THEM. TAKE OUT ALL THE CHECKMARKS IN THE BOXES AND ADD THESE 3 CHECKMARS BACK IN - NAME: LOADED FROM: COMMAND: SystemTray Registry (machine run) SysTray.exe ScanRegistry Registry (machine run) C:\Windows\scanregw.exe\autorun *StateMgr Registry (machine Service) C:\Windows\System\Restore\StateMgr.exe YOU MIGHT BE RUNNING AN AFTERMARKET VIDEO CARD (LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS THE ABREVIATION/S OF YOUR VIDEO CARD) OR AN OPTIC MOUSE WHERE YOU WOULD LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT SAYS " EM_EXEC " "MOUSE" OR "MOUSE.EXE" AND PUT A CHECK IN THE BOX NEXT TO THOSE. YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME SORT OF ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR COMPUTER TO START UP WITH, IF SO THEN YOU WOULD PUT A CHECKMARK NEXT TO THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. SOME ISP'S HAVE IMPLEMENTED "STARTUP" APPLIED PROGRAMS - MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE BEFORE YOU GO HACKING AWAY AT THOSE CHECKMARKS !!!! ONCE YOU HAVE CHECKED THE REQUIRED BOXES THEN CLICK "APPLY" THEN CLICK "OK" YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO RESTART YOUR COMPUTER FOR THE CHANGES TO TAKE AFFECT, THIS IS WHEN YOU SHOULD CLICK "YES" AND WHEN YOUR COMPUTER REBOOTS YOU WILL NOTICE, BY RIGHT CLICKING "MY COMPUTER" AND THEN CLICKING "PROPERTIES", THEN CLICKING THE "PERFORMANCE" TAB, THAT YOUR SYSTEM IS RUNNING ABOUT 85-96% FREE SYSTEM RESOURCES |
| THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE THAT IS VERY BENIFICIAL TO YOUR MACHINES. PLEASE READ THE WHOLE PAGE BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES. IF YOU EVER SEEN MAGAZINES SUCH AS "MAXIMUM PC" - GET THOSE - THEY HAVE VERY G R E A T INFORMATION ABOUT 'TWEEKING' THE WINDOWS OS GUI (GRAPHICS USER INTERFACE). PC "HOW TO" BOOKS AND MAGAZINES ARE ALSO VERY HELPFULL ! BUT THIS IS WHAT I HAVE COLLECTED AND TAKEN TIME TO SHARE : |
| VIRUS HOAXES ARE USUALLY WHEN YOU GET EMAILS THAT SAY SOMETHING TO THE NATURE OF: "WARNING NEW VIRUS ALERT- THIS VIRUS IS VERY HARMFULL, MCAFEE AND NORTON ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE WONT DETECT IT. YOU NEED TO DO A FILE SEARCH FOR THIS FILE - BLABLABLA.BLA. DONOT OPEN IT, RIGHT CLICK IT AND DELETE IT RIGHT AWAY AND THEN REMOVE IT FROM YOUR TRASH BIN ASAP! BE VERY CAREFULL" THE EMAIL WILL PROBABLY THEN TELL YOU TO FORWARD THE EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. THESE SORT OF EMAILS ARE STARTED BY IGNORANT PEOPLE WISHING TO CAUSE THOSE WHO DONOT KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT COMPUTERS TO BECOME THE WORST VIRUS EVER - THE COMMON COMPUTER USER. ANYTIME YOU GET AN EMAIL TELLING YOU TO DELETE A FILE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A VIRUS, USE A LITTLE COMMON SENCE AND DO A LITTLE RESEARCH FIRST. EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT KNOW THE PERSON THAT SENT YOU THE FILE, THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO SENT IT TO THEM OR THE PERSON BEFORE THEM. SOME OF THESE FILES THAT THESE SORT OF EMAILS TELL YOU TO DELETE ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED BY WINDOWS AND REMOVAL OF THEM WILL MORE THAN LIKELY CAUSE SOME PROGRAMS NOT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY OR NOT RUN AT ALL. SO NEXT TIME YOU GET ONE OF THESE EMAILS - DO AN INTERNET SEARCH FOR THE SO CALLED VIRUS. ON THE LINKS PAGE I HAVE COMPILED A FEW ANTI VIRUS SITES THAT HAVE VERY DEFINED TOPICS ON "VIRUS HOAXES" AND EVEN HAVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE EMAIL MIGHT LOOK LIKE. REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARE UPDATED !!!!! |
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| KEEP YOUR COMPUTERS AND YOUR SOFTWARE UP TO DATE. THIS CANNOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH!!!! ONCE A MONTH YOU SHOULD TAKE TIME OUT OF YOUR OH SO BUSY DAY AND CHECK THE MANUFACTURER'S SITE OF YOUR HARDWARE FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES. DOING THIS WILL ENSURE YOUR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO TODAYS STANDARDS. JUST BECAUSE YOU "JUST BOUGHT" SOMETHING DOESNT MEAN THAT ITS GOING TO HAVE ALL THE "NEW" SOFTWARE AND PATCHES. LOTS OF TIMES MANUFACTURERS WONT KNOW WHAT PROBLEMS TO FIX UNTIL THE PRODUCT HAS REACHED THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND BEEN USED ON A WIDE VARIETY OF COMPUTERS WITH DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS. SOME KEY THINGS TO KEEP UPDATED ARE : 1) OPERATING SYSTEM DRIVERS (WINDOWS, NETSCAPE, UNIX, LINUX) 2) GRAPHIX DRIVERS (DIRECT X, GRAPHIC CHIPSET, GRAPHIX CARDS) 3) PRODUCT UPDATES (ART PROGRAMS, ANTI VIRUS PROGRAMS) 4) GAME PATCHES (NEW RELEASE PATCHES, DIFFERENT LANUAGE SUPPORT, GAME GLITCHES) 5) HARDWARE UPDATES (NETWORK CARDS, BIOS UPDATES, MODEMS, GRAPHIX CARDS, ROM DRIVES) GOTO THE LINKS PAGE FOR UPDATE SITES |
| ABOUT RAM |
| IF YOUR COMPUTER SEEMS TO ALWAYS RUN SLOW WHEN YOU START TO OPEN MULTIPLE PROGRAMS, THEN WHAT YOU MIGHT BE EXPERIANCING IS THE LACK OF AVAILABLE RAM. THE MORE RAM YOU HAVE THE FASTER YOUR COMPUTERS PROGRAMS WILL RUN. MOST OF TODAYS PROGRAMS DONT REQUIRE ANYTHING ABOVE A 400-500 MHZ COMPUTER TO OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY. RAM IS EASY TO CHANGE AND UPGRADE BUT CAN BE QUITE COSTLY FOR CERTIAN TYPES (NEWER COMPUTERS REQUIRE NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE CARDS), BUT OLDER COMPUTERS (P3 AND LOWER) USE A MORE COMMON TYPE. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF RAM YOU NEED BEFORE YOU BUY IT - SOME STORES RETURN POLICIES WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO RETURN RAM UNLES IT IS PROVEN TO BE DEFECTIVE FROM THE FACTORY AND WILL NOT HONOR EXCHANGES. |