Terry
Tue Aug 19 14:46:04 PDT 2008
Many thanks Gerry. I will have a go at all of this shortly!
Terry
"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Terry
>
> Using any registry cleaner is a mistake.
>
> Create more free disk space. Move photographic archives elsewhere leaving
> more space for those you are currently working on. May be adding a second
> internal hard drive might be possible or otherwise invest in an external
> removable drive.
>
> Other ways to free disk space. You should have at least 20% free.
>
> If your drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
> your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of
> your C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows
> folder typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$
> etc. These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed
> the text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not
> compressed you can compress them. Right click on each folder and
> select Properties, General, Advanced and check the box before Compress
> contents to save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount
> gained by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder
> compression is only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
>
> The default allocation to System Restore is 12% on your C partition
> which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right click your My
> Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore. Place the cursor
> on your C drive select Settings but this time find the slider and drag
> it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get to the
> Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
>
> Another default setting which could be wasteful is that for temporary
> internet files, especially if you do not store offline copies on disk.
> The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
> offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
> select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files,
> Settings to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days
> history is held.
>
> The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. Change to
> 5%, which should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor
> on your Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and
> move the slider from 10% to 5%. However, try to avoid letting it get
> too full as if it is full and you delete a file by mistake it will
> bypass the Recycle Bin and be gone for ever.
>
> Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
> Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
> select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
> More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
> Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.
>
> Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System
> Information, Tools, Dr Watson and verify that the box before "Append to
> existing log" is NOT checked. This means the next time the log is
> written it will overwrite rather than add to the existing file.
>
> The default maximum size setting for Event Viewer logs is too large.
> Reset the maximum for each log from 512 kb to 128 kb and set it to
> overwrite.
>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
>
>
>
> --
> Regards.
>
> Gerry
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>
> Terry Bennett wrote:
>> My laptop (a Sony VAIO) is 3 years old but, during the past 2/3
>> months has become increasingly slow. The boot sequence takes c 5
>> minutes from switch-on to the time when the egg timer finally
>> disappears and a lot of the programmes seem to have slowed
>> noticeably. I work quite a bit with digital photographs and often
>> have to review maybe 1,000 shots in a folder using the 'slideshow'
>> option, deleting the ones I don't want to keep as I go along. This is
>> particularly ponderous as:
>> - although the window opens OK, it takes ages for all of the thumbnail
>> images to appear
>> - when slideshow is selected it can take several minutes for the
>> first image to appear
>> - when pressing delete, the 'are you sure' dialogue box takes ages to
>> appear and, after pressing yes, the next image can take anything up
>> to 30 seconds to materialise
>>
>> I did try disk clean-up and de-fragmentation. The latter told me
>> that I have just 6% space (c 2Gb) remaining on the C drive so de-frag
>> might not be fully effective. I ran it anyway but it didn't seem to
>> have much effect.
>> Somebody suggested that the registry might need tidying up and
>> recommended RegCure. I downloaded this and it found over 1,000
>> 'errors' which have now been put right. This seems to have improved
>> things a little, but not dramatically.
>>
>> Could the problem be related to the lack of space left on the C drive?
>>
>> Any guidance will be appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks.
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