http://solacelearning.com/2008/12/speed-up-your-windows-xp-computer-in-30-seconds/ Technology coaching & consulting services Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:18:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://solacelearning.com/2008/12/speed-up-your-windows-xp-computer-in-30-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-323 David Schaffer Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:18:35 +0000 http://momelettes.com/?p=50#comment-323 Yes, lots of system tray stuff (Quickr, Plazes, Sametime, Novell Client, Google Desktop, etc.). Also, the 40 series still has the very slow IDE drives that have been a problem with ThinkPads since early days. They finally went to SATA with the 60 series. I know the system will pause whenever I hear the disk drive in use! Screen redraw may be pretty low on my list of slowdowns. Yes, lots of system tray stuff (Quickr, Plazes, Sametime, Novell Client, Google Desktop, etc.). Also, the 40 series still has the very slow IDE drives that have been a problem with ThinkPads since early days. They finally went to SATA with the 60 series. I know the system will pause whenever I hear the disk drive in use!
Screen redraw may be pretty low on my list of slowdowns.

]]> http://solacelearning.com/2008/12/speed-up-your-windows-xp-computer-in-30-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Jess Stratton Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:53:12 +0000 http://momelettes.com/?p=50#comment-322 Hi David! Thanks for posting. The speed increase should be significant due to the desktop refresh and no lag between opening windows. I've found switching programs is faster also as it's not rendering complex title bars, etc. However, thanks for posting your PC's stats - with 1G of RAM on a Windows XP machine, your system should be cruising along quite happily. It sounds like something more sinister is going on. Do you have lots of system tray apps? I'd be happy to help you clean out your system some more, especially if others read these comments and can find use. Hi David! Thanks for posting. The speed increase should be significant due to the desktop refresh and no lag between opening windows. I’ve found switching programs is faster also as it’s not rendering complex title bars, etc. However, thanks for posting your PC’s stats – with 1G of RAM on a Windows XP machine, your system should be cruising along quite happily. It sounds like something more sinister is going on. Do you have lots of system tray apps? I’d be happy to help you clean out your system some more, especially if others read these comments and can find use.

]]> http://solacelearning.com/2008/12/speed-up-your-windows-xp-computer-in-30-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-321 David Schaffer Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:11:57 +0000 http://momelettes.com/?p=50#comment-321 Jess: I was all excited by the possibilities of this really making a difference but, so far, haven't seen much speed up. Does this just speed up desktop refresh or is there more involved? I tested on a ThinkPad T43, Pentium M 1.73GHz, 1GB. Jess: I was all excited by the possibilities of this really making a difference but, so far, haven’t seen much speed up. Does this just speed up desktop refresh or is there more involved?
I tested on a ThinkPad T43, Pentium M 1.73GHz, 1GB.

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