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ffej
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 22 Jun 2004
Posts: 595
Location: Kurrajong, NSW
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Im assuming your running Windows XP here . . . . IF it were me, I wouldnt be running windows unless I absolutely had to . . . . but this stuff could help:
Make sure you have installed ALL of your drivers . . . if its a PC with one of intel's new chipsets (eg 915P) make sure you have the intel application accelerator installed. Check what system services your loading at startup, use a guide like the one found at http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/xpprofiles.htm . Keep in mind you can screw your system up if you remove something you shouldnt have.
At this early stage, there shouldnt be any programs started at boot, or anything in your prefetch folder, but you might as well check anyway. Check it with Start >> Run >> type "msconfig" and run it for the programs, go to the C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch and delete anything in there, its safe to do that. nothing will die. For any other things I need to know more about your system, the hardware, what drivers are / arent installed etc . . . . you could use a program like SiSoftware's Sandra to get a hardware summary.
As for the overclocking, the same as above, only thing I can suggest is that if you do, do it with a software program, not in the bios, unless your like me and constantly have the cases off the side of your PC with easy access to the CMOS reset pin, which you'll need to use on several occasions . . .
Download a program like FanSpeed and monitor your PC's temp, if its getting to about 65^o C under load (processors tend to melt at about 80^oC), drop your overclock a bit. As a general rule dont exceed more than 110% of your original clock speed without a third party heatsink fan (some of the new intel HSF's are an exception) and dont touch the V-Core voltage unless your sure you know exactly what your doing, or you could end up with a case of Sudden Northwood (or prescott) Death Syndrome (where the micro just dies) or a more dramatic death involving smoldering silicone . . . . _________________ Jeff Ferrara
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Valen
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Posts: 4436
Location: Sydney
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generally when you format and re-install the computer will get *much* faster
when i say format i mean exactly that, back the stuff you want up onto CD then boot of the XP install CD and tell it to *format* the drive
that will totally and irrecovably erase the entire contense of the drive.
then you go on to install windows again
now before you do this if you arent behind a firewall you should go and get XP service pack 2 and put it on CD, install windows, then apply SP2
only after this point can you connect the computer to the internet
an unpatched XP install has a lifetime of 17 minutes online at the moment before it will be infected with something.
then go to windows update and do the critical updates
then it'll want to reboot
then go to windows update again
rinse lather and repeat
(note you may ommit patches for IE at the moment (reccomended for advanced users) but do *not* visit any sites other than microsoft)
next go to http://www.mozilla.org/ and get their internet suite (firebird and whatever their email thing is)
There are some security flaws in it but it presents a much smaller target than IE. Use that wherever you can, basically you only "need" IE for internet banking (and you can fake your way out of that too)
now you have that out of the way go about getting drivers for your computer. Start with your motherboard if you got a driver CD then its probbly good enough.
then do video and sound (you may want to do video first so you can see some of the websites)
Then go back to windows update, install direct X9 and you will probbly want windows media player. currently there is no real need for .net.
lastly install the latest version of IE (again from windows update) (you can do this in your spare time)
reboot and re run windows update, always running all critical updates.
scan through the "windows" section (where DX9 and media player etc are listed) and theres things like root certificate updates, get them.
you wont hurt your computer by installing any of them. but do you really need that swahili language pack? no so dont get that.
if you install office. go to office.microsoft.com and find office update or somehting simmilar and go through their cycle.
you might want to considder open office instead. its not "quite" as good as microsoft office but hey at least its free, and its actually not that bad. (works ~90% with office.)
if you want to unfuck a computer thats how,
to keep it unfucked *dont* just click on anything that pops up on the screen
dont run programs you get from porn sites (wtf did you think would happen anyway?)
dont run files you get in email they are viruses.
nobody wants you to look at their webcam and chat /w them
basically believe that 90% of all things that say they are human contact are crap and are trying to rip your computer off so that these people can get paid to f*** with other peoples connections and spam.
I dont run a firewall or AV, I do run telnet, ftp, IIS, MySQL and other servers on my router (I do periodic virus scans with symantecs online scanner, www.symantec.com , security response , check for security risks, (noe you must be running IE) and I haven't ever been infected with anything.
the 2 most important rules are
Dont click *anything* unless you know for absolute certain what it is going to do.
visit windowsupdate.microsoft.com as often as you would like to get laid.
amen
oh 98% of all emails telling you there is a virus and all you gotta do is x to get rid of it or whatever are a *HOAX*
if you want to start a usefull chain letter send something like this around.
personally i'd title it "unfucking 101" but thats not very PC and also it would lead many people to completley and utterly root their computers, but hey that aint so bad, they shouldnt have em in the first place.
can ya tell its about 3:00AM? _________________ Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets
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