One for people who know what a Cache is
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Hornet_UK
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Hi Dylan,
The first step would be to clear off any old **** that has built up over the years from the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and make sure you have at the very least 20% free space. After that then use the system tools to defrag tthe HDD and see if that helps at all if not then you can start to use the various widgets mentioned in this post.
One thing I would point out though is that if your version of WindozeXP is 32Bit there is no point in increaseing the Memory (RAM), XP 32Bit has max limit of 4Gb.
The first step would be to clear off any old **** that has built up over the years from the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and make sure you have at the very least 20% free space. After that then use the system tools to defrag tthe HDD and see if that helps at all if not then you can start to use the various widgets mentioned in this post.
One thing I would point out though is that if your version of WindozeXP is 32Bit there is no point in increaseing the Memory (RAM), XP 32Bit has max limit of 4Gb.
charles_reed
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Yeah, swap files problem - but only 4Gb RAM on such a non-obsolescent CPU...
How full is the HDD - use disk-manager to check. Suspect that's where your problem lies - burgeoning non-deleted files, down to any number of viruses.
Assume it's the 64-bit Intel and only 2 generations out of date - much more modern than this unit.
Anders_P42
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I built a decent video editing workstation on XP years ago. 64-bit XP with 8GB RAM. I built in a dedicated hard disk for scratch space for photoshop and premier, it makes a good difference to speed as project files and scratch space are on separate physical hard disks. Partitioning one disk is not as effective because read/write head is still moving across same disk.
If the PC has spare hard disk bay, it could be a cheap upgrade.
If the PC has spare hard disk bay, it could be a cheap upgrade.
JumbleDuck
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Some are dreadful - Norton really ought to be counted a virus itself - but in my experience Kaspersky is very effective and uses little CPU ...
... but in that case you may be OK, although virus can spread though USB sticks. Stuxnet, for example, though if you aren't enriching uranium in high speed centrifuges you're probably immune to that one's effects.
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dylanwinter
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I have the separate internal scratch disk
the cpu will only take 4 gig
what can I say
I drive a polo which is a bit underpowered and cheap
I sail an old cvntaur which has seen better days
I run a PC that is old
at least I am consistent
but I screw a lot of miles out of all three
Anders_P42
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Sorry if my post sounded like I was slating your set up. The one I built was for our content creator so budget was reasonable at the time. Try moving your page file to scratch disk and see if that helps, I think page file is one that is not de-fragmented using windows de-fragment tool (as it's a system file). You'll need to reboot, but once file moves it will be one consecutive file assuming scratch disk is empty at the time.
dylanwinter
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no worries
I know that it is time I spent less money on the boat and more on the computer
my daughter got to university and was much in demand because she knew how to edit video
and found that their machines were astonishngly fast compared to the gear I have been using
crunch time as soon as I get this project off this computer
new external drives coming in the morning to give the computer some head room
D
yachtorion
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Not a lot obvious wrong with that Centaur. But are you looking forward to the return of Katie L?
dylanwinter
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there really is nothing wrong with her apart from the pulpit kink - but that is nothing at all
you could drive to scotland stopping at tescos on the way for food and cooking utensils and away you go
the price is high at the moment but now is not the time to sell a boat - I have paid the rent until April so there is no rush to shift her
she is a wonderful boat - I shall miss the space, when the weather is **** I will miss her strength, when it has been raining for two days on a pontoon and I am crouching below in katie L I shall miss the headroom
two rings, decent bog, good lights, great inboard
However, Katie L sails in a fairy breath, I can paddle her when I want, I love the shallow sailing and being able to drop the mast, I love being able to laugh in the face of lobster pots and I love not having to mess with an inflatable
However, if I do the outside of ireland than I am sure I will be tempted to get hold of another boat
and another centaur would not be a bad option - although I fancy a motorsailor of some sort
D
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Melody
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IkP
You need to do a System Restore to the point before you installed the software. XP should automatically have created a Restore point then. You should get everything back then with luck ...
You need to do a System Restore to the point before you installed the software. XP should automatically have created a Restore point then. You should get everything back then with luck ...
Tony Cross
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Or...
The problem with Glary was the registry clean and it will (should) have made a backup of the registry before it did the clean. Find that backup and you should be able to simply double-click it to return your registry to it's pre-clean state.
Never, ever, run registry cleaners. They do no good at all and they often do harm (as you have seen).
I agree with all who have pointed to the hard disk. Slowdown problems over time are always disk related. It's the weak link in computer performance. That's why SSDs are becoming popular - they don;t suffer from the same problems.
Robert Wilson
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No good I'm afraid. XP tells me that there is no restore available - even though it clearly shows one at midday yesterday.
Robert Wilson
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Any ideas where I might find that back-up, please?
Aye, never run registry cleaners - so why is it part of Glary's standard facility, without any warning. Wretched programme.
Robert Wilson
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Any ideas where I might find that back-up, please?
Aye, never run registry cleaners - so why is it part of Glary's standard facility, without any warning. Wretched programme.
NickRobinson
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Another thing to check is your startup and (less significant usually) services items . Lots of peeps want to 'help' you with their bit of coding.
I always start here when asked to fettle old Windows PCs though Dylan's unconnected machine should be less susceptible
Here's an old post of mine for XP how to do it. http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?224291-Laptop-runs-like-a-dog-any-advice/page3
I always start here when asked to fettle old Windows PCs though Dylan's unconnected machine should be less susceptible
Here's an old post of mine for XP how to do it. http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?224291-Laptop-runs-like-a-dog-any-advice/page3
ralphmalph
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I do not use this Glary soft but had a look on their website. There is an option to restore the registry back to what it was before running the so called "Fit It Speed It up software"
The instructions are half way down this page.
http://feedback.glarysoft.com/knowledgebase/articles/394679-registry-repair
agurney
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Presumably it used to work fine in the past, so I suspect all you need to do now is free up all those resources that you used to have.
The likely culprits are things that start running when you boot the machine, for example Google Chrome, Adobe and other update programs.
I use a free tool called CCleaner that's proved reliable over several years for clearing out crud, but there are inbuilt tools in XP that will do the same job.
Run msconfig from the command line and disable programs that you don't want to run at startup.
Run the task manager to view what's eating up memory and CPU, and kill unnecessary processes.
You can also change the size of the cache under My Computer, but if it worked fine before you shouldn't need to tinker with this.
dylanwinter
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thanks for that...
I do need more disk space - and whatever I do in the future I will need it so I am dealing with that with two external 2TB hard drives - as I have to double everything up. KTL now involved quite a lot of digits.
Task manager suggests that premiere is using lots of resources
this machine is pretty stripped out when it comes to junk as it is not connected to the web
I will see what new empty drives does to the performance and then have a look at tweaking the cache
D
ex-Gladys
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Think about separating your data storage from your data processing. The data is precious to you and a bit of effort in securing it and separating it from your laptop/desktop will pay you in volumes. It also allows you to change/rebuild/upgrade your PC without having to go through all the trauma of worrying about data. It's also worthwhile upgrading your OS as new ones come out, because many of the glitches get overcome in later versions.
Rather than just having two 2TB HDD's, you'd be better off buying a 2TB network attached storage (NAS) and mirroring the disks to give you some protection against individual disk failure. That means that any device attached to your local network will be able to access the data (providing you give the right permissions). Most of these devices (Synology, Qnap, Buffalo to name a few) will also give you utilities that will enable you to backup the NAS to another device as an additional pair of braces to your belt....
It's the best sinlge thing I've ever done to my home set up and I don't have the same requirement as yuo to protect the data
Rather than just having two 2TB HDD's, you'd be better off buying a 2TB network attached storage (NAS) and mirroring the disks to give you some protection against individual disk failure. That means that any device attached to your local network will be able to access the data (providing you give the right permissions). Most of these devices (Synology, Qnap, Buffalo to name a few) will also give you utilities that will enable you to backup the NAS to another device as an additional pair of braces to your belt....
It's the best sinlge thing I've ever done to my home set up and I don't have the same requirement as yuo to protect the data