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- psykiv, on 05/28/2009, -20/+293Daft Punk?
- Cojawfee, on 05/28/2009, -3/+229Please don't turn on drive compression. That is one of the worst features of Windows and if you bring your computer anywhere they will just turn it back off.
Just buy another hard drive, they are cheap and you don't have to worry about waiting for files to decompress. - sourceholder, on 05/28/2009, -1/+192Single page + no ads:
http://www.maximumpc.com/print/6436 - inactive, on 05/28/2009, -12/+191"Just as you vacuum out the dust from your refrigerator’s condenser on occasion (you do that, right?)"
Uh, no. First time I ever heard about that one. I should probably do that...
And a few things in this article put it at "amateur" level.
1. Cleaning off old unused apps on your machine... affects nothing. Your computer suddenly won't run faster because you uninstall 5 games you never play.
2. Never EVER compress your files. What kind of dumbass would put this into "essential steps" and expect to be taken seriously?
3. Multiple pages. Sorry, SEO manipulation articles get buried. You could easily put all 21 steps on a single page.
4. Enabling shadow copy negates the step on removing old unused apps and freeing up space, because this feature takes a lot of free space to even use.
5. "Decrap your drive" - No, just reformat it and put XP back on.
6. Overclocking GPU? First off, if you mentioned "compress your files" and some idiot believes you, you shouldn't be encouraging them to overclock their GPU.
7. Ah, finally, the mask comes off. This article is really an ad for "cloud". Evidence for this is the link at the bottom "For our guide on utilizing the cloud, click here! "
What a waste of time. Buried. - diggan8, on 05/28/2009, -2/+131CCleaner FTW
- karlyguy, on 05/28/2009, -6/+130no mention of HijackThis,
no mention of turning off Messenger service in windows,
and it actually suggests drive compression???
= no digg - Baskinghobo, on 05/28/2009, -4/+117Easy, just delete C:\Porn
- DismantleRepair, on 05/28/2009, -0/+98Have you tried turning it off, then turning it on again?
- Doomsan, on 05/28/2009, -4/+93Buy more RAM.
- PaddyD, on 05/28/2009, -2/+7322. Delete system32.
- dtstuff9, on 05/28/2009, -2/+57I put my porn on another partition just in case windows ***** up.
D:\Porn - DismantleRepair, on 05/28/2009, -1/+56Actually I prefer to bury it deep in the folder structure.
It's the closest feeling I'll get to the feeling of stashing it under my bed, like they did in the old days. - yocouchdigga, on 05/28/2009, -1/+46this guy seems legit...
- iiiears, on 05/28/2009, -4/+48ALL
Install more RAM.
Enable hibernate and suspend.
Use a cleaning kit for your DVD-ROM's lense.
Disable boot from CD/DVD in Bios.
Unplug unnecessary hardware.
Install a RAID Array.$$
Faster Network cards, router for LAN file transfers. $$
GNU
Boot from a fast SSD.
Move your swapfile to a second disk.
Install all updates.
Adjust vm.swappiness and many other settings in sysctl.conf
Force a fsck (remember to umount first.)
Choose a lightweight window manager iceWM, Blackbox, or XFCE.
Choose Ext4 during install.
Disable uneeded services.
WINDOWS
Boot from a fast SSD.
Move your swapfile to a second disk.
Install OS and Hardware updates.
Right click on a drive and select tools filesystem check and defragment..
PageDefrag on boot (Microsoft.com)
Select the simpler faster WIN 95 theme.
Don't select automatically reconnect to network files on login.
Remove unused Browser Helper Objects. (MSIE) or Addons. (Mozilla.)
Deselect unused services. "services.msc" "msconfig"
Unplug unnecessary hardware.
If you have nerves of steel and a few extra dollars should something break.
CPU & GPU Over Clocking:
ATITool - ATI OC Utility
ATI Tray Tools - Great OC/Graphics Tool
nVHardPage - GeForce Tweaker
Nvidia BIOS Editor - BIOS Editor
Overclockulator - OC Calculator
RivaTuner - GPU Utility
PowerStrip - Overclocking Tool
For the owner.
Learn as many keyboard shortcuts as you possibly can. - SniperZero, on 05/28/2009, -9/+51PC != Windows
There was like 4 that didn't apply directly to windows. - Nelagster, on 05/28/2009, -0/+42no dude, you DOWNLOAD more RAM
- protogenxl, on 05/28/2009, -2/+43This on is Better
http://www.najle.com/idaft/ - Vedlen, on 05/28/2009, -4/+39I hope you don't work in IT
- w3ber, on 05/28/2009, -0/+35and then buy more RAM. muhahahah! i'm a RAMANIAC
- CoreyTamas, on 05/28/2009, -1/+35And the point of owning a computer after that would be... ?
- loudnobnoxious, on 05/28/2009, -2/+34Because Linux doesn't run on a PC...
\sarcasm - stylishgnome, on 05/28/2009, -2/+32Windows != PC
- tonedawg2189, on 05/28/2009, -2/+31I'll try that right now tha
- doshindude, on 05/28/2009, -0/+28http://downloadmoreram.net/
- TheMu, on 05/28/2009, -0/+27Makes us.
- GodsTwin, on 05/28/2009, -0/+27Do it.
- Smono, on 05/28/2009, -2/+29Work it...
- phreddo, on 05/28/2009, -0/+27Make it.
- inactive, on 05/28/2009, -0/+24Harder.
- Onion575, on 05/28/2009, -0/+24Better.
- uppedbyhiggins, on 05/28/2009, -0/+23---- Hiding spot ----
Bed:/Comforter/Sheets/Mattress/.Porn/ - Xanias, on 05/28/2009, -0/+21Faster.
- farmerbb, on 05/28/2009, -0/+21Stronger.
- darkNiGHTS, on 05/28/2009, -2/+22It won't let me it says something about operating system protected files. STUPID WINDOWS WHY WON'T YOU LET ME MAKE YOU FASTER!!!1
- kronborg, on 05/28/2009, -0/+20That right there is the single best solution to most computer problems. Seriously.
- paidhima, on 05/28/2009, -2/+211. Removing unused apps can increase performance in small but noticeable ways. Applications may add unnecessary options in context menus that slow down UI navigation, or sit in memory utilizing system resources. Moreover, it's simply good form to clean up your installed apps.
2. Not too much of an argument from me there. For many, windows file compression does nothing but incrementally decrease performance. That being said, for those that are unable or unwilling to add storage space, using file compression on files not accessed in a sufficient amount of time (say, six months like the article says) would have little negative impact on performance but potentially free up large amounts of disk space.
3. Meh.
4. While enabling shadow copy does use disk space, it doesn't negate previous suggestions, as shadowing is a positive use of disk space while unused applications are just wasting the space. Additionally, I didn't see anywhere in the article that a person should use every single suggestion in the list.
5. Reformatting may not be feasible for everyone. Besides, if reformatting were the answer, the list would be one step long: Step 1: Reformat. The End.
6. Again, not every suggestion on the list is for everyone.
7. At what point did linking articles that are related in some way to topics contained in the current article become an advert? Journals do it, newspapers have done it and books do it. Citing external sources and related information is pretty common. - doshindude, on 05/28/2009, -5/+2295% of the world uses Windows, therefore, it's pretty safe to say that PC=Windows (for the most part)
- dsmx, on 05/28/2009, -8/+25good job then over 90% of the world runs windows then.
- schumacc, on 05/28/2009, -0/+17You sir, for all of your diggs and with all due respect, exhibit a vast amount of ignorance. You are wrong on almost every one of your points as others above me have pointed out already. As a PC geek that has had a PC since the first 8086 processor and as 20 year IT professional, I can assure you all of their suggestions were valid to varying degrees
.
1. Removing old unnecessary apps can most certainly, depending on the app, have a huge impact on performance. When I do a favor for a friend and tune their machine, the first thing I look for are unnecessary apps. They can turn on services and background processes that can drag your machine to the ground.
2. The article never says to compress your entire hard drive, only the old unused files. I have been doing this for years and it has been useful in both improving hard drive performance and saving space. Some files do not like to be compressed (like a Truecrypt disk volume) and you can click a box on the file properties to prevent it from ever being compressed if you desire. Do not turn on compression for your entire hard drive though. This is a different setting that definitely is not worth it, but it is NOT what the article recommended.
3. whatever
4. Shadow copying can be very useful for some. If you think it would be useful for you, turn it on. Unless you are working with huge documents, the disk space overhead is minimal.
5. It is so easy to defrag and can provide significant return. What is the big deal? Do it, and do it regularly and it will not take long. Reinstalling XP? Yeah, what a great idea (sarcasm). It may only take me two weeks to get all my apps reinstalled and working properly again. Reinstalling the OS is the nuclear option, not a routine maintenance task like defraging. I bet you didn't eat your vegetables either.
6. What is your beef with compressing old files? There really is not much downside at all. Are you mistaking this with the option to compress your entire hard drive which the article did not recommend?
7. So what? - DemDude, on 05/28/2009, -1/+18Your message was successfully blocked by SmugBlock Plus™
- ConfusedCartman, on 05/29/2009, -1/+18Suggesting another operating system as a solution to improving your PC's performance isn't being helpful, it's just being an *****.
- Velnich, on 05/28/2009, -2/+18I thought this was the best way:
http://digg.com/d1m69o - 1smartguy, on 05/28/2009, -2/+18This former refrigeration tech can't stress to you enough how important it is for you to keep your condenser clean. Use one of these; http://www.appliancepro.com/shop/brush.html
While you brush all the dust off of the coil, run your vacuum cleaner as close to the area you're brushing as possible. You're refrigerator wont have to work as hard removing heat, it will last longer, and it will use less electricity. - dougle, on 05/28/2009, -1/+16sudo apt-get install libdaft-punk
- diggeratwork, on 05/28/2009, -1/+16Thank you.
- TheUngod, on 05/28/2009, -1/+16Pft n00b. Nobody keeps real porn in a folder named "porn." I use "temp" or "backup." To be fair, porn is temp unless it's really good, in which case I want to back it up.
- Onion575, on 05/28/2009, -1/+152) Buy another mac a year later
- jonshipman, on 05/28/2009, -0/+13Unless you don't do anything new every couple of years.
- iiiears, on 05/28/2009, -1/+14 Throwing a PC will make it accelerate at
32 feet per second in free fall.
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Isn't that faster? - byrdboy, on 05/28/2009, -2/+15http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr2JneittqQ
Yes, sir. I believe we have a winner.
(Also, the girl in the video is a great dancer.) -
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