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Started by Kairi September 21st, 2003 3:59 PM
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Wow! they have some sheap broadband.. Umm, is the $7 dollar a month good? Is seems really cheap!
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Cheap is not always better though... Common Sense!

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I am stuck with it also, but a faster processor and memory will always make your page viewing faster, though.

Edit: I made a typo... o.o

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I know.I hate dial up! Maybe in a few months my mom will buy dsl MAYBE! It was one of those things with parents!
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Well, Yets get off that topic, okay? ^^;

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I know.I hate dial up! Maybe in a few months my mom will buy dsl MAYBE! It was one of those things with parents!
Get them to start viewing music and video that websites have and see how fast they think dialup is too slow.
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I have a Generic 128MB non-pairity that was preinstalled and a PNY 256MB Non-pairity.

Atleast I have more memory now. ^_^

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Bah, pdfs. I don't have Adobe on here at all to read them. How much are their 1 GB sticks?
Kairi, they don't have 1Gb modules yet since the retail value is over $600. New computers now a days have 4 slots so you can put in 4x512MB Modules for a total of 2GB of RAM.

Arwen, generic memory is generally more trouble than its worth since it can cause system crashes (yes, many of the crashes you blame on Windows are the memory's fault), underperform, etc. However, it is your choice and the low price is tempting. You should really consider name brand memory in future memory upgrades.
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Darn! You guys have more memory than me!!!! I only have 386MB!!!! :-|

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I'm nopt shure.. I think i have like 600....
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One thing that bugs me when kids take snapshots of their computers desktops is the sheer amount of things in their taskbar eating memory. I imagine most kids download so many things over time and have so much running all at startup, which is the reason they complain their computers slow. http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm is a great way to find which services in Windows XP to turn off. Not exactly for the amateur, but its not rocket science. This can really help speed you up. Get Ad-Aware and run it once a week or so, clear up that PC of all the junk. I clear my prefetch and temp folders once in a while too.
http://www.acelogix.com/
Ace Utilities has some nice tools for reg cleaning, tweaking, and cleaning. Its shareware so its a thirty day free trial, but at least use it for that long.
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Well. For me I don't really care about this computer * kicks it * it a xp, but i don't like it. If i get my aunts compaq i will be haoppy! I will keep it good also.
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Oh, I dont. Im just curious about it. 2 GB is plenty even with my page file off, which I might add I havent had a problem having it off.
I haven't had a problem with 1GB of RAM. I have no need for 2GB even if I run the most memory intensive applications simultaneously (if I start programming C# I will probably need 4GB). ^_^

Darn! You guys have more memory than me!!!! I only have 386MB!!!! :-|
Don't you mean 384MB?

I'm nopt shure.. I think i have like 600....
It probably is 640MB.

One thing that bugs me when kids take snapshots of their computers desktops is the sheer amount of things in their taskbar eating memory. I imagine most kids download so many things over time and have so much running all at startup, which is the reason they complain their computers slow. http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm is a great way to find which services in Windows XP to turn off. Not exactly for the amateur, but its not rocket science. This can really help speed you up. Get Ad-Aware and run it once a week or so, clear up that PC of all the junk. I clear my prefetch and temp folders once in a while too.
http://www.acelogix.com/
Ace Utilities has some nice tools for reg cleaning, tweaking, and cleaning. Its shareware so its a thirty day free trial, but at least use it for that long.
When I started with computers I had a million and 1 things running under Win98. A utility for the time (the systray clock wasn't good enough for me), 2 virus scans, a firewall, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, etc running. The computer was painfully slow at 350MHz. To make things slower, when I first got it, it had 64MB of RAM which made the computer constantly swap to the 5400RPM 8.4GB HD. I put up with it but the blue screens occured 2-3 times a day for me. Probably since I installed an LS-120, Network card, and HD while Dell put in their computers the lowest Watt PSUs to save money. Low Wattage PSU + More components = Not enough power = System crashes. I didn't know any of this back then either. The computer was so unstable that looking at it the wrong way would make it crash. Everytime my mom walked into the room it crashed. ^_^;;

However, the upgrade to Win2k + NTFS helped speed things up 3 fold and by then I was starting to learn I didn't need a million and one things to start so that also helped. I still got BSoDs due to the fact that the PSU couldn't supply the computer with enough power but they were less frequent. Much less frequent. :D

Anyway, I've learned my lesson and my new computer is as solid as a rock. :D
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Well, theres 1 lesson I learned. Never use Windows 98! ^_^

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Well. I have a windows xp, 1.1 something...
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Wow! How can I buy more ram?
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What about using Windows 2000 Professional? Windows XP is after all based on it... ME keeps forgetting settings. I went to Windows XP again.

Alyssa, I insist you go and buy Microsoft Virtual PC 2004. It's cheaper than VMWare, and features USB Support (don't they all?), up to 4 GB of RAM allowed on each Guest OS, has become stable and fast, four network adaptors for each PC and more.
I already spend enough money on Virtual Machine Software and..... I don't want to buy anymore microsoft products except OS and Office.

BTW: vmWare supports more than 4 adapters and I think it supports up to 4 GB... but probally the new verson won't have that freature for windows. Also, more than 4 harddrives... and supports scsi...

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I don't understand why you all spend so much money o your computer.DOn't you do other stuff than just sit on your computer all day. No ofense...
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Well, I have to upgrade my computer... I need to get things faster and stuff... well basicly, a computer is a tool... not a toy after all.

Anyways... forgot to mention..

Techology is very powerful, very subductive, and very addictive... (just like ciggerettes but you are physically addicted to it.) People in the world that uses techology becomes very dependent to it and when a problem comes up, it becomes worse!

:P

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