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I recently bought an old AMD-K5 400 MHz PC with 128mb PC133 for 40 dollars, which was pretty good for not having nothing :) Thing is that I installed Windows XP last night on it and it's running okay I guess. Very stable I must say yet slower then 98, to be honest. The question is, should I re-install Windows 98 SE again or should I stay on XP? If I should stay, is there anything I could set up on XP so I can get better performance? Thanks alot guys. Oh and I'm new here.
"Where there's life, there's hope..." - The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
Running a system like that, uh, I would definetly recommend going back to 98SE. Just not enough juice, you know. If you insist on staying though, one thing you can do to make it run a little better is to turn off all the visual effects. To do that go to my computer>properties>advanced>performance and then click the radio button that says 'use setup for best performance'. Also use msconfig at the run prompt to make sure you dont have more stuff starting up with your computer than you need. That can take a big toll on resources. Really though, probably just go back to 98.
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Hey thanks alot Burger, this really helped alot. Im new with XP so thanks alot. You know anymore things I could do aside from that?
"Where there's life, there's hope..." - The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
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More tweaks .
http://www.subvers.com/technobabble/html/tweaks/access.htm
http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=guide&dId=145&dPage=3
Just like Windows 2000, Windows XP still fails to set the DMA mode correctly for the IDE device designated as the slaves on the primary IDE and secondary IDE channels. Most CD-ROMS are capable of supporting DMA mode, but the default in XP is still PIO. Setting it to DMA won't make your CD-ROM faster, but it will consume less CPU cycles. Here's how:Open the Device Manager. One way to do that is to right-click on "My Computer", select the Hardware tab, and select Device Manager.
Expand "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" and double-click on "Primary IDE Channel".
Under the "Advanced Settings" tab, check the "Device 1" setting. More than likely, your current transfer mode is set to PIO.
Set it to "DMA if available".
Repeat the step for the "Secondary IDE Channel" if you have devices attached to it. Reboot .Enabling DMA in XP .
http://www.blackmaxpc.com/Guides/DMA.htm
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/foru...9/2002/05/1/885
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/storage/IDE-DMA.asp
http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7625
http://www.optorite.com/manual/English/manual/dma.htmProblems enabling DMA in XP .
http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6645http://www.compguysinc.com/techweb/hardware/dma66.shtml
http://www.windowsxpatoz.com/cgi-bin/performance/index.cgi?answer=1036284156&id=1036282433
If the computer persists on having only PIO after reboot even though the hard drive is a flashing super-duper ATA133 and transfer mode set to “DMA if available”, then you have to do the following:Remove the primary device in the device manager and reboot! Voilà, now the harddrive should be running in DMA mode.
Repeat on the secondary IDE channel if necessary.
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Want faster Internet logons via dial-up & you are not networking .
Click on Start > Connect To > right click on the ISP & select Properties .
Select Networking & in the Window > This connection uses the following items:
All you need is Internet Protocol [TCP/IP]
Delete the others .
Ignore the warning message about not being complete . That's OK .
If you ever need to Network , you can add them on again .Important reading .
http://grc.com/su-fixit.htm
http://grc.com/su-bondage.htm==================================
Disable Indexing Services
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=1335
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html
Indexing services is a small program that hogs HUGE amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy . This system process indexing and updates lists of the files on your system, so you can search for them quickly , but it's completley unnessesary .To disable it , go to the Control Panel and click Add or Remove Programs . Click the Add/Remove Window Components . Simply untick the Indexing services and click Next!
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Bill - SnakeCharmer
Wait . . . The link below may interest you. There's good tips for Optimizing XP on slow PC which is Pentium II 400mhz 128mb RAM.
Read it.
http://forum.tweakxp.com/forum/forum_posts_view.asp?TID=4559&KW=slow+pc
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Hey thanks alot! Im doing all that right now. One question though. You said to uninstall all that stuff on Network: I have this:
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
QoS Packet Scheduler
File and Printer Sharing
Client for Microsoft NetworksShould I uninstall all that and leave just TCP/IP?
"Where there's life, there's hope..." - The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
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Thanks XPuser! Very usefull, believe or not, this is all helping me out.
"Where there's life, there's hope..." - The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
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Just came back to say thanks guys. Everything worked and XP runs very fast now! Thanks!
"Where there's life, there's hope..." - The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
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Once you get the hang of XP Bill , you will find it is lot more stable than 98 .
Here is a better Find tool .
XP Search replacement > Find.zip
http://www.shellfront.org/utils/
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Thanks Johnw. Im pretty much getting the hang of it. Did all the necesary tweaking I guess. Now im pretty stuck with one more problem...this spyware. "DSO Exploit", its incredibly hard to take off. I sent you an E-Mail with a screenshot.
"Where there's life, there's hope..." - The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
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Bill version 1.3 of spybot should fix , here is my ( I use them all ) list
of all to try .Download all & then update , before using .
Remove Spyfiles by using these 5 programs .
Make sure you use the SpyBot/SpywareBlaster/Ad-aware/Bazooka/Swat It >
Online > Update button regularly .SpyBot
http://beam.to/spybotsd
http://www.spybot.us/spybotsd13.exe
http://majorgeeks.com/download2471.html
Editor's Note: The Resident shield in version 1.3 has an issue allowing
certain cookies (Specifically Double Click)when set to notify. If page
loading becomes a problem, right click the icon in the Systray, select
“Resident IE” and either uncheck “Use Resident in IE sessions” or check
"Block all bad pages silently".
Once you have the program installed , open SpyBot and select the "Immunize"
icon on the left & Click on Immunize , in the new page .
Permanently running bad download blocker for Internet Explorer .
Select > Block all bad pages silently & click Install .
Then check the box "lock hosts file read-only as protection against
hijackers".
A Beginner's Guide to Spybot
http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/cc/documentation/security/spyware/Spybot_guide.htmSpyBot lock host files greyed out
If it doesn't have a hosts file you cant lock it, so that tweak will be
grayed out.
Have SpyBot install its hosts file.
http://www.zerosrealm.com/immunizing.phpSelect your download site .
Open Spybot Search and Destroy. After clicking the button that says "Search
for Updates" you will see 5 items near the top of the window, "Search for
Updates", "Download Updates", UniDo(Europe), "Show Log" and "Help". Next to
UniDo(Europe) you will see a "down" arrow. Click the "down" arrow and you
will see download site choices (3 in Europe, 1 in USA and 1 in Australia).SpywareBlaster
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from
ever being installed.
FreewareAd-aware
http://www.lavasoft.de/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
All software offered on this page is free* to download and use and
compatible with Windows 98/ME/NT40, Windows 2000 and Windows XP Home and
Professional.
Download sites .
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=506Bazooka
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/security_2.html
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?17000000037943
http://www.kephyr.com/
Bazooka is freeware and Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP compatible
Click on the files found & you will be taken to a site that will show you
how to remove , either with a program or manually .
It reports on all drives & partitions , so remember to check all these ,
when doing manual remove .
After the Download - It is important to remember that once the installation
of Bazooka is completed , that you should update the File Signatures by
clicking on the Update tab and check for an update .
Make sure you Update regularly .Swat It
http://swatit.org/
Swat It is a Completely FREE program that scans your files for Trojans,
Worms, Bots and other Hacker programs. Swat It can detect and remove over
4000 different Trojan programs plus variants. Swat It was recently
independently tested against popular commercial scanning software and we
were absolutely delighted by the results.
After the Download - It is important to remember that once the installation
of Swat It is completed, that you should update the File Signatures by
clicking on the Update tab and check for an update. All Product and File
Signature Updates are Totally FREE, this means that you will never have to
pay a single penny to get the very latest version of Swat It or to update
the File Signatures.Beware of SpyHunter
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03289/231446.stm
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Pretty sure the latest version of spybot will remove it Bill , have been
doing some research & these links cover manual removal .Keep in touch .
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=15308&st=0&hl=dso+exploits
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?s=f861de99226366b7162835e36dcaff12&showtopic=15308&hl=dso%20exploits&st=15
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=15308&hl=dso%20exploits&st=30
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=15308&hl=dso%20exploits&st=45
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=15308&hl=dso%20exploits&st=60
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Looks like the coolsearchnow or whatever it's called is gone, yet spybot still detects the DSO exploit...but i dont see any spyware around. I solved my problem uninstalling Messenger Plus 3 :)
"Where there's life, there's hope..." - The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
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"spybot still detects the DSO exploit...but i dont see any spyware around."
Hi Bill - SnakeCharmer again,The DSO exploit is a Microsoft bug and they are fully aware of it. There's a fix available. Carefully read/follow response nos. 10, 11, and 12
in this url entitled Spybot keeps finding DSO exploit.http://computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/104837.html
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Howsit goinf XPuser. Allright, I'll try that, thanks alot.
"Where there's life, there's hope..." - The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
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Actually its been on value 3 all the time.....and i still have the exploit.
"Where there's life, there's hope..." - The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
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