Posted on 10/24/2009 5:58:02 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Cleaning/optimizing your registry can be dangerous. Even if you set a system restore point, you could do irreversible harm to your PC. Be very careful and only delete what you know is safe to delete.
I heard you're supposed to run that particular defrag app. in Safe Mode for optimal results. Have you heard that as well?
Nope, default setup for Windows Scheduled Tasks is empty. No defrags, or anything else, schedules. Maybe the big manufacturers that like to screw up a machine when they set it up like Dell will schedule one, I don’t buy from them, on my machines there’s nothing scheduled. I don’t really think I delete enough stuff to get a performance delay, it’s really back end deletes and fluctuation in swap file size that makes the problem, don’t do a lot of deletes and set your swaps min size properly and it’s a complete non-issue.
bttt
The first thing I do on a new pc is set the swap file to a fixed size and run a defrag that can re-allocate it to the center of the pack where the heads rest. You may be right about the default on scheduled tasks , I deal mostly with branded machines and they all seem to have defrag, windows update etc. etc. scheduled by default from the manufacturers.
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I make sure the swap’s min size it at least 2GB then I ignore it, I never run defrag, I opened it earlier today just to see if there was any automatic stuff, it would be the first time I’ve clicked on it since XP came out. Windows automatic update doesn’t use scheduler, which is one of the main reasons I turn it off, because it just sits there sucking cycles waiting for 2 AM, not many cycles of course but it’s still annoying. Defrag and other things would use scheduler if you want them to run automatically. I do most of my own OS installing, I’ve got a pretty good list of dumb crap to turn off.
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Any FReepers familiar with OpenSolaris install?
I’ve tried to install on an old notebook, but the installation is asking for an admin password.
During the installation, full disk. Not sure why it would need a password if it’s a clean install - and don’t know what the password is.
Any ideas?...
I’d look around the opensolaris website for the password. You’d think it would be “” though right after the install. Dumb.
pfl
Don’t know if you got pinged to this thread but the “Tech Ping” is not here. You might want to ping the list.
Powershell
Sysinternals suite from Mark Russinovich
XVI32 hex editor.
Screenshot captor (donationware)
EF Commander (shareware — Windows clone of Norton DOS Commander)
Autoruns in the Sysinternals suite (now from Microsoft) is way better. Or Startup.cpl by Mike Lin
You only beat me with that advice by like a hundred posts.
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