Posts Tagged ‘speed up the process’

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Slow Computer Browsing Issue SYMPTOMS: If you have a multihomed or multiple-transport computer, the browse process can be slow. This behavior can occur because of the following scenario: If the browser client is trying to locate a browser server on each network card or transport, it waits until it either one receives valid information or times out on each endpoint before returning. RESOLUTIONS: 1) Use fewer protocols or network cards on a computer. 2) Disable NetBIOS on the interfaces that client will not use. 3) Having a browser server available on all endpoints will speed up the process. 4) Stop Master browser on W2K/XP clients by using net stop browser. 5) Ensure that WINS is available for TCP\IP networks or enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

Slow backup – it takes a 5MB/min to backup remote computer

Always check the NIC settings when you are experiencing backup slowness. Specifically, make sure that your switch or hub can handle NIC full duplex settings.

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Speed Up Your Computer With A Registry Change

Speed Up Your Computer With A Registry Change

In my last post, I talked about one way in which you can speed up computer performance by disabling the User Account Control warning messages found in Windows Vista and Windows XP. The change to the registry setting doesn’t speed up the processor in any way, but instead eliminates delays and interruptions. On the negative side, disabling the messages leaves you open to engaging in actions that are possibly dangerous to your computer.

Today, I have another registry change that will speed up your computer by eliminating a delay. Once again, I don’t advocate editing the registry if you’re a complete novice when it comes to using a computer. Editing the registry is highly effective at changing the behavior of your computer, but it makes the changes you ask for immediately, and there’s no way to “undo” what you’ve done short of restoring an unchanged copy of your registry.

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  • chong: Alongside slimming the startup list, also run a diskcleanup. After that a full defrag will help speedup...
  • Eric Hollis: I have no doubt that breaking the symmetry of treating all icons (desktop or not) as windows would...
  • Nancey Haag: After that my machine performed MUCH better. I know this shouldn’t make a difference, but it was...
  • Jacob Bowles: “Well MacOSXHints has it wrong. Sorry guys, what is slowing down your machines is the size of the...
  • Daryl House: To do this set up a cron script to automatically delete it every night at around 2 am.