My computer is just getting slower and slower. Even to start it up in the morning before I even connect to the internet is slow. Is there some way I can check to see if the paths are messed up - sorry, not the right technical terms, I know. It seems to be working way too hard to do routine things like load windows. Would Norton Systemworks help, or can someone suggest something like that to help me. Or is it time for a reformat? Running Windows XP, the computer is only 1 yr old. Thankyou. _________________________________________________________________ Scan and help eliminate destructive viruses from your inbound and outbound e-mail and attachments. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.

Several possibilities often mentioned in the Opera browser forums (http://my.opera.com/forums/: 1. Adware installed from web sites, usually due to using Internet Explorer browser. This junk eats memory and CPU cycles, while sending your browsing habits to the advertisers. See this thread for adware removal programs. I use both Ad-Aware and Spybot. http://my.opera.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=63734&highlight=adware+removal 2. Hard disk becomes fragmented. The disk heads whip all over the disk, taking lots of time and shortening the hard disk life. Use your Windows disk de-fragment program regularly. I run mine while I'm at church on Sundays, or overnight a couple times a month. 3. Slow browser, such as Internet Explorer. Fast alternates include Opera (http://www.opera.com) which is my favorite, Firefox (http://www.mozilla.org), or Netscape (http://www.netscape.com). 4. More obscure possibilities include poorly-written anti-virus programs such as Norton Systemworks (try searching Opera forums on keyword "NOD32" for a better one, or "virus" for others), too many programs running in the Windows system tray, and too many programs running in too little memory. Under normal circumstances, a disk reformat isn't needed, unless some adware program has trashed Windows. Adware removal, de-fragmenting, and uninstalling little-used programs is usually sufficient. I would just try to reinstall Windows, before I reformatted the disk. I haven't reformatted or reinstalled Windows for 4 years. Jim Raehl Joan Cybolsky wrote: > My computer is just getting slower and slower. Even to start it up in > the morning before I even connect to the internet is slow. Is there > some way I can check to see if the paths are messed up - sorry, not the > right technical terms, I know. It seems to be working way too hard to > do routine things like load windows. Would Norton Systemworks help, or > can someone suggest something like that to help me. Or is it time for a > reformat? Running Windows XP, the computer is only 1 yr old.

Have you cleaned out the catch? Control Panel, Internet Options, Under Temporary Internet files click on delete files (and cookies might not be a bad idea either) check off line content as well. Run a system defragmentation? Start, All Programs, Accessories, System tools, Disk Defragmenter, you can run analysis and it will tell you if you need to run the defragmenter. Checked for spyware? I assume you have a current antivirus program. Have you overloaded it with to many programs? You should uninstall any program you no longer use. When my computer starts to get goofy I do the above -- and usually run a scan disc before defraging --- My computer, right click on the the hard drive icon, properties, tools, click on check now, restart your computer for the scan to start. Joan Cybolsky wrote on 10/5/2004, 8:58 AM: > My computer is just getting slower and slower. Even to start it up in > the > morning before I even connect to the internet is slow. Is there some > way I > can check to see if the paths are messed up - sorry, not the right > technical > terms, I know. It seems to be working way too hard to do routine things > like load windows. Would Norton Systemworks help, or can someone suggest > something like that to help me. Or is it time for a reformat? Running > Windows XP, the computer is only 1 yr old. > Thankyou. > >

In Outlook Express is there a way to display email headings only, and not the without opening it? I thought there was a way to just see the headings without displaying the email -- Can I possibly see just the headings without downloading the mail from my ISP at all. TIA Patricia

Thanks for the clear instructions, Joan. I needed to do that all with my computer but having XP now I find it harder to find where things are on the system and how to process. Loudene Tollar ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan L. Asche To: GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Norton Systemworks Have you cleaned out the catch? Control Panel, Internet Options, Under Temporary Internet files click on delete files (and cookies might not be a bad idea either) check off line content as well. Run a system defragmentation? Start, All Programs, Accessories, System tools, Disk Defragmenter, you can run analysis and it will tell you if you need to run the defragmenter. Checked for spyware? I assume you have a current antivirus program. Have you overloaded it with to many programs? You should uninstall any program you no longer use. When my computer starts to get goofy I do the above -- and usually run a scan disc before defraging --- My computer, right click on the the hard drive icon, properties, tools, click on check now, restart your computer for the scan to start. Joan Cybolsky wrote on 10/5/2004, 8:58 AM: > My computer is just getting slower and slower. Even to start it up in > the > morning before I even connect to the internet is slow. Is there some > way I > can check to see if the paths are messed up - sorry, not the right > technical > terms, I know. It seems to be working way too hard to do routine things > like load windows. Would Norton Systemworks help, or can someone suggest > something like that to help me. Or is it time for a reformat? Running > Windows XP, the computer is only 1 yr old. > Thankyou. > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: http://www.cyndislist.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

They sure don't make it easy do they. Loudene Tollar wrote on 10/6/2004, 12:45 PM: > Thanks for the clear instructions, Joan. I needed to do that all with my > computer but having XP now I find it harder to find where things are > on the > system and how to process. > > Loudene Tollar > > >

I have found it a very poor idea to delete cookies. I do a lot of online shopping with my "regular" catalog companies and dept stores, eg Home Depot , LNT, etc. as well as monthly statement viewing of phone bill, electric bill, et al. If cookies have been removed then I must go in and sign up again as a new customer with all these companies......time consuming and annoying!! Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan L. Asche" <jasche45133@aol.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Norton Systemworks Have you cleaned out the catch? Control Panel, Internet Options, Under Temporary Internet files click on delete files (and cookies might not be a bad idea either) check off line content as well. Run a system defragmentation? Start, All Programs, Accessories, System tools, Disk Defragmenter, you can run analysis and it will tell you if you need to run the defragmenter. Checked for spyware? I assume you have a current antivirus program. Have you overloaded it with to many programs? You should uninstall any program you no longer use. When my computer starts to get goofy I do the above -- and usually run a scan disc before defraging --- My computer, right click on the the hard drive icon, properties, tools, click on check now, restart your computer for the scan to start. Joan Cybolsky wrote on 10/5/2004, 8:58 AM: > My computer is just getting slower and slower. Even to start it up in > the > morning before I even connect to the internet is slow. Is there some > way I > can check to see if the paths are messed up - sorry, not the right > technical > terms, I know. It seems to be working way too hard to do routine things > like load windows. Would Norton Systemworks help, or can someone suggest > something like that to help me. Or is it time for a reformat? Running > Windows XP, the computer is only 1 yr old. > Thankyou. > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: http://www.cyndislist.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

You might wish to consider using a password manager like: http://www.roboform.com/index.html There are others available this just happens to be the one I have used for some time now. They do have a free and pro version. Along with all the good cookies there are many, many, many more none important cookies clogging up your computer's arteries -- so to speak. Maureen S Cassidy wrote on 10/6/2004, 12:23 PM: > I have found it a very poor idea to delete cookies. > > I do a lot of online shopping with my "regular" catalog companies and > dept > stores, eg Home Depot , LNT, etc. as well as monthly statement viewing of > phone bill, electric bill, et al. If cookies have been removed then I > must > go in and sign up again as a new customer with all these > companies......time > consuming and annoying!! > > Maureen > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan L. Asche" <jasche45133@aol.com> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:41 AM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Norton Systemworks > > > Have you cleaned out the catch? Control Panel, Internet Options, Under > Temporary Internet files click on delete files (and cookies might not be > a bad idea either) check off line content as well. > > Run a system defragmentation? Start, All Programs, Accessories, System > tools, Disk Defragmenter, you can run analysis and it will tell you if > you need to run the defragmenter. > > Checked for spyware? I assume you have a current antivirus program. > > Have you overloaded it with to many programs? You should uninstall any > program you no longer use. > > When my computer starts to get goofy I do the above -- and usually run a > scan disc before defraging --- My computer, right click on the the hard > drive icon, properties, tools, click on check now, restart your computer > for the scan to start. > > Joan Cybolsky wrote on 10/5/2004, 8:58 AM: > > > My computer is just getting slower and slower. Even to start it up in > > the > > morning before I even connect to the internet is slow. Is there some > > way I > > can check to see if the paths are messed up - sorry, not the right > > technical > > terms, I know. It seems to be working way too hard to do routine > things > > like load windows. Would Norton Systemworks help, or can someone > suggest > > something like that to help me. Or is it time for a reformat? Running > > Windows XP, the computer is only 1 yr old. > > Thankyou. > > > > > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know > them. Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of > defence, other than AV Software, against mail "viruses" > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Joan Have you ever done a Disk Clean up and a Disk Defragmentation Sheelagh Wiles swiles@ozemail.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Cybolsky" <cyjoan9557@hotmail.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:28 PM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Norton Systemworks > My computer is just getting slower and slower. Even to start it up in the > morning before I even connect to the internet is slow. Is there some way > I can check to see if the paths are messed up - sorry, not the right > technical terms, I know. It seems to be working way too hard to do > routine things like load windows. Would Norton Systemworks help, or can > someone suggest something like that to help me. Or is it time for a > reformat? Running Windows XP, the computer is only 1 yr old. > Thankyou. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Scan and help eliminate destructive viruses from your inbound and outbound > e-mail and attachments. > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the > first two months FREE*. > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know > them. Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, > other than AV Software, against mail "viruses" > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >