I almost always keep up iTunes, Chrome, and MSN. Everything else I close as soon as I am done with it to keep things going smoothly.
How do you keep your computer running?
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I have so much crap running when I am using my computer, and I hardly turn it off.
In fact I can see I have at least 6 programs running now (on the tray, beyond that there is probably a lot more)
In fact I can see I have at least 6 programs running now (on the tray, beyond that there is probably a lot more)
The machine god hears your prayer and his tech priests are pleased now if you would kindly forward a donation to the following address they will continue to allow your computer to run....TMAN10112 said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one whos immediate reaction to the thread title was to troll it with jokes; it makes me feel like less of a bastard.
Normally as I dont use my laptop for gaming I have only a few programs running-those being Itunes, Firefox and Msn Messenger with occasionaly uTorrent or bbc iplayer/4ondemand running in the background depending on if theres any programs I want to see.
The first thing I'd do with that laptop of yours would be to format the hell out of it and install XP, cut down using nLite, or Lunix if you're feeling ballsy. The default image that comes with laptops is loaded with useless shit that seems to do nothing but cause headaches for me, personally.
Before I defected to consoledom, my PC ran beautifully. I knew the ins and outs of it better than most diagnostic software. At one point, I was able to pick out a dying fan by change in pitch. I'd tinker and play with that glorious machine, making every effort to squeeze a little more power out of it and I would learn from it when it died from my efforts. It taught me a lot, it did.
Of course, when I refer to my computer, I'm talking about the same computer I've had for the past 10 years. Sure, the bits have been swapped out periodically and there's only one component left that I used with my original computer - the power cable, but as either the case or the internals transferred from one incarnation to the next, the soul of the machine carried on.
Before I defected to consoledom, my PC ran beautifully. I knew the ins and outs of it better than most diagnostic software. At one point, I was able to pick out a dying fan by change in pitch. I'd tinker and play with that glorious machine, making every effort to squeeze a little more power out of it and I would learn from it when it died from my efforts. It taught me a lot, it did.
Of course, when I refer to my computer, I'm talking about the same computer I've had for the past 10 years. Sure, the bits have been swapped out periodically and there's only one component left that I used with my original computer - the power cable, but as either the case or the internals transferred from one incarnation to the next, the soul of the machine carried on.
i often try to stay to the minimum. It works on my computer. When i'm on Guild Wars, having even a internet page open (even something as basic as google) will cause incredible lag and sprite dis function.
voodoo magic usually does the trick if that doesn't work i go to sleep,wake up and then it works fine
i don't belive thats the right context to use that quoteTMAN10112 said:
My computer doesn't need motivation, I always have death metal playing.
I'm obsessed with getting the best performance. I run up to 12+ programs at a time but have no idle background programs or unneeded processes running. I uninstalled iTunes because in it's infinitely poor design it runs 3 different processes at all times, even when it's not running.
I'm obsessed with getting the best performance. I run up to 12+ programs at a time but have no idle background programs or unneeded processes running. I uninstalled iTunes because in it's infinitely poor design it runs 3 different processes at all times, even when it's not running.
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ontopic however my computer is shitold. i can't remember when i bought it but i keep it running through a frankenstein contraption of system tweaks and 10Gb of virtual ram. still runs things fine. with background programs usually wmp11, FIREFOX, object dock and rainmeter.
ontopic however my computer is shitold. i can't remember when i bought it but i keep it running through a frankenstein contraption of system tweaks and 10Gb of virtual ram. still runs things fine. with background programs usually wmp11, FIREFOX, object dock and rainmeter.
There's this tube connected to my veins you see, and my blood keeps this baby runnin smoooooth...but only for those unwanted power outages...when the powers on, I just run an extention coard to my neighbors house and pray they dont notice.
My sister gave me an ipod shuffle the other day. She got it free, I needed an mp3 player. If my search for an itunes substitute hadn't been successful, I would have smashed the device with a hammer, rather than install that garbage.Fatalis67 said:
Hooray for poddox!
I use msconfig to remove any miscellaneous applications from opening up at startup. Oh how I hate the Vista startup process. Just make sure you don't disable any important processes for your operating system.
Contrary to what I tell people at work, I don't run any sort of AV/AS software. If I notice my computer is starting to slow down for some reason, I'll just do a format/reload. I've done some scans of my machine, I do filesharing and a whole bunch of other illegal stuff, but the scanners always come up clean.
I really wish Ubuntu had drivers for my network cards and my tablet interface. I'd install that in a heartbeat. FUCK YOU BROADCOM!
Contrary to what I tell people at work, I don't run any sort of AV/AS software. If I notice my computer is starting to slow down for some reason, I'll just do a format/reload. I've done some scans of my machine, I do filesharing and a whole bunch of other illegal stuff, but the scanners always come up clean.
I really wish Ubuntu had drivers for my network cards and my tablet interface. I'd install that in a heartbeat. FUCK YOU BROADCOM!
I save all my music videos and clients to my external drive. the only thing saved to my laptop is Zune, AIM, Firefox and all my writings.
when i go out with my laptop and need music, i have a usb flash drive 8gb with a buncha music on it.
i got my laptop september 21st and it still runs brand new.
when i go out with my laptop and need music, i have a usb flash drive 8gb with a buncha music on it.
i got my laptop september 21st and it still runs brand new.
I still use a PII 333mHz every day.black lincon said:
Just saying.
I keep my PC running at bare minimums. I don't like to have lots of windows open at the best of times so I tend to close tabs and windows and programs. I hate having to deal with a reboot so I keep programs at a bare minimum on that as well. I actually shut down a lot of windows services by default so that I don't have to deal with them. I think the base boot up memory footprint is 304MB of 3GB.
I do have a copy of VMware running in the background at all times as I need a remote access OpenBSD server, so that jacks up the CPU and Memory consumption a little bit, but it's not enough to notice in games. Or otherwise.
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