Great thread! I actually have a question now. I always format my computer like once every 2-3 months. [b]Is this unhealthy for my hard drive?[/b] My computer seem to ran slow now these days. I need to clean my hardware, but my video card is having problems. If I clean it, I have a hard time making it work again. GRRR!

Thanks for the tip! So formatting is good after all. I was just afraid I might be ruining my hard drive by formatting it often. Hmmm... are you referring to the CPU usage? The highest I got was 90+ from "[i]System Idle Process[/i]". Any idea what that means? [img]http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2443/1111hh7.jpg[/img] I was able to view "[i]Event Viewer[/i]". But I need to understand some stuff mentioned there. It's been a year since I took my computer to a PC-shop for upgrade. The last time I cleaned my video card was 2 or 3 months ago. I clean it with an eraser hehehe. I guess I might have to try and clean it again.

Last edited by Padme (2007-06-05 14:16:55)

Hmm.. I tried to terminate [i]"System Idle Process"[/i]. But it says something like "[i]Unable to Terminate Process[/i]". That [i]"ScanningProcess"[/i] was part of ZoneAlarm, I read it somewhere. Thanks for the tips and advice. By the way I merged your posts, hope that's okay. Thanks again!

^ Yeah and that is why I should be upgrading my memory. I've only 768 of memory, I'd have to get a bigger memory preferably, 2Gig. I probably need a new [i]Processor[/i] too to go w/ that, my processor is old <P4 from 2001!>. And sadly I can't afford to defrag my PC, as I'm using the computer all the time. I plan to upgrade my hardware soon.. so hard to keep up with new technology. Thanks for the links Ken.. they might come in handy.

^ Ken just saw the links! Thanks they'd be really useful I'm sure. I'm checking one now.

[quote=senyorito21]Hey.. got some question here... Is it safe to hack the voltage of my computer to speed it up...?? Hmm... I tried it and seems working but I dont know if its safe?? I wish it will not cause any damage to my motherboard??[/quote] I think you may be referring to overclocking.. you may need to exercise caution there especially if your PC is not newly installed.. If you try to overclock a PC that is already installed, you may get some Windows errors upon bootup. There's fixes available but I wouldnt even encourage you to get there. [quote=Padme]Hmm.. I tried to terminate [i]"System Idle Process"[/i]. But it says something like "[i]Unable to Terminate Process[/i]". That [i]"ScanningProcess"[/i] was part of ZoneAlarm, I read it somewhere. Thanks for the tips and advice. By the way I merged your posts, hope that's okay. Thanks again![/quote] Right, System Idle Process is not really a "true" process. It's the amount of "inactivity" that your system has. The higher it is the better for your overall system performance. Also , 768M Ram isnt bad at all.. one thing you can check is your available swap space .. its normally in the Advanced Tab of your System (from control panel) .. If you have enough disk space, try to pad that more .. Swap space is dynamically used by windows to load/unload applications to/from memory. Swap space really is just another "file" in your OS . Which means, you need to ensure that the drive where your swapfile resides will never run out of space. So.. as a good habit, try not to run out of space from your drives, if you do, you can get into wierd performance issues. Thanks for merging.. no probs at all..

Last edited by Padme (2007-06-07 09:09:54)

hmm.. kabuteman.. can you give me some advices to speed up my PC in a safer way?? hmmm.. Im doing the basic ways.. fixing registry error, cleaning up temporary files,scanning viruses and spywares.. optimizing settings, defragmenting, turning off unnecesary softwares at startup ex window blinds... bla-bla-bla... Is this enough?? heres my system info: pentium 4[R] 1.7Ghz Maxtor(Hard drive) 40G RAM 256M ECS motherboard.. Geforce2 MX/MX 400 Can you recommend me other devices that will speed up my PC but in a lower price?? and last one, can I install windows vista into my computer even though my RAM is only 256m?? The recommended RAM size is 1G?? nweiz thx dude... sorry bout too much questions

senyorito, yep.. 256M can be too limiting .. this means you will need to triple at least your swap (paging) space. Since swap is on disk , you don't want to use swap for your memory operations, else your system will be doggedly slow. Your specs are ok except the RAM .. So try to upgrade that to at least 512M or higher. I havent really tried vista on a 256M ram box, hard to make a comment. Try Linux! haha .. no kidding.. you will experience a much more faster machine and better use of hardware resources .. it can be limiting though since you cannot make use of windows games, and other software. So , I suggest setting your machine in dual boot. If you just plan to browse the net , go linux .. if you want to use windows , you can still boot up to it. Also, depends really what kinds of apps are you using for your system, one way to improve system performance is to turn off those "unwanted" programs that gets started upon bootup. You will normally see these in the Startup folder or at Control Panel ---> Admin tools ---> Services (this is for win2k) hope this helps you

nice thread kabute. actually. i have a question. Why Everytime Im Using My Photoshop It Decreased The MB of my computer. wat a heck. and it runs so slow.