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Is it smart to set my computer to turn off my hard drive and go into standby? Here's what I'm talking about. I right click on my desktop and go to properties/screensavers/power. What should I set my power scheme as?
Also I notice that when I open up my properties from right clicking on my desktop it's a little slow opening also lot of programs are slow. I defraged and used cleanup to clean my pc of files. Anyone know a way to speed it up? I have 640mb ram so I think I'm safe to say it's not my ram. If you want I'll post a hijack this log. But I'm sure it's clean. |
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Power Schemes=Always on
Turn off Monitor...if not in use....your choice of time. Turn off Hard Drive=Never Standby= Never, as I have know some not to wake up. Its up to you but these are my settings. |
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My settings are the same as Pancake's except I have the monitor set to "Never" as well. I do shut all my computers down at night since our small-town power isn't all that reliable and the beeping of the battery backup wakes me up.
![]() As far as system performance, use the guide on Black Viper's site to turn off XP's unncessary services. Use the settings in the "Safe" column. It's a little tedious but well worth it in terms of better system performance and online security. |
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Thanks Miz and Pancake.
Miz, I use black vipers site and cleaned up my services that I thought I wouldn't use. ![]() It takes 6 seconds to open my properties now. ![]() Last edited by taichimaster; February 22nd, 2004 at 06:43 AM. |
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