Any real reason Windows operate slower and slower as days go by?

[LOLyourFace]

regardless of what you do!

cleaning the registry, start-up options, defragging, obliterating obsolete restry strings/value, file associations, etc... The only truly cleaning is to format..

This applies to WinXP. Don't say because they suck, please give me some insightful logics behind this.. why?

because i'd hate to reformat my XP and reconfigure everything every 6 months or so. Am I missing something? (i don't think)

 

[pulse8]

It's just the nature of things, I guess.

 

[BooGiMaN]

windows has a built in subroutine that adds NOP commands continuously so that it becomes sluggish over time...so by the time u buy the update anything is faster in comparison

 

[dman]

maybe Memory Leaks. Programs load and unload but don't free up memory... until you reboot and start over..

or, On every install/uninstall Extra stuff on the harddrive that doesn't get cleaned (dll files, etc) or can be included as stuff that loads even though you don't use it.

That said, My XP isn't noticibly slower now than it was x months ago. But I'm not constantly changing stuff...

Also, windows updates/directx/mediaplayer/etc may be using more resources than when you started.

 

[LAUST]

registry bloat

 

[LOLyourFace]

Originally posted by: dman
maybe Memory Leaks. Programs load and unload but don't free up memory... until you reboot and start over..

or, On every install/uninstall Extra stuff on the harddrive that doesn't get cleaned (dll files, etc) or can be included as stuff that loads even though you don't use it.

That said, My XP isn't noticibly slower now than it was x months ago. But I'm not constantly changing stuff...

Also, windows updates/directx/mediaplayer/etc may be using more resources than when you started.

right, what can I actually do? I think I've used all the clean up progs out there (jv cleaner, regcleaner, adware, more)

 

[EyeMWing]

Reformat and make a disk image (Spend the $50 on Ghost - it's a great program)

 

[LOLyourFace]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Reformat and make a disk image (Spend the $50 on Ghost - it's a great program)

does it 100% accurately restore everything to the last setting I've had?

 

[sharkeeper]

does it 100% accurately restore everything to the last setting I've had?

Yes.

The only thing I've found out is a restored machine will lose its trust relationship with its DC. No biggie though.

Cheers!

 

[slycat]

u suck at teh windows!

 

[zCypher]

My XP box works just fine and I haven't done a reinstall in countless months now. You just suck

 

[Cooljt1]

when i first installed xp, the loading bar only went 1 and a half times across and now it scrolls like 7 times across before it loads

 

[Staples]

Well the registry gets filled the more stuff you install and stays even if you remove it. About Windows slowing down, I think it is primarily a myth, I have never noticed such things.

 

[TheNinja]

windows doesn't like it when you download, install, and uninstall like 100 game demos though

 

[kami]

Eh, not such for me...this is the longest single install of windows I have ever had - going on 15 months - and winxp is just as speedy.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Reformat and make a disk image (Spend the $50 on Ghost - it's a great program)

Use a smaller hard drive partition for your operating system and maybe the major programs you use.

Get windows installed, as well as any necessary programs (word, office, spybot, adaware, winamp, etc. whatever you want installed.)

Have a 2nd partition the same size as the first to create an image when all is installed. Then, on a 3rd small partition, put program updates, etc. as they arrive. Then, every few months, restore your primary partition with the image you saved.... then go to the 3rd partition and install all the program updates that have arrived during the few months. Makes it pretty easy.

 

[Zee]

Get Ghost

 

[Howard]

Your CPU has been leaking smoke, hasn't it?

 

[Gyrene]

Just get Gentoo, use Fluxbox as your wm, and use win4linux to run your windows programs...no more problems again.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: dtyn
Just get Gentoo, use Fluxbox as your wm, and use win4linux to run your windows programs...no more problems again.

Kahakai >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fluxbox

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: dtyn
Just get Gentoo, use Fluxbox as your wm, and use win4linux to run your windows programs...no more problems again.

Kahakai >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fluxbox

BLASPHEMY!!!! Fluxbox is pretty and lightweight...Kahakai == teh sux0r (though its better than KDE and GNOME)

 

[Vic]

Win2k Pro doesn't do that

My current install is ~16 months, still as fast as day 1.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: dtyn

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: dtyn
Just get Gentoo, use Fluxbox as your wm, and use win4linux to run your windows programs...no more problems again.

Kahakai >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fluxbox

BLASPHEMY!!!! Fluxbox is pretty and lightweight...Kahakai == teh sux0r (though its better than KDE and GNOME)

BINGBONGWOOEYFOOEY GET IN HERE!!!! HOLD ME BACK, MAN, HOLD ME BACK!!! <lunges for dtyn's throat>

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Any real reason Windows operate slower and slower as days go by?

Bad design, bad users.

 

[BG4533]

Ghost is great. I picked up my copy of Norton Systemworks 2003 w/ Ghost for $9 online. Check the HD forum.