Fixed 90% of Windows instability in 10 minutes!

[amnesiac]

For the past couple months, my computer has been totally erratic, taking nearly a minute to open/install programs, view images, and load URLs I get in emails. Couple that with periodic freezes and stutters that continued even when I upgraded from a Celeron 333/500 to an Athlon 750..

Well I took a guess that somehow it HAD to be a MS product causing the trouble. I start my MS elimination by ditching Outlook and installing Eudora. Now not only do I get my mail about 3000% faster but my computer's resources and speed have ENORMOUSLY increased. Huh, look at that.

 

[Lord Evermore]

Everybody knows Outlook is a resource hog.

 

[AfterBurn]

I'd use Eudora too, after seen their latest product if only they could decently import my addressbook... I cant find any humor in correcting 100+ entries after they have been imported and all messed up in the process. I tried, but said forget it.

So if anyone knows how to import outlook 2000 addressbook in a way that all fields end op at the right places in eudora, lemme know.

 

[Looney]

I just started to use Eudora too... anybody have any suggestions on good newsgroup readers (ie, NOT bloated)?

 

[AfterBurn]

As far as newsreaders, there is only one imo: Forte Agent, or its freeware brother Free Agent.

 

[Priit]

That's nothing, I fixed 100% of Windows instability in 30 sec ! Login as "root" -> "fdisk /dev/hda" -> "t" -> "1" -> "82" -> "w" -> "swapon /dev/hda1" Operation must take place under linux. After that you should have 100% stable (read as "non-existent&quot Windows, what was installed on primary partition of the first (IDE) hdd. Sorry guys, guess I'm just in bad mood tonight

 

[Dittohead]

How do you get rid of Outlook? Just delete the folder C:\Program Files\Outlook Express?

 

[subhuman]

Moralpanic

Outlook Express is really fast and has integrated Newsgroup stuff. I don't find it bloated at all, and it's a better product than Eudora.

However, all MS software is intertangled, and messing up one part can tumble a stable foundation. I now use the GHOST software to backup my BOOT partition once I get it just right, and then I can get back in about 10 minutes.