[dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster

Hi Rocky,
Besides all the good suggestions previously posted you might turn off some
of the glitz in the XP interface (you can try it and turn it back on if it
doesn't help).

Control Panel
System
Advanced
Performance | Settings
Adjust for Best performance | apply

You can turn individual items back on if you wish - I generally turn on:
"Smooth edges on screen fonts"
"Use drop shadows for icons on the desktop"

John B. 

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin -
Beach Access Software
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:55 AM
To: dba-tech
Subject: [dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster

Dear tech:

My laptop doesn't run as fast as I thin it should (who's does?).  I recall
vaguely some tips about things that can be turned of in windows that tend to
bog things down.  Some kind of logging, or indexing, or audit trailing, or
something.

Anyway, if anyone has any hints I'll give them a try.  It's a 64bit Athlon
processor running with 512MB RAM and WXP Home.  Seems to be doing a lot of
disk swapping when starting or terminating programs.  Also slow startup when
changing user accounts.

Any tips appreciated.

Best,

Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
http://www.e-z-mrp.com
858-259-4334
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