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re: A time lag problem
Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 8:47 am
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Posted by Karla Heidt (38 messages posted)


He didn't do a fresh download of IE6.0. He keeps a copy of the originial download backed up so that if anything happens, he can completely uninstall the program and reinstall with an "uncorrupted" copy.


On Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 8:09 am, gewg_ wrote:
>|A thorough up-to-date virus scan has already been done.[...]
>|A spyware check has also been done.
>| Karla Heidt
>|
>Good.
>
>|the running tasks are: [list]
>|
>As Keiths says, identify **ALL** tasks running on your box
>then kill everything you don't need running AT THIS MOMENT.
>
>|Thorough ScanDisk has been run, Defrag has been run,
>|
>Good. ("Thorough" usually applies to DEFRAG--a *surface* test.)
>
>|Internet Explorer 6.0 has been reinstalled,
>|
>Leaving the gateway open to infections?!
>
>|unnecessesary windows components and other programs have been uninstalled.
>|
>"Installed" has no effect on system speed if they are not **running**.
>The exception would be if you're down to your last bit of disk space
>and Virtual Memory is struggling--but in that case, you'd get a warning.
>
>|There is still a lag.
>|
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1187663795
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re: A time lag problem (gewg_: Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 8:09 am)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-A time lag problem (Karla Heidt: Mon, Aug 20, 2007, 3:07 pm)
-re: A time lag problem (Keith Stanier: Tue, Aug 21, 2007, 5:42 am)
-re: A time lag problem (Karla Heidt: Wed, Aug 22, 2007, 3:27 pm)
-re: A time lag problem (Keith Stanier: Thu, Aug 23, 2007, 5:16 am)
*re: A time lag problem (Karla Heidt: Thu, Aug 23, 2007, 8:43 am)
-re: A time lag problem (gewg_: Thu, Aug 23, 2007, 8:09 am)
*re: A time lag problem (Karla Heidt: Thu, Aug 23, 2007, 8:47 am)
-re: A time lag problem (Jacob6601: Thu, Aug 23, 2007, 7:23 pm)
-re: A time lag problem (Karla Heidt: Thu, Aug 23, 2007, 8:09 pm)
*re: A time lag problem (Jacob6601: Fri, Aug 24, 2007, 4:19 am)
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