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HDD working overtime

  • 06-10-2004 4:06pm
    #1
    musician.ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 230 ✭✭


    So my pooter's performance has gone to hell since I installed ms office. It is constantly hammering the HDD. Running XP with 256Mb ram/p4 2.4GHz/80 Gb HDD with 40 Gb free. I'd rather not rebuild the OS. Any tips on optimising? I need more memory, dont I? :(


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  • #2
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    Ms Office loads EVERYTHING at start up , knock it all off tru Msconfig and only use office when you need to.


    Start /Run type "msconfig" go to Startup/Boot tab and uncheck anything Office related.

    Should be fine then.

    kdjac


  • #3
    Optikus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,415 ✭✭✭Optikus


    Some more ram will see a nice proformance increase also. 512mb is recommended minimum by todays standards.


  • #4
    MartMax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭MartMax


    probably you have some ms office features running in the background...
    like findfast or sthing like that... doing things behind your eyes...
    just my 2 cents... i always customise my office installation...
    rather than having quick or typical installation...
    i prefer to stay away from having too many unnecessary features...


  • #5
    Optikus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,415 ✭✭✭Optikus


    mart_max wrote:
    probably you have some ms office features running in the background...
    like findfast or sthing like that... doing things behind your eyes...
    just my 2 cents... i always customise my office installation...
    rather than having quick or typical installation...
    i prefer to stay away from having too many unnecessary features...


    I also did the same when installing office, just installing the things i needed, Word. so if your not interested in an upgrase then you should either uninstall then reinstall choosing the customise option or do what Kdjac suggested and disable these program from starting at boot up or both.


  • #6
    OfflerCrocGod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,334 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    I remember reading that MS Office loaded up some voice recognition software on XP and that it slowed everything down....and that it was the cause of ghostly goings on in MS Office i.e. typing up stuff it heard. Read this here for more info.


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  • #7
    Redrocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭Redrocket


    msconfig?
    go back to windows 98 :D
    msoffice normally puts crap into the startup folder in the start menu, just delete that. also delete whatever else you find in there that you think you dont need starting up


  • #8
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    stevenk wrote:
    msconfig?
    go back to windows 98 :D
    msoffice normally puts crap into the startup folder in the start menu, just delete that. also delete whatever else you find in there that you think you dont need starting up


    Umm that wont do **** actually, they just shortcuts the programs still load to memory on startup.
    To kill them you have to use msconfig or regedit or more drastically Uninstall :).

    kdjac


  • #9
    Redrocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭Redrocket


    i cant remember ever seeing ms office being started up in the registry???
    where abouts are these startups for it in the registry?


  • #10
    musician.ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 230 ✭✭musician.ie


    Thanks for the tips all. I already tried some of what was suggested, I'll have go at the rest later.


  • #11
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    stevenk wrote:
    i cant remember ever seeing ms office being started up in the registry???
    where abouts are these startups for it in the registry?

    Safe answer is use "msconfig" start run type it in. Unsafe answer that you really shouldnt feck with it is type "regedit" instead. Msconifg/Boot tab is like a GUI for the registries start up. I wouldnt advise changing anything in regedit unless you know what you doing.

    kdjac


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