hi - Windows memory menager will scale up and down ram memory usage according to avaliable mappable areas - so the more total installed ram memory installed , the more pages will tend to be loaded...

To infarction - seems like your IT dept may have installed security applications that load upon startup but are hidden
although VISTA is renowned for slow booting
To my surprise installing Windows...

it gets worse - current security does not seem to detect and block bad (malware) activeX very well.
you can evaluate yourself via running
RegistryPC utility > scan block bad activex > note list,...

Hi - maybe a removable drive power supply issue - as it heats with use up it fails , so I suggest first check that the hdd is still spinning when drive stops being detected by windows.

If the...

just one other consideration - one must use a u320 ultrawide3? cable to enable full speed for bus
on a pci bus I benchmarked almost 80MB/s sustained, which may not seem much but accesss speed as...

no regarding the pci video device- save your money , your system will have onboard AGP video device that is manually configurable via BIOS setup ,
(DEL or F2 or F10 at system power up - consult the...

o well, none to worry now - woke mine up with a 10k scsi drive

hi - XP pro (retail) setup has usable drivers by default for 29160 family scsi controller cards - I just update driver downloaded from the adaptec site after setup is complete , and after updating...

thanks caperjack for your replies - as it transpires, I took delivery of a 29160n model card and this is fully bootable and has SCSIselect config console (seems the previous 29160i models are not on...

Hello Caperjack - thank you for your advice however I did install windows XP onto the single scsi drive using driver from
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/scsi/u160/ASC-29160/

and using the...

ps - i only mentioned a remote page file in this thread because
with that configuration , one only has to address the c-drive (system files)
which no longer seems such a priority maintenance chore.

I agree - latency is greatly reduced
- also both i/o is controlled by separate host bus adaptors, like an array set.
System performance increase is noticable after launching an application and...

Ok - you did quote info , brain fade on my part,
anyhow I checked prices and while not fully familiar with rdram memory 2 x 128 or 2 x 256Mb modules appear to be under US$20 on ebay - so maybe some...

Hi - what is your system vendor and model number or mainboard model number - look under the cpu-z mainboard tab
this will enable positive id and assist with better quality suggested solutions.
Also...

Hi - I installed windows XP onto a scsi drive via a pci hdd host bus adapter card
but bios , while detecting the adapter controller, would not detect the drive as a bootable option.
My guess is...

This is purely subjective, but i have found that my system seems more consistantly responsive if I install a remote page file - that being a second hard disk drive dedicated for page file use only....

Hi , maybe first check the used space of the hard disk drive , as the more over about 50% is used the noticably slower the system will become.
At less than 20% you should get an advisory message...

Hi suggest u might get a better response if you start a new thread, as this could be an involved problem - just a thought

ps - look closely at the button and ensure that it is not stuck.

regards

Greetings jbennet, thank u 4 additional info re ubuntu.
I know almost nothing about linux except I discovered for myself that Ubuntu would automatically configure for a broadband connection to the...

Hi - can be good for 20% improvement in hard disk drive intensive tasks such as full system maintenance scans

basically relocates all the files to the fastest part of the drive.

can be a 30%...

Hi , ""custom cd using remastersys""'

sounds like the sort of info I am looking for

I would rather use Windows but MS want production runs of 50,000+ to be eligible for their commercial...

re comment : Frankly speaking, the best "tweak" is to throw RAM at it !


I would add : installing striping array configured hard disk drives

Hi - for whatever reason, seemed to be good for about 5% increase on my system
- i just reduced to 10% rather than 0%.
I test using the same download file from a consistantly fast site.
regards

After updating to XP service pack 3 from service pack 2

i was just wondering whether anyone noticed a longer time to complete hard disk drive intensive tasks such as manually launched full system...

just taking the time to say greetings - I am not malware, just a poor knave doing research in very basic system development for the home system owner.

Sort of inclining towards custom model...