Author Topic: All In One Repair & Tweaks (Read 57819 times)

Shane · « **Reply #25 on:** December 21, 2012, 01:37:53 pm »

Yes

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #26 on:** December 21, 2012, 02:10:49 pm »

Thanks Shane, already done that.

Is there anything programs i could delete e.g. Microsoft Windows Framework.net? SP etc that are old versions, or do they have to stay there?

I know you said that it is up to me, but can you see anything like above that that is taking up unnecessary room?

Thanks again

Shane · « **Reply #27 on:** December 21, 2012, 02:21:09 pm »

Everything looked fine to me.

How big is the user profile?

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #28 on:** December 21, 2012, 03:26:17 pm »

Where would i find the user profile on XP and Vista?

Shane · « **Reply #29 on:** December 21, 2012, 05:57:01 pm »

Vista
C:\Users\Your Username

XP
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username

Right click on the username folder and hit properties. You will get total size of everything under it.

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #30 on:** December 21, 2012, 08:50:21 pm »

Hi Shane, hopefully this is the information you required?

Vista
My name user
Size 4.57GB
Size on disk 4.58GB
Contains 3798 files 1008 folders

Default
Size 1.64MB
Size on disk 1.75MB
Contains 42 files 43 folders

Public
Size 6.55MB
Size on disk 7.39
Contains 335 files 43 folders

XP
My name user
Size 443MB
Size on disk 401MB
Contains 1476 files 914 folders

All users
Size 200MB
Size on disk 153MB
Contains 612 files 187 folders

Administrator
Size 18.3MB
Size on disk 18.6MB
Contains 95 files 76 folders

Default
Size 18.3MB
Size on disk 11.1MB
Contains 93 files 74 folders

With all these extra users (when there is only one user on both laptops) would that be a waste?

Thanks again

Shane · « **Reply #31 on:** December 22, 2012, 11:10:55 am »

Those are not extra users, they are suppose to be there

So far I dont see anything taking a huge amount of space. You may want to consider getting a bigger drive anyways. It would be faster than that old one. I use Western digital myself

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #32 on:** December 22, 2012, 04:46:57 pm »

Hi Shane thank you

I had thought of getting bigger drives for both, but wondered about the age of both XP & Vista machines.

XP approx. 7-8 years old

Vista approx. 4-5 years old

Taking into consideration this only a recommendation, personally do you think it is worth it.

My thoughts the hard drive etc could go anytime etc

Laptops are cheaper these days.

Thanks again

Shane · « **Reply #33 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:10:11 pm »

It would be cheaper to get new drives then a new system. So if these old machines are fast enough for what you need then spending $50 or so dollars on a drive isnt a bad idea vs $500+ for a new store bought system.

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #34 on:** December 23, 2012, 02:41:16 pm »

Hi Shane thank you

Buy extra RAM or hard drive?

Thanks

Shane · « **Reply #35 on:** December 23, 2012, 03:36:12 pm »

Ram is very cheap, doing both would be worth it. get xp to 2Gb of ram and vista to 2 or 3 GB if it is 32bit and 4gb if it is 64 bit.

Of course make sure you buy the right memory type

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #36 on:** December 23, 2012, 04:21:36 pm »

Hi Shane looking at the mini monitor while doing a memory & cache clean the cache has the best effect.

I tried to reset from 15 minutes to 5 on Vista but i can't find the feature to change?

Shane · « **Reply #37 on:** December 24, 2012, 09:52:12 am »

You just edit the job in the task scheduler

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #38 on:** December 31, 2012, 03:01:24 pm »

Hi Shane hope you had a great Christmas and New Year.

I know you have said that this application shouldn't actually speed up, but with the XP machine i used the update (1.9.3) ALL IN ONE REPAIR & TWEAKS and again it quickened (even on the internet + dial up) up the computer for awhile, but then has slowed again.

I noticed with a closer look there are a lot of "failed" i some of them.

Thank again

Shane · « **Reply #39 on:** January 01, 2013, 02:07:31 pm »

Some will fail, but unless you have a ton its nothing to worry about.

The tweaks should do the speed up. Also I have a tweak I amd adding to the windows repair that will help with system resources.

Try it yourself and see.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"PagedPoolSize"=dword:ffffffff
"PoolUsageMaximum"=dword:00000060

What I have seen on only a few systems is the permission repairs will run out of system resources and the rest of the repairs fail. This reg tweak increase the system resources and fixes that problem. So the next version will apply these by default. That means the tweak will help any program having resource problems.

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #40 on:** January 01, 2013, 03:12:40 pm »

Hi Shane thank you

1. I can up to 500+ fails on one and 87+ on others

2. Where and how do i put the registry, iknow how get vinto the Registry but that is about as far as i have got.

3. Should i load the Windows XP discs before using the programs, if so which one i don't want to loose updates e.g. Windows, Service packs. The disc is service pack 2, the XP computer has Service pack 3?

Thanks again

Shane · « **Reply #41 on:** January 01, 2013, 03:27:02 pm »

Here is a zip file with the reg file, just run the reg file and reboot.

You shouldnt need your XP disk unless your doing a system file check

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #42 on:** January 01, 2013, 04:47:12 pm »

Hi Shane

1. Should i include in CCleaner "prefetch"?

2. Is Check Disc important?

3. By doing the Simple Tweaks doesn't appear to quicken up the XP machine, only when i run the ALL In ONE REPAIR.

4. When i click on Low Resources zip there is no option to RUN? It just opens and the files going over to the folder begins, and goes for along time?

Thanks again

Shane · « **Reply #43 on:** January 01, 2013, 06:02:10 pm »

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1. Should i include in CCleaner "prefetch"?

Not sure I dont use it.

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2. Is Check Disc important?

Checking your drive for errors is always good to run every now and then.

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4. When i click on Low Resources zip there is no option to RUN? It just opens and the files going over to the folder begins, and goes for along time?

Extract the zip file and run the file in it.

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #44 on:** January 01, 2013, 06:47:42 pm »

Hi Shane thank you

1. CCleaner has the abilty to delete the contents of "Prefetch". Does it pay to delete Prefetch ocassionally?

2. Which disc and options do i use to run SFC

Thanks again

Shane · « **Reply #45 on:** January 02, 2013, 01:47:05 pm »

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1. CCleaner has the abilty to delete the contents of "Prefetch". Does it pay to delete Prefetch ocassionally?

I never delete mine so I dont have an answer

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2. Which disc and options do i use to run SFC

The system files checker is just when you open cmd.exe window and put in
sfc /scannow

Windows XP requires the CD. Thankfully Microsoft made it to where you dont need the cd any more in newer versions of Windows.

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #46 on:** January 02, 2013, 04:43:16 pm »

Thanks Shane

1. XP comes with two discs, which one do i use for ALL IN ONE REPAIR and other options on this disc?

2. Can i use the FIX LOW RESOURCES registry that you posted on my Vista laptop?

Thanks again

Shane · « **Reply #47 on:** January 02, 2013, 04:45:08 pm »

1. You dont need it running my repairs, you only need it if you run a system file check

2. Yes

Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #48 on:** January 02, 2013, 05:42:33 pm »

Thanks Shane

Oscar · « **Reply #49 on:** January 02, 2013, 06:06:49 pm »

Hi Shane for low resource machines is it a waste to have Malwarebytes with Advast or is Advast ok on its own?