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Re: Advice for a new user, please.

  • Subject: Re: Advice for a new user, please.
  • From: nivencalder@yahoo.co.uk (Niven)
  • Date: 3 Apr 2005 13:10:09 -0700
  • Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.laptops
  • Organization: http://groups.google.com
  • References: <305863f1.0504021336.640774c@posting.google.com> <d2nlgb$2eps$3@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk>
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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in message news:<d2nlgb$2eps$3@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk>...
> Niven wrote:
> 
> > Hi there...
> > 
> > Could I please ask a bit of advice regarding my laptop, please.
> > 
> > I've bought, from a friend who was leaving the country, his packard
> > bell laptop.  It's fine for what i need it for, apart from one thing :
> > the availible memory.  At any give point it's only about 56,000k.  Ive
> > removed stuff like the pre-loaded AOL stuff using MSConfig.  However,
> > could someone please help me with other stuff I can remove from the
> > start-up that I'm never gonna need.
> > 
> > Your help would be greatly received.
> > 
> > Yours,
> > 
> > Niv
> 
> First remove all the unnecessary programs from Start->Programs->Startup
> 
> Then, go to msconfig again.
> 
> use the following to guide for removal:
> 
> http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html
> 
> Works like a charm, one for the bookmarks. Also, 'defrag' might help speed,
> though I'm not certain about it.
> 
> Roy

Thanks Roy, appreciated.

Niv

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