View Full Version : Windows Rotting
John Cena
02-24-2004, 05:03 PM
I'm betting that everyone here experienced Windows Rotting.
It happens to me every 2 months even if I defrag and such.
jamaljaco
02-24-2004, 05:05 PM
I format about every 30 days,or just grab a fresh HD.
John Cena
02-24-2004, 05:26 PM
Hmmm makes me want to create a Ghost image of a Newly Installed Windows XP with all the drives loaded.
The only problem with that is the ghosted one would always be slower than a actually reinstall of windows xp
I point you this way sir --> (http://www.msfn.org/unattended/xp/index.htm)
John Cena
02-25-2004, 07:28 AM
Thankyou MATE just what I was looking for. This is even better than ghosting
Smizack
02-25-2004, 10:24 PM
I've gotten unatended, and customized windows install to work no prob, but I haven't formatted or reinstalled in over 2 years. Closer to 3 probably.
John Cena
02-26-2004, 05:47 AM
How do you live without reinstalling Windows for 3 years!!!!! I GIVE YOU PROPS!!!
It must seeem verry slow eh? 20 seconds to open the start bar?
Smizack
02-26-2004, 08:25 PM
Originally posted by John Cena
How do you live without reinstalling Windows for 3 years!!!!! I GIVE YOU PROPS!!!
It must seeem verry slow eh? 20 seconds to open the start bar?
Actually it's just as fast as the day I installed it. I just keep stuff cleaned up I guess.
I'm a clean-registry addict.
3rd-Dimension
02-26-2004, 09:48 PM
same here. last reinstall was beginning of summer last year and the reinstall before that was from beginning of summer last year back to the 3rd day of when xp was released.
John Cena
02-27-2004, 05:42 AM
So is it the registry that slows down XP?
I defrag the hardrive ( raid 0 2 x western digital 80 gig 8mb 7.2k rpm), Empty the rubbish bin and such. But it usually becomes slow. Is it because of the registry? How do I clean the registry??
TheDude
02-27-2004, 07:18 AM
I use Fixit Utilities 5.0, but if you do a Google search there are free and shareware registry applications available.
You will be amazed to see how much junk is deposited in the registry every time you install or uninstall an application. If this stuff is removed and the registry is defragged just like you defrag your hard drive, you will see a big improvement in speed. Even something as easy to do as deleteing your internet files in Explorer can speed up your PC a lot. ;)
It's always a good idea to backup your registry before you make any changes to it. Just to be safe, I would also create a restore point.