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System Tips

First, let's get your system running right.
Following are several things you can do (EASILY!) to improve your computer's response. If you need some advice or have a question, e-Mail me and I'll try to help out. Okay, ready?

First, right click on the ' My Computer ' icon
and select ' Properties '. Now, select the ' Performance 'tab.
Next, click on the ' File System 'button.
You should see the ' Hard Disk ' window. If not, select it's tab.
You'll see a drop down box called ' Typical role of this computer '.
Click the arrow next to it and select ' Network Server '.
Next, click on the ' Floppy Disk ' tab and be certain that the
' Search for new floppy... ' box is checked. This is important.
If your rig should ever crash, it will need to access tha A:\ drive
when you use your startup diskette. Now, click on the OK button.
Click the ' Yes ' button when(if) prompted for a restart.

Next, select the ' Effects ' tab. Any box that is checked will add to the system load. Anything you don't absolutely need (do you really need all of them?), uncheck those boxes.

Cool wallpapers are neat, but they add a tremendous load to your system. Turn them off when you're really working seriously.
Same for the screensaver. (Make a hotkey for the screensaver(s) you use most. Delete the ones you don't use.)
This way, you can call one up if you want, but the computer won't be wasting resources counting and waiting to execute a command.

Now, select the ' Background ' tab. select ' None ' for your background. Click the ' OK ' button. Now, back to the Desktop ...
Next, right click on it and select ' View as Web Page ' or, ' Active Desktop '. Choose your background image(.jpg or .gif) or web page.
Then click on the ' OK ' button in the ' Properties ' window.
Click the ' Yes ' button when(if) prompted for a restart.

Now, you can toggle back and forth by right clicking on your desktop and checking and un-checking the ' View as web page ' item.
(Off to actually work, on to imress the neighbors.)

There, you will have just turned your system from the slow, poky machine set up for John Q. Knucklehead to play with .....
into it's best and simplest configuration for speed.

B u t . . . . .

There are some more things you can do
to make it even better!