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Recently, my computer has been running slower than usual. I thought it would be Adware; however, Ad-Aware and Windows Defender wasn't able to find any thing wrong. I also went through my processes list and removed all the unnecessary files. I have also upgraded my RAM to 1 Gb and cannot go any higher.
I'm not trying to run videogames that require lots of memory, I am just trying to run simple programs like Outlook and Adobe programs.
Does anyone have any ideas to the cause of my computer running so slow? Should I buy/download Norton Utilities and/or programs like it to try to boost my computer's performance? Do these programs make my computer more efficient?
System Info: 1 GB Ram, 55 GB Hard Drive, Intel Pent. 1.6 Gz.
Answer
The configuration is Decent enough to run the processes you want to run.
Firstly you should install an antivirus utility like AVG or NOD32 or AVAST, dont install anything like Norton, McAfee etc coz by experience i know it really slows down a system!
you can scan your entire HDD and remove all viruses and worms..
The main reason for a slow system is a "TROJAN Horse", This is a program that eats up not only your HDD space but consumes even your massive 1GB Ram, there are some trojans you just cannot remove no matter what Antivirus you use!
The option is to Format your HDD after taking only Text files as your Back-Up, after formatting you can install an anti-virus, and keep it updated well, spywares and trojans usually come from crack sites, Porn sites etc...
The configuration is Decent enough to run the processes you want to run.
Firstly you should install an antivirus utility like AVG or NOD32 or AVAST, dont install anything like Norton, McAfee etc coz by experience i know it really slows down a system!
you can scan your entire HDD and remove all viruses and worms..
The main reason for a slow system is a "TROJAN Horse", This is a program that eats up not only your HDD space but consumes even your massive 1GB Ram, there are some trojans you just cannot remove no matter what Antivirus you use!
The option is to Format your HDD after taking only Text files as your Back-Up, after formatting you can install an anti-virus, and keep it updated well, spywares and trojans usually come from crack sites, Porn sites etc...
How to install software on extrernal hard drive so that it works on any computer?
Rolando
How can I install software on External hard drive so that it works on any computer? As if I take it to one computer and plug the hard drive to the computer via USB and open the program from the external hard drive on that computer.
Thank you for your help.
Answer
Normal software normally gives problems when you use it on a different computer, because it usually keeps certain parts it needs on the computer you install it with, like for instance registry settings, even when you would install this software to an external hdd. Software that doesn't have this restriction is called portable software. Some newer software is designed to be portable, but there also may be software not indicated as portable that factually is portable just because it's self-contained, meaning it only needs it's own files and no installed extra's like the registry settings i mentioned. Some software can be made portable with a simple configuration-change like for instance choosing to keep it's initialization file in it's own installation map.
A nice collection of free portable software can be found here:
http://portableapps.com/apps
Below site also has some (i think) portable usable (although it's hard to be sure when it's not indicated to be portable that it wil work on all pc's because it may have hidden dependancies like standard windows dll's or registry settings) utilities like a cool system info utility:
http://www.mitec.cz/
A good example of selfcontained and therefore portable software is the utility photoview on mitec.cz. This utility has limited documentation but it can be used to explain the principle of selfcontained software and also why one shouldn't to quickly asume software is completely portable when not indicated to be portable. In the case of this utility i thought i read something about it being portable but i can't find it anymore, but given it's simplicity i think it's reasonable to assume it's portable, at least for the biggest part. Maybe the preferences may get lost when you use it on a different computer, not sure. When you download this utility and extract the zipfile you get basically 2 relevant files: photoview.exe and gdiplus.dll. Photoview.exe is the main programm-file, and gdiplus.dll is a library with functions used by photoview.exe. This gdiplus.dll file is normally also present in the c:\windows\system32 map so it normally could use that dll instead of the one kept in it's own map (when both are present the one in the map with the utility is used). But if you would happen to use this utility on a computer that hasn't gdiplus.dll it wouldn't work unless you keep that dll in the same map as photoview.exe.
PS: there is a slight difference between portable software and software that wil work on different computers. Take for instance the utility photoview i mentioned earlier. IF this utility would write some comfigurationsettings to the registry (i don't know) you wil loose those settings when you use it on a different computer, but that's not a big deal. However by doing so the utility would alter the host-computer, and portable software is supposed not to be doing that. Now is this potential registry alteration also no big deal but one should keep in mind that using a not explicitely portable utility on another computer can leave tracks on that other computer. Also using portable applications on computers that are not yours wil significantly enlarge the risk of a viral infection. 1 method to counter this is to use the portable software on a write-protected medium but then it of course can't safe any info like configuration settings.
Normal software normally gives problems when you use it on a different computer, because it usually keeps certain parts it needs on the computer you install it with, like for instance registry settings, even when you would install this software to an external hdd. Software that doesn't have this restriction is called portable software. Some newer software is designed to be portable, but there also may be software not indicated as portable that factually is portable just because it's self-contained, meaning it only needs it's own files and no installed extra's like the registry settings i mentioned. Some software can be made portable with a simple configuration-change like for instance choosing to keep it's initialization file in it's own installation map.
A nice collection of free portable software can be found here:
http://portableapps.com/apps
Below site also has some (i think) portable usable (although it's hard to be sure when it's not indicated to be portable that it wil work on all pc's because it may have hidden dependancies like standard windows dll's or registry settings) utilities like a cool system info utility:
http://www.mitec.cz/
A good example of selfcontained and therefore portable software is the utility photoview on mitec.cz. This utility has limited documentation but it can be used to explain the principle of selfcontained software and also why one shouldn't to quickly asume software is completely portable when not indicated to be portable. In the case of this utility i thought i read something about it being portable but i can't find it anymore, but given it's simplicity i think it's reasonable to assume it's portable, at least for the biggest part. Maybe the preferences may get lost when you use it on a different computer, not sure. When you download this utility and extract the zipfile you get basically 2 relevant files: photoview.exe and gdiplus.dll. Photoview.exe is the main programm-file, and gdiplus.dll is a library with functions used by photoview.exe. This gdiplus.dll file is normally also present in the c:\windows\system32 map so it normally could use that dll instead of the one kept in it's own map (when both are present the one in the map with the utility is used). But if you would happen to use this utility on a computer that hasn't gdiplus.dll it wouldn't work unless you keep that dll in the same map as photoview.exe.
PS: there is a slight difference between portable software and software that wil work on different computers. Take for instance the utility photoview i mentioned earlier. IF this utility would write some comfigurationsettings to the registry (i don't know) you wil loose those settings when you use it on a different computer, but that's not a big deal. However by doing so the utility would alter the host-computer, and portable software is supposed not to be doing that. Now is this potential registry alteration also no big deal but one should keep in mind that using a not explicitely portable utility on another computer can leave tracks on that other computer. Also using portable applications on computers that are not yours wil significantly enlarge the risk of a viral infection. 1 method to counter this is to use the portable software on a write-protected medium but then it of course can't safe any info like configuration settings.
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