Click on the "downloads", if your in DELL Talk, type in your service tag (5 number/character serial number) and click on "GO". Then click on "Diagnostics" to find the one you need for you model PC. If your PC is running slow or acting funny, it may be your Resources and not a memory problem. If you're running Windows 98, it's a common problem. If it's a possible resource problem do the following to check and fix it. This won't work on Windows 95!
LOW RESOURCES
RESOURCES ARE LOW: It's a very common problem these days! To check your System Resources, do it after a fresh boot, by right clicking on "My Computer", clicking on Properties, then the Performance tab that appears. They should be around 85% or even higher for good operation. If lower, do the following:
TO INCREASE YOUR RESOURCES (WIN98): Click on "Start", then "Run", type in "msconfig" and click "OK". This will take you to the Microsoft Configuration Utility. Click on the "Startup" tab and this brings up all of the programs that load as Startup. Go to
Denny Denham's site; and he has a good listing of what Startup items you must or should keep and those that are good to uncheck. Some entries, like Microsoft Office will give you back about 5% resources and others not even 1% after unchecking them. You'll have to experiment as to what you want to keep. I whittled mine down to about 5 or 6 entries including ScanRegistry and SystemTray (two critical items), McAfee AntiVirus entries, and a couple others and have 95% at boot.
NOTE: If you want Microsoft Office to load, make a shortcut of msoffice.exe and put it on your desktop. Clicking on the desktop icon will only have it active while you're using it. If you use Word while on line, click on winword.exe and drag it down to the Start button. If you need it while online, just click on Start and then on Winword. You can close Office, yet still access Word while online.
OTHER THINGS TO DO
1. Also make sure you defrag your drive(s) regularly. Weekly is ideal.
2. Clean out your Window's Temp directory, Internet Cache files, Recycle Bin and all other clutter. Use Disk Cleanup in your Program/Accessories folder for this, before doing the defrag.
3. Also "large" font collections will also slow you down at times. You can move unwanted fonts to a separate folder and they won't be a part of any boot. You can get font management programs to help organize fonts if you need to use a lot.
4. While you're in the Microsoft Configuration Utility above, go into your config.sys and autoexec.bat files and uncheck any items you don't think you need. If they are actually needed, you can recheck them.
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Click on the "downloads", if your in DELL Talk, type in your service tag (5 number/character serial number) and click on "GO". Then click on "Diagnostics" to find the one you need for you model PC. If your PC is running slow or acting funny, it may be your Resources and not a memory problem. If you're running Windows 98, it's a common problem. If it's a possible resource problem do the following to check and fix it. This won't work on Windows 95!
LOW RESOURCES
RESOURCES ARE LOW: It's a very common problem these days! To check your System Resources, do it after a fresh boot, by right clicking on "My Computer", clicking on Properties, then the Performance tab that appears. They should be around 85% or even higher for good operation. If lower, do the following:
TO INCREASE YOUR RESOURCES (WIN98): Click on "Start", then "Run", type in "msconfig" and click "OK". This will take you to the Microsoft Configuration Utility. Click on the "Startup" tab and this brings up all of the programs that load as Startup. Go to Denny Denham's site; and he has a good listing of what Startup items you must or should keep and those that are good to uncheck. Some entries, like Microsoft Office will give you back about 5% resources and others not even 1% after unchecking them. You'll have to experiment as to what you want to keep. I whittled mine down to about 5 or 6 entries including ScanRegistry and SystemTray (two critical items), McAfee AntiVirus entries, and a couple others and have 95% at boot.
NOTE: If you want Microsoft Office to load, make a shortcut of msoffice.exe and put it on your desktop. Clicking on the desktop icon will only have it active while you're using it. If you use Word while on line, click on winword.exe and drag it down to the Start button. If you need it while online, just click on Start and then on Winword. You can close Office, yet still access Word while online.
OTHER THINGS TO DO
1. Also make sure you defrag your drive(s) regularly. Weekly is ideal.
2. Clean out your Window's Temp directory, Internet Cache files, Recycle Bin and all other clutter. Use Disk Cleanup in your Program/Accessories folder for this, before doing the defrag.
3. Also "large" font collections will also slow you down at times. You can move unwanted fonts to a separate folder and they won't be a part of any boot. You can get font management programs to help organize fonts if you need to use a lot.
4. While you're in the Microsoft Configuration Utility above, go into your config.sys and autoexec.bat files and uncheck any items you don't think you need. If they are actually needed, you can recheck them.