computer tweak

[Illuminae]

hey guys. i have a question. my computer has been lagging hardcore the past few days. i have no idea whats up. and also, i have been working a lot with rhino, and whenever i render something complex, it either takes an hour, or the darn thing crashes.

i have about 15 gigs free, paging file is set to the max, and no virii, trojans, cpu eating programs, or other annoyances. my windows is totally tweaked so i have no unneccessary processes running. can anyone think of anything i could check to try and help speed things up a bit?

[Ryall]

This can cause problems if not done with a bit of knowledge first so proceed at your own risk!

Have you looked into overclocking your CPU? It can increase your speeds quite a bit.

Peace

[Illuminae]

nope, i haven't. lol. do you have any good resources i can check up with? or should i just google it. :) thanks

[mdipi]

search on TechTV cause they had a few shows on it...

[tobydog]

I would only recomend overclocking if you have a celeron processor - All others will generate too much heat and cause malfunctions/damage.

TD

[Ryall]

yeah... but if you overclock a more powerful processor and then just drop a little cash for a more robust colling system you're set!

golgi... do a search, I believe there is a website entirely devoted to overclocking, overclocking.com or something, I cant remember.

Peace

[Illuminae]

yeah, i've just been checking it out. it seems a bit over my head. :( i mean, i understand it, but cooling, and stuff, and the risks, it's not where i wanna go. at least not right now. i was hoping there was perhaps something immediate i could try and tweak. like, tonight. so i can do this silly 3d site for HW. haha.

[mdipi]

i dont know, rund Spybot Search and Destroy, my comop was lagging, i ran that and poof, all done.

[Illuminae]

lol, is that a spyware detector?

[mjULTRA]

i know this may be pretty basic, but have you tried disk defragmenter??

[Illuminae]

yeah, i defragged 2 days ago when i cleaned off like 14 gigs of poop. :) thanks though.

[mdipi]

Golgi, yeah it is. but its like the best. PC Mag's choice. Turns out i have like 10 gators but didnt know it. click another button, and poof, i had no gators! lol and it can immunize and stuff. really great stuff.

[Illuminae]

immunize? darn, i want this proggy for real life. i dont wanan get the flu anymore. hehe. where do i get it? is it free?

[mdipi]

its free! 0USD!

http://security.kolla.de/

[pinx]

my computer has been lagging, but i had a virus. i need to go home and start it and see if it's still doing it. if it is, i will be pissed cause i have to study for a final but my little baby is sick.

[Illuminae]

doesnt it stink how everything goes wrong with our computers in finals week? hahaha ~good luck to ya pinx :)

[mdipi]

ouch man. warm blanket. Nortan and TLC (tender loving care) should do the trick.

[pinx]

i know i'm going to best buy today to get norton and personal firewall complete package with all computer system utilities. my old computer had norton on it and it was alright, never had any viruses so my little baby is getting some lovin today.

[Illuminae]

OMFG. WTF IS GOING ON. LIKE MAD FILES HERE. THANK GOD FOR YOU GUYS!

[mdipi]

lol told yea!

[Illuminae]

hey, question, i thought gain trickler was something windows associated, so i just blocked all acess to anything from it, but here it says it's associated with gator. can i get rid of it do you know? or will it screw stuff up? thanks..

[mjULTRA]

i take it that this program works..... i will hafta try it tonight...

[mdipi]

if it has a check next to it then i would delete it. cause thats whats safe

[Illuminae]

okay, thanks a bunch. ill let ya know if it sped up my pc at all :beam:

[mdipi]

ok, i htink it should, if not then run an anti virus...but i think this might do the trick

[pinx]

i'm going to download the search and destroy as well. my little baby will not be sick anymore, mommy's here now.

[mdipi]

lol bout time, this is a program everyone should run though, and run it often

[mdipi]

Here are some more great ones. Free and i htink one isnt.

http://www.dr2.net/vB/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1401&highlight=Spybot

[Illuminae]

IPinsight Software generates Line Speed, Geography, Gender/Age estimates, User ID, and IP address information, which it transmits to the IPinsight servers for use in the preparation of the company’s data file products.
...
Unique Identifier: IPinsight maintains file integrity through the use of a unique random number (GUID) for each user, which is stored in the user’s Windows Registry.
...
P Address: Finally, when you install IPinsight's Software, it collects several bits of information about the configuration of your computer. This information includes information about the computer's hardware configuration, such as the amount of free space on your hard drive, and information about the computer's software configuration, such as the name and version of the operating system.

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OMFG im crying im so scared now
hehe

[mdipi]

why?

[Illuminae]

haha, i was just jokin around. i just thought that bit was amusing, how 'violating' this stuff is.

[Guig0]

one word for you golgi:

SPYBOT

search in google for it, download it, install it, remove all spyuwares with it, see you pc revigorated, thank god (and me) for this wonderfull free app. =)

[Illuminae]

i got search and destroy, its totally cool. i have another spyware checker soemwhere, but it just picked up apps, not all this cool stuff...

[Illuminae]

oh, and btw, how rude of me...lol
thank you guig0! :)

[mdipi]

but i gave it to you first...:(lol. no this is the best one ever. it got PC Mag's editors choice, or did i already say that?

[prstudio]

yes get that spy ware program

[pinx]

my baby is doing much better.

[mdipi]

that much good news, now lets hear how miss G's machine is doing,

[Guig0]

Originally posted by golgi
oh, and btw, how rude of me...lol
thank you guig0! :)

You´re welcome golgi ;)

[Illuminae]

hey i said thanks to you too mdipi! :P
as for my machine... still rendering slow as poop. still having tendancies to lag. :(
oh will this injustice never end? maybe it's just my brain thats lagging..

[mdipi]

oh rendering? well that can take time on the fastest machines mind you. and your comp has a virus i am sad to say. Mine did hte same thig when i had one...

[Illuminae]

my comp doesnt have a virus, thats pinx :) :P

[pinx]

not anymore!!! it works great now. i went out and bough norton system works and personal firewall. it's working great now.

i also downloaded the search and destroy software, it found like 10 spybots, etc. so i deleted those and guess what, no more lag and no more popups!!

[Illuminae]

sweet!!! congrats!! :)

[mdipi]

golgi still look, you never know.

[Illuminae]

ah, i do a scan every week. NAV and AT. what norton doesnt pick up, antitrojan will. argh. grumble grumble. acutally i think i did one 2 days ago b4 i defragged. WTF S GOING ON WIHT MY COMPUTER.. :( sigh...

[mdipi]

oh man, i donno then. casue thats what it was last time for me. but the rendering will take time, it just does...