Brian,
I think computers read our e-mails, and react to them. You noted that your
problem has disappeared. This morning, I opened up Task Manager first, to
review the computer's activity on startup of various programs. The first
thing I noticed was that my e-mails opened right away when I started Outlook
Express. The previously noted disk activity on startup did not occur. I'll
just have to see how long it stays that way.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT Windows XP PC question
> It's interesting how people's experiences on computers vary so much.
>
> Having only 1.25 GB free on my (total) 40 GB HDD doesn't slow it down
> noticeably for the things I do. It is quite possible though that I avoid
> some
> programs because it doesn't have much RAM. Aida32 reports only 512 MB
> SDRAM, and that's more than it had when I bought it 2nd hand.
>
> It had Nortons anti-virus on it when I bought it, and it was SO slow; much
> slower than my old w'95 266MHZ machine. I suspect that's why it was sold
> on auction. I got rid of Nortons and never regretted that.
>
> Winpatrol is a very informative program, very fast because it is now
> written
> in Assembly language. And it's one quarter of the size it was 18 months
> ago.
>
> I still have to figure out how to use it and Wireshark; the latter is
> unbelievably complex and informative.
>
> Now, somewhat to my chagrin, the downloading that sparked off my enquiry
> seems to have come to an end. Bother; but really a blessing in disguise
> (maybe - since I don't know WHY), as I still have too much to do without
> that
> ....
>
> Brian Swale.
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