Any good (freeware) Tuneup Utilities

Anyone know of any good (freeware) Tuneup utilities?

Thanks
Wildman

 

Not really a tune up util but faber toys can be very useful gives useful info on whats running on your system

 

i used tunexp the otherday it did not seem to do much though
theres also tuneup utilities
http://www.tweakxp.com/
http://www.winxp-manager.com/
http://www.xp-smoker.com/

i've only tried tunexp, and had no problems with it

 

mitweak-xp
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download700.html
neotweakxp
http://www.neowin.net/neotweakxp/
pctweaker
http://www.soft32.com/download_20155.html
i've only tried tunexp, and had no problems with it

 

this one is freeware and says it got 6/6 at nonags
http://www.codeforge.co.uk/tweakall.php
plus theres
http://www.x-setup.net/

and a top manual tweaking program like xsetup pro, which has more tweaks then any other. but be careful if you dont backup your registry. if you make mistakes you may need to do a reinstall. however i learned alot from this progam,

http://windowsxp.homedns.org/xp/asp/twg/twg.asp
check out the screenshots

 

speedxp
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1758.html

 

i couldnt agree more, its for that reason that ive been downloading and taking more risks then normal. in a week or two im getting more ram, imaging software etc.

so because im going to do a reinstall, im downloading and playing around like there's no tomorrow still havent got any malware though,

just shows that useing the right security software and tightening your settings is important. maybe more so then the old *common sense* veiw , well maybe not, instead of going to the sites i normally download from, im going to some of their links too. yea, really letting my hair down

 

well as long as i dont make it too much of a habit, i may be back tp normal soonhttp://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/cwm/new3d/frizzy.gif

 

Oops, I should have stated I need this for a machine using O/S Windows 98. I did downlaod Faber Toys and TweakAll. Thanks! While we are on the subject, is there any where to obtain a list of windows 98 settings?

Thanks
Wildman

 

Hi Ronjor

could you elaborate what you mean about xp not depending on resources, for newbie me?
And how much ram should one add, if not playing games, or doing graphics intensive work, no big db progs. Instead using standard apps like word, email, browser, av, firewall, tds, prevx... I have 512k ram on my pc. Always wondered if I would get significant improvements if I upped it. But given what I do on my pc, I doubt it would be worth it??

thanks
jag

 

Search google for w98 resources. In short, W9.x has FIXED amount of "heap". Each open application will consume a portion of that heap. WNT does not have this limitation.

512MB should be more than adequate for what you are doing. Easy test is to right click the taskbar and select task manager. Let Task Manager run in the background while you work. You may want to run your most demanding applications to give the PC a good workout. At the end of the session, check the PEAK COMMIT CHARGE (PCH) in Task Manager. You don't need more RAM than this value.

My PCH for normal browsing (WXP Pro with Firefox 0.9x) is around 110MB. The system maxed out around 270MB with two additional demanding applications. You can also look under Physical Memory to obtain the available amount of RAM for other applications.

 

Ronjor - any idea why this is so? I'm planning to boost my ram (currently 256 mb) at some point...

 

Two good articles on RAM :

http://isit.arts.ubc.ca/isit.cfm?page=helpline/info/ram

http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=71

GF

 

Thanks both. One of the links you listed led me to this report: http://www.bapco.com/techdocs/SYSmark2004WhitePaper.pdf

Haven't had time to read it all through, but there's an interesting table on page 17, showing only marginal improvements in XP's performance once you go beyond 512 MB.

I'd better go now, I've kinda hijacked this thread...

 

The word may be "smoother", especially if the kernal's in RAM.
And just maybe, too long

GF

 

I just noticed,

http://img36.exs.cx/img36/475/Capture9-22-2004-101147PM.jpg

but then, you've been "very" for quite some time .
Tell me, does your page view of Wilders differ from most?

If I had the time, I'd give you a screenie of my interpretation.....


GF

 

No probs.... it's still on 'performance/tweaking' IMO.

That is correct with 512Mb RAM being a good optimum, but it still depends on your kind of use.

There really is no point of extending beyond 512 unless you are going to do a lot of multi-tasking. [ie: Lot of resource hungry programs open at once]

I am not talking about AV's/AT's and normal running programs behind the scenes where they use a certain amount and only fluctuate a bit, I am talking about programs that need 'room to move'.

Those mainly are image programs. Photoshop, 3D Image proggies like THIS LOT which like lots of room to work in.

Even though I have 1G RAM myself, I sometimes have 3/4 image programs open at once, as I am copying pasting/exporting/importing one to the other.
Photoshop, RealDraw PRO, ImageReady, InDesign, etc.

I have been working on a large file in Photshop in the past [above 40-50Mb] and suddenly get a warning about lack of memory, this is with 1G RAM, so had to go to Preferences in PS and in there is a section about allocating Cache and Memory which was set to 50% I had to increase that to 70%. That means when I am using PS now, 70% of my RAM is allocated purely to Photoshop, rest is shared. No probs since.

That's from my point of view in imaging, that is.

Back to Tweaks for Wildman.

Wildman, Ice's link to XSetup is probably the best there is IMO.
The amount of tweaking in there will leave you gobsmacked mate.

But take heed, be careful, if you see any little RED 'gears' as in my screenie, be careful changing those from the program, I got badly burnt once, LOL.

It used to be called Xteq Systems Set-up but changed.
This screenie is of the old Xteq ok.

LINK AGAIN LIKE ICENI60'S

Cheers, TAS

edit: Some blurb from MajorGeeks:

 

I'm sure with the couple of image progs your using all open, you'd still get away with almost no slowdown at 512Mb, just a tweak on allowance. The 1G smoothes it out though, keep those hick-up's at bay!

That "THIS LOT" link, now these sort of progs are "real busy". Like you said, freedom to move...

Though I have'nt used XSetup, I have read plenty of articles pushing this program at the top of the "tweaks" heap.

Top Tune-Up, I'm with Ronjor on this one. Memory.
And like you said Tas, it depends on what you're trying to run...


GF

 

It costs a VERY small amount of CPU clock time to manage RAM in W2K/WXP. Theoretically, you could reduce system performance by having TOO MUCH unused RAM. Your system may also run a RAM check during PC boot. This can result in longer boot time. 512MB is the sweet spot for most users. Gamers and vided editors may benefit with 1GB.

 

I've tweaked about as much as I want to tweak. Used TweakAll. Thanks all for the info.

Personal for Tassie: I lived in the land of Oz as a child for 3 and a half years. My father worked on the T-2 project, I went to boarding school in Camberra. This was in the late 50's. Although I am a YANK, I still have a special spot for the Aussies. Would love to drop a line for trout once more.

Thanks
Wildman