Gateway E-295C with XP Tablet Edition SP3
System Properties Include as written:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.20GHz
789 MHz, 1.99GB of Ram
Some stuff from Intel Media Graphics Accelerator:
Physical Memory:2038 MB
Minimum Graphics Memory:8 MB
Maximum Graphics Memory:384 MB
Graphics Memory in Use:10 MB
Processor:x86 family 6 Model 15 Stepping 10
Processor Speed:2194 MHZ
This this type of components, it shouldn’t take long to load programs like MS Office programs and other programs. But the computer takes a long time to start up(about 2-3 minutes), open MS Office, Adobe Acrobat…other files. It runs like it’s a Pentium 4 2GHz with 500MB RAM desktop computer speed.
My computer is also virus free, spyware free,malware free. Its performance has always been like this. I have a Pentium 4 3.67 GHz Desktop PC with 1GB Ram and it is twice or three times as fast as this. The laptop also takes a long time to shutdown, ranging from 1 to 3 minutes. I have even gotten a laptop fan cooler hooked up to a separate powered USB hub and still the same performance results.
I also run the least CPU hogging firewall/antivirus software - ESET NOD32. In fact, I first had tried Outpost Pro and also the anti-virus Kaspersky, both alone and together, and they made the Tablet pen writing too slow and would be lagging behind of where you would write.
NOD32 was the only program that allowed normal operation of the pen feature.
I have the display features for windows to have the most performance and the least graphics.
When i wrote in first paragraph "it takes a long time to start up" i meant that turning the computer on and waiting for windows to load all its stuff.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 robert C // Aug 28, 2008
this may help a bit, go to tools , click on browsing history and delete cookies, and temporary internet files, that may give you more space
2 Steve W // Aug 28, 2008
Go to start menue and type in the “run” box type System Configuration. Click on the START UP folder and that will tell you all the stuff that is starting when your computer is booting up. If your not sure what to disable, it`s not really dangerous to your computer to uncheck some of the boxes that are obvious not to be running something you need because if you find that after doing so, something isn`t there that you needed, you just go back to the same folder and click the box to enable the item again. That will deffinately help speed up your system. Also go to start menue, Accessories, Tools, and then System Tools, and click Defrag. and defrag your computer. Sometimes information gets spread out in the system files and then your computer is bouncing around these files getting the bits of info it is looking for and it takes longer for it to do so. After defrag, everything is in order and your pc is faster that way. Hope it helps. Good luck
3 cnshinn // Aug 28, 2008
The advice about checking MSCONFIG is very good. Most machines you buy have loads of “crapware” installed by the manufacturer and this can really slow down your system.
Even before msconfig I would go to Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and check out what junk apps can be removed.
Also, some Windows machines suffer from an SVCHost issue related to Microsoft Windows Update. On boot one of the SVCHost processes will pin the processor to 100% for many minutes (sometimes reported up to 20) while it has a problem checking on Windows Updates. The easy cure is to turn off automatic windows updates, but if you do this you MUST remember to check for them manually at least once-a-month (Internet Explorer > Tools > Windows Update)
Also, here is one FREE app that I’ve found very handy for TabletPC’s and laptops.
http://www.desktopsidebar.com
This gives you a Vista-like sidebar that has performance monitors as well. They can let you know how hard your processor is working and what apps are eating up all the processor power, whether your HDD is in use, RAM and Swap file levels, network usage and speeds, and much more. Very valuable info to help you tune your machine.
I have an old HP TC1100 TabletPC and I’ve used this app to check the effect of new utilities/widgets. I have tweaked the system to idle at 1% - 3% of CPU usage on an old 1.2 GHz Centrino even with many, many background apps running.
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