Re: [PLUG] update strategies/partition issue

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

Paul wrote:

> Art Alexion wrote:
>
> > Well, I finally got the memory issue resolved.  What it needed was 
> > *low density* pc 133 -- odd because Compaq support told me that ¨the 
> > memory with chips on both sides won't work¨ and that is the only 
> > thing I got to work.  I can't believe how snappy this machine is now.
> Great!  \(^o^)/  How much RAM did you have originally, and how much do 
> you have now?

64-> 320

> Recently I was investigating memory and I noticed claims that low 
> density memory is compatible with more systems than high density 
> memory.  I guess it's true!

Seems like it.

> I'm about to upgrade a customer's PC from 64MB to 320MB.  I'm 
> expecting a noticeable performance increase.  Also in Windows I 
> recently ran into another performance killer.  For some reason an 
> Ultra DMA 4 drive dropped back to PIO mode, resulting in slow access 
> speed.

Reminds me to brush up on hdparm.

> And I tried F-Prot.  F-Prot is a good, efficient virus scanner.  It's 
> available for multiple OSes.  I think there is a free version for 
> Linux.  The Windows version costs $30 per year for up to 5 PCs.  The 
> reason why I mentioned this is because installing the more common 
> Norton AV seemed to slow the system down a lot.

Norton very slow.  Not at windows machine now to give you URLs, but 
replaced Norton with a good freeware firewall (Zone Alarm), and a 
periodic scan via a web app.  Zone Alarm offers minimal virus protection 
in addition to usual firewall features, and a periodic scan = no 
noticable performance hit.

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