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Thread ID: 120613	2011-09-17 02:14:00	Reinstal XP Home	Winston001 (3612)	Press F1

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1231723	2011-09-18 16:38:00	Unless they are using something like Steam which does run on startup, checks for updates etc. Funny you should mention that... ;)	Winston001 (3612)
1231724	2011-09-19 06:07:00	Iantech i take my time doing an install like this, it wouldn't take more than two hours so as a cashy i would charge 50 dollars, or for a mate/ family member maybe a couple of pizzas for my kids tea and a thank you goes a long way ps ( you should see the smile on peoples faces after ive finished , makes the whole effort worth while :) )	milkster1976 (16554)
1231725	2011-09-19 07:59:00	@ milkster1976 Are you going to go down to the South Island to do this in Winston's case. Or in Iantech's case?	Snorkbox (15764)
1231726	2011-09-19 10:00:00	. Most games just sit there doing nothing until you're actually playing them so they shouldn't make much of a performance impact . . Mmm . . . maybe . However I suspect that four years of The Sims saved games videos and pics might have something to do with it . I've deleted probably 20 games including Sims + packs, Halo, Bioshock, umpteen Battlefields, Crysis, GTA2 . . . the list goes on . Fortunately my son now has a Playstation 3 and is a COD: BO fanatic . So the pc games get overlooked . :D Recovered 70GB of hard drive space (200GB HD now has 90GB free) . Cleaned and defragged everything I could see . As a result the machine has recovered 80% of its previous performance much to my satisfaction .	Winston001 (3612)
1231727	2011-09-19 10:22:00	@ milkster1976 Are you going to go down to the South Island to do this in Winston's case. Or in Iantech's case? No no, Snork, its quite alright... honest :D Congrats Winston, sounds like you're getting it sorted :thumbs:	Iantech (16386)
1231728	2011-09-19 10:39:00	Recovered 70GB of hard drive space (200GB HD now has 90GB free). That might explain it... 90 - 70 = 20GB which while it's an OK amount of free space, if most of it was fragmented, it could account for performance problems (and with 20GB being less than 15% free the defrag program won't work properly either) However some games use Steam and other background updaters etc that run all the time wasting resources too. Suggest you post a Hijackthis log etc because there's probably more rubbish running that isn't necessary.	Agent_24 (57)
1231729	2011-09-19 12:01:00	I am actually from christchurch my family and i are only in the manawatu untill things settle down then probably go home, i have family whom are hounding me for a catch up so that would not really be a problem lol or if you really want i could send one of my friends around :)	milkster1976 (16554)
1231730	2011-09-19 12:02:00	No no, Snork, its quite alright... honest :D Congrats Winston, sounds like you're getting it sorted :thumbs: I was trying to help a wee bit. :cool: And to Winston it would be wise to check out what Agent_24 said I think.	Snorkbox (15764)
1231731	2011-09-19 12:42:00	I am actually from christchurch my family and i are only in the manawatu untill things settle down then probably go home, i have family whom are hounding me for a catch up so that would not really be a problem lol or if you really want i could send one of my friends around :) Um, things arent going to settle down for a least the next 20 years, so enjoy the north. Yeh, I think I'll pass on one of your friends coming around also. Cheers	Iantech (16386)
1231732	2011-09-19 20:56:00	I hate Steam and uninstal it any time I find it. Unfortunately my lad doesn't understand that and occasionally loads it: I shall explain once again. :D I'll be offline for a few days and will run a Hijack This log when I get back. I also deleted Spybot + Teatimer, all AV and anti-spyware apps, and loaded MSE. I'm sure that helped too.	Winston001 (3612)
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