Thank you for all the advice; will try to implement. Not using Linux on this machine yet (thinking I'll screw something up)- what distro(s) would be good on something with 2GB RAM?
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Csaba Toth <[email protected]> wrote: > Although my primary OS is Linux, I use Windows also. I'm very skeptic that > presence of IE would slow down your machine. If it's not started it won't > run. > You probably started to run out of space. 2GB is slim so you have a page > file (swap) and if you are close to fill your hard drive it can slow things > down. Also if you swap. > > My advices: > For Firefox - uBlock Origin + Ghostery: speed up browsing a lot by > filtering out crap. Don't use ABP > For malware scare away: Process Explorer running and EMET 5.1 > For lack of space: request a disc cleanup, but when the analysis pops up, > press the cleanup system files. That can get rid of gigabytes of update > logs and crap. You might not be able to roll back some updates after that > though. > > Why don't you use Linux on it? > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Michael L <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> For lightweight portability reasons (and it's my favorite color) I bought >> an HP Stream laptop a few months back for web browsing. I think it was >> $129, Intel Celeron, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage (I guess this is 32GB SSD?). >> Also I do video editing/rendering and was advised early on to keep video >> computing gear off the internet. >> >> The system seemed useful at first; didn't take long for it to slow down >> to almost useless. I noticed via the control panel that I can turn off >> certain programs and since I'm a Firefox user, off went Internet Explorer >> and all of a sudden it runs great. I don't remember being able to do this >> in previous versions of Windows, couldn't uninstall MS Office trialware to >> save my life; now I think it's off. >> >> I'm guessing Linux is way more flexible in being able to turn off and >> uninstall programs. Maybe I'll be a more regular Linux user soon. >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >> /nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
