NT Tips
Here’s a compilation of information from various sources regarding things we can do to help our computers operate better in this WindowsNT environment.
General Guidelines:
- Don’t download programs!! If you need something for work purposes, let me check with IT on how we can get it and have it run successfully.
- If you lose your network connection, your pc freezes, etc; close all open applications, re-start your computer and then wait 5 minutes or so before logging back in. This gives Thurber the time it needs to synch up
Eudora:
- Keep In, Out and Trash mailboxes down to a maximum of 1M each. Eudora automatically opens these 3 mailboxes when it launches.
- Use filters to re-direct mail to other mailboxes
- Delete email messages when no longer needed
- If you routinely keep a copy of every out-going message, consider not doing this, but cc: yourself on messages when necessary.
- Close individual messages before you close their mailboxes or Eudora itself. Each open message uses memory.
- The gray box with 3 bars (top one says "exit this instance") means your Eudora is locked, follow the unlock procedure
System response:
- Routinely close (not minimize) un-needed applications. Each open application uses memory, even if it’s minimized
- Close unnecessary windows/messages in Eudora (if you keep it running during the day), these all use cpu resources.
- Run the disk de-fragmentation utility often, at least monthly, more often if you have a high degree of fragmentation
- Regularly delete .tmp files
- Don’t use your CD to play music CDs, this uses your cpu’s resources
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