Geesh!!

[CameraGirl]

So I had computer problems here at work yesterday afternoon. ; I got no work done at all. I had to get our Edmonton office to try to fix the problem. ; They made it even worse. ; No one there understands the program I use but they think they do. Anyways, so I had to use another computer and got behind big time on work. ; But come to find out all I had to do was defrag my computer. ; Go figure. ; We were never told to do that, but after all that yesterday that is what my fixed in Edmonton found out. ; So when in doubt, if things get slow on your computer...DEFRAG!!!!! ; Had I known, I would have done that, but we have been having so many issues with the program and the new updates for Microsoft Office, I thought it might have been more to it.

 

[highland3]

Defragging is just one of those things that you never seem to have to do. ; Our laptops at work automatically defrag... but I haven't noticed it with the desktops.

 

[Treelo]

Funny... our 'puters at work used to do it automatically (in fact, they had disabled the utility on the machines to ensure only THEY did it), but not any more. ; The utility is flawed, though. ; I just analyzed one of my drives... it's showing up almost entirely red (fragmented), but the utility is telling me that I don't need to defrag it ?! ; Crazy. ; Also good to check your CPU usage (through the task manager), free space, and see if you have any 'memory leaks' (also Task Manager)... all of those can bog down a machine.

 

[weemcp]

My work computer needs to be done desperatley. ; I tried on Friday, and after 4 hours it was only at 52% - it kept restarting back to zero........I think I may leave it on overnight and try it that way - anyone know if that will cause a problem?

I am not hooked up to a network (well, my internet is but that's it)