I don't know if I already posted this question to the group before or not.
There isn't a post in my newsreaders 'Sent' folder so I guess I didn't.
I recently added a new 8 gig, partitioned hard drive to my 133 Mhz system.
Ever since this change I have noticed getting single digit frame rates with
ICR2. Obviously this makes the game unplayable. I have 32 megs of RAM and
am working under Windows 95 still. We kept the old 1.6 gig hard drive with
the system. The boot drive is a partition of the 8 gig drive.
When I look under 'Performance' in the System folder from the Control Panel
I notice that my 'System Resources' are 46% free while I am on the internet
with several windows open and usually settles down to 85% when I have
nothing running at all. Whenever I play the game I have nothing but it
running.
When we added hard drives I noticed that some things that had deleted
before reappeared. Apparently the technicians reinstalled some of the
software. The thing that has my attention is a few programs that come with
Microsoft Office 97. When I press Ctrl + Alt + Del I notice that two
programs in particular are running in the background. They are 'Findfast'
and 'OSA'. Any ideas on what these are? I think they are related to
Office 97. How do I delete these and also how do I delete the 'Startup'
folder from the start menu without compromising my system.
Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do? Before the new hard drive I
had frame rates in the 16-18 range and sometimes it would reach the 20's.
Thanks for reading this wordy post,
Z
Just go to your Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup folder and remove
whatever shortcuts you don't want running.It is safe to remove your
"Findfast" and "OSA" shortcuts.
Sid.
>Microsoft Office 97. When I press Ctrl + Alt + Del I notice that two
>programs in particular are running in the background. They are 'Findfast'
>and 'OSA'. Any ideas on what these are? I think they are related to
>Office 97. How do I delete these and also how do I delete the 'Startup'
>folder from the start menu without compromising my system.
OSA is Office System Assistant or some such. Both it and Find Fast can be
deleted. Find Fast is virtually universally panned and deletion is the best
solution. If you've had your HD crunch away for a minute or so at a time
bringing your game to a near-standstill, that's Find Fast. Just right click
the task bar, select properties>start menu programs>remove>startup. And
remove the two. I have off97 and all the apps run fine without them.
Get rid of them. Why they exist? It's Microsoft. Nobody knows. :)
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On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:04:36 -0700, "Kirk Lane"
>Get rid of them. Why they exist? It's Microsoft. Nobody knows. :)
>--
>Kirk Lane
For those that are of the "I gotta know" mentality: FindFast
is a program that reindexes your hard drive every few minutes. It
monitors what files are written to disk and where they are so that
when you're in Word and you need to Search for a file, you can "find
it fast." It's a TOTAL waste of disk space for all but the MOST
organization-challenged among us! OSA is equally useless and has
something to do with the Office Assistant being able to work across
the MS Office line. Chuck 'em. And while you're at it: chuck MS
Office!! hehe.
Gunner
More than that, it wastes about 5 megs of precious ram, leaving that much
less for useful programs.
