[Virtualacorn-list] Virtual Acorn Setup Problem

[ATimbrell at aol.com]

In a message dated 04/11/2008 17:04:55 GMT Standard Time,  
Steve at joyces.demon.co.uk writes:

>I've got two copies of VA, one on a laptop, courtesy of RComp, another  on
>a small desktop machine that I'm hoping to use as a replacement for  my
>ageing RPC.

>The laptop version is configured as a different  user and will start up
>automatically if I log on as that user. It starts  fairly promptly and
>works without problems - and fast.

>The  version on the desktop has been problematic to set up - initially
>under  Windows 2000, latterly under XP. The major problem is that it often
>runs  painfully slowly for some time before getting up to a reasonable
>speed.  Occasionally, especially during file copying operations, it will
>seize up  for several minutes, and then continue at normal speed.

>I suspect the  slow speed is caused by heavy activity on other processes
>by Windows, but  have not been able to determine what process(es) these
>are. When VA  stalls, attempts to bring up the Task Manager are also slow
>and as it  kicks into action, so does VA.
 
As VirtualRPC is a Windows task if Windows runs slowly then  VirtualRPC
will also do so. As a simple guide the following *might* help:
 
>From Windows delete all temp files
Clear your internet cache
Uninstall anything that you don't actually use
If you have Norton or MacAfee get rid of them and install AVG Free.
Run a registry cleaner (bacjup registry before hand)
Defrag the main harddisc - do this repeatedly until the defrag takes  no
more then a couple of minutes
Restart the machine
 
If you have less than 1GB of RAM (even for XP) think about increasing  it.
 
With Windows restarted press CTRL ALT DELETE to bring up the
Windows task manager. Go to Processes - System Idle (at the bottom)
needs to be in the 90's - if it isn't what's chewing CPU time?
 
Aaron (VirtualAcorn)