Two New Root Causes of PC Shutdown discovered


  1. JMH
    Posts : 7,952
    Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1.
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    Two New Root Causes of PC Shutdown discovered



    iolo Labs Discovers Two New Root Causes of PC Slowdown

    Following nearly a year of research, iolo Labs, iolo technologies’ independent research arm, has discovered two new key factors that result in the symptomatic loss of computer performance over time.

    While it is commonly known that hardware limitations such as inadequate memory levels, low storage capacity, processor bottlenecks, or even malicious software infections can hinder computer speed, the universal – and more entropic – phenomenon of gradual and ongoing degradation of PC performance with continued use remains unexplained by these hardware-based factors and has confounded computer users for decades. Since 1998, iolo Labs has analyzed millions of PCs in an effort to quantify the seemingly inevitable performance entropy that occurs during everyday computing use, and to create software and tools that can effectively reverse and prevent it. With the addition of two newly identified factors - program misalignment caused by file system entropy, and resource deadlock caused by incremental software redundancy - iolo Labs now counts a total of nine root causes of PC slowdown.
    Nine Root Causes of PC Slowdown
    Symptoms
    1. Program misalignment
    Slow start-up, sluggish program behavior
    2. Available RAM decline
    Universal system slowdown
    3. Windows start-up bottlenecks
    Slow Windows start-up
    4. Redundant programs
    Lock-ups, general system slowdown
    5. Mismatched internet settings
    Lost connections, slow internet browsing
    6. Registry errors
    Unpredictable hesitations and freezes
    7. Registry bloat
    Universal system slowdown
    8. Fragmented system files
    Excessive hard drive churn, freezes
    9. Accumulated clutter
    Sluggish behavior, premature drive failure
    iolo Labs Discovers Two New Root Causes of PC Slowdown

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  2. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
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    That would indicate a performance advantage to clean installing the system occasionally*, no?

    *For my XP systems "occasionally" was 2 years.
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