Microsoft Office Slowing Down My Computer
- If you're installed Office 95 or Office 97 on your PC, chances are you've got one of the world's best examples of bad programming running on your computer all the time. It's called Microsoft Find Fast. It saps your computer's energy, slowing everything down. It also creates huge index files that are all but useless.
- Is this because I have not purchased the product and the system is slowing down as one of the 'lost features' before purchase? Is Office 2016 way too hungry? PC is a i3, 2.27GHz, 8Gb RAM, 64Bit Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview, Build 10130. Can anybody give me any ideas on why this is happening?
Have Microsoft Office? A little known program is slowingdown your PC Microsoft Find Fast saps your computer'senergy, slowing everything down. It also creates huge indexfiles that are all but useless.
May 3, 2012 - Different things can cause sluggishness. Use Task Manager or Resource Monitor to check whether word.exe or excel.exe display abnormally.
And it does all thiswithout getting your permission. technofileAl Fasoldt's reviews andcommentaries, continuously available online since1983Have Microsoft Office? A little known program isslowing down your PCMay 17, 1998By Al FasoldtCopyright © 1998, The SyracuseNewspapers If you're installed Office 95 orOffice 97 on your PC, chances are you've got one of theworld's best examples of bad programming running onyour computer all the time. It's called Microsoft Find Fast.
Itsaps your computer's energy, slowing everything down.It also creates huge index files that are all but useless.And it does all this without getting your permission. Take this monstrosity off your PC byfollowing the instructions in the next paragraph. I'lltell you how to do it in both Windows 95 and Windows98. In Windows 95, right click on the Startbutton, choose Open, double click Programs,then double click Startup. If you see'Microsoft Find Fast' or 'Find Fast,'drag it to the Recycle Bin. Under Windows 98, click Start,navigate to Programs, then to Startup, andright click on the 'Microsoft Find Fast' or'Find Fast' entry and choose Delete. Find Fast is an indexer. It sleeps muchof the time, waking up now and then to spy on all yourOffice 95 or Office 97 documents.
It does that byautomatically stepping through every byte of every documentcreated by Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and the otherOffice-suite programs. According to Microsoft, this letsyou find parts of those documents in a hurry. That would be a fine idea - if itworked. But it doesn't. First, Find Fast is misnamed.It should be called 'Find Slow,' because it'sabysmally sluggish. Second, Find Fast won't let youfind anything, fast or slow, unless you get to it by thestrangest route imaginable. You don't click on theFind Fast program icon to find something, nor do youeven click on the Find Fast Control Panel icon tofind something.
Instead, you have to use either of theseincongruous methods: - Click Open Office Document onthe Start Menu, then type a word or phrase into one of thetext-entry lines at the bottom of the window that opensup. - Have Word, Excel or anotherOffice-suite program already running, then chooseOpen from the File menu and type a word orphrase. I'm sure this made sense to someoneat some point in the history of Microsoft. But it makes nosense to me. If I want to find the phrase 'Dumbprogramming mistake' in something stored on my harddrive, I'd much rather click on a program called'Find' or 'Search' and have it find thephrase for me.
Microsoft apparently believes everyday usershave no trouble choosing Open Office Document whenwhat they really want to do is find the address of theknitting shop Aunt Martha put in a note she sent six monthsago. I think Microsoft is wrong. I especially think Microsoft is wrong tostick a porky old program - Find Fast goes back many years- into your Startup folder without explaining what FastFind does and asking your permission to have it run anytime it wants to. I get a couple of letters a week fromusers who can't figure out why their hard drives startspinning wildly every now and then, and why their computersslow down at odd times.
By now, I have a stock reply: Ifyou are using Office 95 or Office 97, delete Find Fast. The idiocy is this is apparent when youlook at your Start Menu. There in plain sight isFind, which works much better than Find Fast.Don't the folks who program stuff for Microsoft Officeever speak to their coworkers down the hall? Onething's sure: If Microsoft had any serious competitionfor PC operating systems, it would have no choice.
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It wouldhave to find out how all the rest of us really use our PCs,and it would take out this kind of dreck.
Whether you use a PC or Mac, everyone’s computer slows down eventually. Here are a 10 possible reasons your machine isn’t running as fast as it used to, and how you can fix the problem.1. Too much in the trash bin.You can never underestimate how important it is to take out the trash. When you delete files, they aren’t immediately wiped from your hard drive. It puts them in holding area of the hard drive.
They are left there and not deleted so that they can be restored, just in case they were deleted by mistake.You always want to check the contents for anything important before you empty it. Emptying your recycle bin can speed up the computer's performance and add room to your hard drive.2. A dirty desktop.A cluttered desktop makes things disorganized and hard to find, but it can also slow computers down. The purpose of the desktop is to be interactive, not to store files.
Its job is makes it easy for you to navigate your computer and give you information.If you have a large amount of files on your desktop, it is slowing down your computer. Those files need to be reorganized in your other folders. If you have multiple widgets running on your desktop or dashboard, they could be slowing your computer down also.3. Too much in cache.Caches helps make things faster and easier to get to, but too much in your cache could be slowing your computer down. The same goes for temporary Internet files.If you do a lot of web browsing, this is probably the main reason your computer is slow. In Windows, close all the Internet browsers, open up “Internet Options” and click delete in the “Browsing History” section.4. Old software.Keeping your computer updated could be a greater part of its health than you think.
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When companies update the software, this software is meant to work better with your operating system.You want to make sure your hardware, your operating system, and your software are all on the same page. Sometimes new updates have bug fixes that can improve the overall operating speed of your computer.5. Too many programs.Unneeded programs may be slowing your computer down. Take a look at how many programs you use and how often you use them. The more programs you have, the more connections they make to your OS, and the more it bogs down your computer.When you remove them, make sure they are fully uninstalled. Application leftovers can use up a lot of space and slow your system down. If you have a Mac, “AppCleaner” is a great application to make sure you have all the corresponding files deleted.6.
Too little space.Because of the way “Virtual Memory” works, RAM files get swapped out onto the hard disk. If the hard disk doesn’t have very much space, it will slow the process down. If your computer has less than 10 percent of the total hard drive space free, it will begin to slow down.7. Too many fragments.Fragmented data can cause the read/write function of your hard drive to slow down. Set up a schedule to defragment your hard disk regularly.
In Mac OS X, it is also helpful to verify and repair the disk and disk permissions.8. RAM.A computer’s RAM makes all the difference in the world. It can determine a great deal regarding the speed of your computer. If you have made other improvements to speed up your computer and it doesn’t seem to make a difference, your RAM may be the problem.First, try resetting it.
On a Mac, hold down command-option-P-R right after it’s powered on. It should go black and restart normally, but a whole lot faster. Windows users will have to download a program like “RAM Def 2.6 Xtreme” to reset your RAM.If resetting it doesn’t work, you will need to buy more RAM. Check with the machine’s manufacturer and the tech specs to make sure what you intend to get is compatible with your machine.9. Bad fonts.Not all fonts are good. Fonts downloaded from the web could be fine, but some are bad.
Font errors can slow down your computer. Make sure all of your fonts are valid, as some of them may be harming your computer.10. Too many processes.Computers can slow down from low CPU performance.
Check what processes are running, as some of them may not be needed. Editing the startup items can also speed up your computer., but try these first. They may work for you.About this Angie’s List Expert: David Molnar is the owner of, providing Since 2012, Dave’s Computers has specialized in computer repairs, keyboard replacement, data backup, virus and spyware removal and more. You can follow this #ALExpertscontributor on Twitter and on.As of March 11, 2014, this service provider was highly rated on.
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