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01-07-2006, 10:55 PM
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having desktop icons doesnt slow your computer down, but having programs run at startup does.
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01-07-2006, 10:56 PM
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Have a lot of processes running in the background will slow down your pc. Edit: which is exactly what you just wrote Geoff... (still vote no on the moderator thing though  )
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01-08-2006, 06:49 PM
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i got told years ago (when i knew absolutely nothing about pc's) that each icon on your desktop increased the loading time by 4-5seconds, by someone who claimed to be an expert at pc's
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01-08-2006, 08:33 PM
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01-08-2006, 09:07 PM
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01-08-2006, 09:12 PM
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but lets just stick to the topic at hand.
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