Quote from gpstrade:
are there any tricks to making computer down load charts, run more charts, run charting more efficient with disabling some microsoft programs or anything else.
To Keep my PC at top shape... I...
Do a disk defag and boot defag once a wk with Perfect Disk...
http://www.perfectdisk.com/
Do a spyware and virus check once a week with a real time spy and virus watcher agent... Adware too...
http://www.zonealarm.com
Do a registry cleaning once a weak using Regclean...
http://www.macecraft.com/
Uninstall unused programs prior to a reg clean...
Set up system restore points before installing any software not from well know companies and sometimes even before installing them... Win XP +
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx
Make sure system is running at proper temperature for CPU...
Watch CPU using Task Manager during trading to see what is using how much CPU and memory...
Purchased NeoTicker Charting software because it is multi threaded and will use my dual core efficiently much more than single threaded apps like single threaded and poorly designed eSignal's freeze em up advanced charting software... (shame on you eSig)....
http://www.tickquest.com
using Excel 2007 with RTD (better than DDE) because it, excel 07, uses multi core calcualtion engine and can utilize 2GB of ram...
http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/default.aspx
anyway... Hope some of that helps or hits the mark for you... good luck...
cj...
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