A number of people are asking, specially those folks not so familiar with computer or with technology in general – “how do i make my computer run faster?”

Reasons a computer runs Slow

Here are a couple of reason why a computer run slow:

1. Old model
2. Not enough ram to accommodate application
3. A computer virus

First of all, if you bought a hand me down, second hand, used computer from a few years back, that is a pretty good chance that the applications that you installed or want to install in your PC will run slow as the computer hardware industry is very fast paced that the hardware of today will become obsolete in a year. With that said, if you have an old computer, there is no other way of making it faster but replacing it with a new one or upgrading the main components of it like the system board, memory or the central processing unit.

Second, there are many software application today that is very memory extensive that it eats up most of the RAM (Random access memory) of the computer which leaves nothing for the Operating System or for other application.

Third possible reason is that the unit is infected by a virus which also consumes a lot of your computer’s processing power. Viruses can come from an external drive or from online in the websites that you are visiting.

How to make a new computer run faster?

From the same reason given above, the same things can be done to make a computer run faster.

For the first and second point or item, like mentioned, there is no better way than to upgrade.

The third one is to have a antivirus scan and clean the computer up. But in my experience it is better or completely erase the computer (format the system) and reinstall the OS and application to make sure that the virus is completely removed. (Of course, you have to make backup of your important files)

You may definetly need to clean up your PC.
Here is instructions about how to clean your PC: http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-Your-Comput…
1. Download a nice PC cleaner from http://www.pc-registry-repair.cc
(System cleaner is a best choice)
2. Run the cleaner and clean up your PC.
3. Restart your PC

“->” = ILOM
“sc>” = ALOM

.. and since this particular server has the “->” prompt we’re using the ILOM.

From ILOM to Solaris:
-> start /SP/console

From ALOM to Solaris:
sc> console

And of course.. Enter “#.” to return to ALOM / ILOM !!

Send Break on ILOM

set /HOST send_break_action=break
and then
start /SP/console

c)ontinue, s)ync, r)eset? s

bada bing! bada boom!

That’s is good news, well at least for those who can afford it.

Some Filipinos are thinking of buying their unit in the United States or some other country where the iphone is way cost less compared to the price here in the Philippines.

The only problems that these guys will have is unlocking their iphones.

I did a quick search of it on the internet and read about 3 terms or words that has something to do with unlocking the Iphone 3G, and they are:

• Jailbreak
• Winpwn
• Ziphone

I still don’t know or having problem differentiating the those three (jailbreak, winpwn, and ziphone) words. Which one is which. I haven’t really done a complete study or research for winpwn, or jailbreak but I’m sure there’s a difference..

Comment on!

My original plan was to erase the whole thing and put Ubuntu on it. Tried it couple of days ago but didn’t work out.

After the boot up from the CD (requested a copy of Ubuntu 7.10) it displayed the little cross hair, then nothing…

I thought it’s probably the Vista… So I put in XP.. coz I tried installing Ubuntu over XP before, but the same thing happened!

So I wonder if this is a hardware issue on my laptop? It’s a NEO Empriva 540SVBe.

Will do a search later.

The default keyboard abort sequence on a Solaris system is sent with the L1-A or STOP-A keys pressed together on an attached Sun keyboard, or the BREAK signal on the serial console.

Inserting or unplugging a keyboard on a running Sun system will also send an abort sequence, effectively dropping you to the Open Boot Prompt (”ok” prompt).

To disable the keyboard abort sequence for the current session:
kbd -a disable

To disable the keyboard abort sequence for future sessions (i.e. after a system reboot), change the following in /etc/default/keyboard.

From:

#KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable

To:

KEYBOARD_ABORT=enable

And you’re done.