Neither one - these are just shortcut icons mainly for show and/or
convenience and have minimal if any effect. What is slows things down
are programs that want to load into memory and run when your computer
starts up even if you aren't using them. Many are just annoyances,
Quicktime and RealPlayer being two primary ones that come to mind.
Generally they will also show up as icons in the far lower right hand
corner next to the clock display.
Go to Start=>Run and type in "msconfig" without the quotes. Then the
Startup tab - it will show you what starts up with the computer with the
option to uncheck them so they don't (but can be easily added back in).
It is advisable to check periodically to see what is in there as some
viruses also add themselves in to start up. If you need these programs,
you can also start them manually although they may want to re-enable
themselves in the startup without asking (i.e. Quicktime or at least it
used to - I keep it off my computer completely now).
David
-----Original Message-----
From: mgs-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Barrie Robinson
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 7:47 AM
To: mgb-v8@autox.team.net; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: [Mgs] OFF TOPIC - COMPUTERS
Experience from the past shows that the list has some pretty savvy
computer exponents so I ask the question.
Which slows down the computer the most; desk top icons or the quick
start tray to the right of "Start" ??? In other words if I want
speed, initial firing up and during use, - where do I put my icons?
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
(705) 721-9060
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm
http://www.britcot.com
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