Would it pay to reinstall periodically?

[kduncan5]

20 years of using/tweaking/rebuilding computers has taught me a few things about what makes them run better. You can dismiss format/reinstalls if that's your prerogative, everyone's entitled to their own opinion. A great deal of research went into my decision to start fresh from time to time, my decision has yet to fail me.

[John connor]

Your CPU is dirt old dude!

Thanks Captain Obvious!

Listen. Do you honestly think an old processor like that is going to render all the JS, Flash, HTML5, etc? You say, " I've noticed some sluggishness." The conversation should end there because thinking a reinstallation is going to help you is asinine.

How in the hell did you even get drivers to work on your motherboard using Windows 7 in the first place?

[megaman]

Okay, I'm one of the rare breeds that does corrupt the whole Palemoon installation to oblivion and new Profiles just don't cut it, very rare but possible.

I tend to install a fresh copy of the browser after every release or every other BETA phase, many many times, by doing a full uninstall, with Iobit Uninstaller, since it goes deeper into the Registry and anything we could miss.

If you don't mind reinstalling add-ons and making sure to back-up bookmarks and settings, clean installations are recommended, even said by our very own Moonchild.

I do see that your processor has had its shining days, but it should still work well.

How in the hell did you even get drivers to work on your motherboard using Windows 7 in the first place?

Same question I would ask my friend that has Windows 7 on his PC and a P4 running it, and it's not at all sluggish while doing regular OS tasks.

[half-moon]

How in the hell did you even get drivers to work on your motherboard using Windows 7 in the first place?

Same question I would ask my friend that has Windows 7 on his PC and a P4 running it, and it's not at all sluggish while doing regular OS tasks.

I used to have a P4 tower with W7 on it, but now it's my family's living room PC and it is very sluggish. Then again, it wasn't wise to install a 64-bit OS on it in the first place.

[mikele1959]

Use Portable Build and install it anywhere, on usb key if you want... when you upgrade you keep only the /user/palemoon/profile/default folder

[megaman]

I used to have a P4 tower with W7 on it, but now it's my family's living room PC and it is very sluggish. Then again, it wasn't wise to install a 64-bit OS on it in the first place.

I was using remote desktop(TeamViewer) on my friend's PC and it was snappy, he probably turned-off some settings or is running the 32-bit version of Windows 7, but I didn't notice any differences.
Then again, it could be a defragmentation thing, I wouldn't know.

[kduncan5]

Okay, I'm one of the rare breeds that does corrupt the whole Palemoon installation to oblivion and new Profiles just don't cut it, very rare but possible.

I tend to install a fresh copy of the browser after every release or every other BETA phase, many many times, by doing a full uninstall, with Iobit Uninstaller, since it goes deeper into the Registry and anything we could miss.

If you don't mind reinstalling add-ons and making sure to back-up bookmarks and settings, clean installations are recommended, even said by our very own Moonchild.

I do see that your processor has had its shining days, but it should still work well.

How in the hell did you even get drivers to work on your motherboard using Windows 7 in the first place?

Same question I would ask my friend that has Windows 7 on his PC and a P4 running it, and it's not at all sluggish while doing regular OS tasks.

I appreciate hearing from someone who isn't all up my @ss about how old my computer is and how I got it to work in the first place. I have some experience working with computers, older computers, tweaking and squeezing as much performance as I can out of them. I built this computer myself many years ago, I've upgraded some components (can't afford newer pricey components, hell, I can't buy a decent i7 for less than $249 let alone the motherboard, memory, PSU, etc.), but I made this computer run just fine (no problems whatsoever with drivers). Clocking at 3.57ghz with 4gb of memory, plenty of HD space for my needs, the computer does everything I need it to. Periodically I reinstall the OS from scratch which gives me the equivalent of a brand new computer (given its age), and wondered about doing the same with Pale Moon. The rest of you who can only contribute criticism can bite me.

[kduncan5]

BTW, the sluggishness I experienced when I started this thread magically dissipated, while not resolved completely it's much better than it was.

[John connor]

No, I'm not up your "ass," but rather conveying common sense as you say you were? experiencing "sluggishness" and to me a P4 was the culprit. I have a P4, something in the neighborhood of 1.3 GHz? laptop and it runs like a dog on a 120 degree summer day using a modern browser. Never mind loading a JS laden website with flash or even HTML5.

You don't need a Skylake CPU. Broadwell could be an option, but I digress. Do you know what I'm using to type this now? A Dell Precision M6300 dual core @ 2.4 GHz. I had a 3 GHZ, but I got pool water on it trying to take underwater video...long story. LOL But I can use the web perfectly fine with this old thing. Render HTML5, Flash, play old games like C&C Generals Zero Hour and Simcity 4. Even Mario All Stars emulator and a N64 emulator. Point is upgrade to at least a dual core! LOL Why use a P4 still? I bought this bare bones on ebay and added a SSD, power supply and 4GB of RAM. Runs Windows 7 Ultimate. I do have a desktop, but that's just for gaming. Runs Windows 7 Ultimate 64. It will be a cold day in hell before I touch 10. And 8 is a GUI LMAO POS!

[kduncan5]

Why use a P4 still?

Because I don't have the money to do anything else with this computer right now, or in the foreseeable future.