well for the resources factor, from time to time you open and close applications, what ever it may be,
they claim a percentage of your resources. once you close some of your apps, you tend to notice that
you are still lower on resources than what your pc first booted up at. this is because alot of applications
and webpages or whatnot that you are running claim resources, and once you close them out, some of those
applications don't release your resources. You could close everything untill it was as if you restarted
your whole pc but still end up having less resources than what you started with. go to www.download.com and look up
something like Cashman or Memboost... these are programs that will allow you to relese some of those
previously claimed resources and free up again. programs like Cashman are utilities that you can look
up in download.com and they are free.. just look for one with the best reviews.
as for your clock.. one reason you are loosing resources couldpossibly be because of a program that
is running in the backround.. one of those atrocious adware programs like Cometcursor or Gator companion,
webhancer, go-hip... they are programs supposedly made to spice up your web browser or pc in general,
yet they are made with spyware, or are just poorly written software. programs like these and more mingle
around in your registries, they also thread themselves into programs like Internet Explorer and others.
messing with your registry can do numerous things... i have a list of commands to set up a registry
back up so you can go and restore if you fear that your registry has been swanked through like a mad
barber taking off 3 more inches than what was desired
