Tired of it...
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I'll try the googling.
I was gun download the memtest but I decided not to because I don't exactly know how it works, how long it takes, none of that.
Those Google Chrome processes might by extensions.
To protect me from pronz viruses from untrusted sites.
It's pretty easy actually. It's open source and very well documented on the
site.
Just download either a floppy image or the cd image and put it on the media
type you desire. If you have a floppy it might be easier for you if you have
a floppy drive.
Just make sure inside your bios you have floppy selected to boot first or cd.
Put in your media you burned the the test on. Restart your machine and just
follow the prompts pretty much. It lets you know what's going on as it's
doing it. The more memory you have the longer it will take it to completely
test it. It goes through quite an intensive process. If you end up having a
bad stick that's the tricky part to know which one it is unless you test each
stick one at a time. By that I mean physically removing them from the mobo
each time and restarting the machine and the test when each stick is
finished. I tell you this because it will tell you which dim slot the sticks are
in, but sometimes it's backwards because of different things of different
vendors. You can stop the test at anytime. Just ctl+alt+del and it will reboot
your machine, push power button etc. It just will have to start over next
time because there is no way for it to resume if you do prematurely end a
test. -
Umm. Thought you weren't overclocking things?
MPO, I wouldn't run anything like that, that I could do myself.
GB is overclocking?
I thought OC'ing was changing something in your system to make it run faster or something.(I thought it was specific, not in general speeding up).
I've been running GB for a while now, hasn't given me problems, and I have surely been running it WAY before CF started acting up.It's pretty easy actually. It's open source and very well documented on the
site.
Just download either a floppy image or the cd image and put it on the media
type you desire. If you have a floppy it might be easier for you if you have
a floppy drive.
Just make sure inside your bios you have floppy selected to boot first or cd.
Put in your media you burned the the test on. Restart your machine and just
follow the prompts pretty much. It lets you know what's going on as it's
doing it. The more memory you have the longer it will take it to completely
test it. It goes through quite an intensive process. If you end up having a
bad stick that's the tricky part to know which one it is unless you test each
stick one at a time. By that I mean physically removing them from the mobo
each time and restarting the machine and the test when each stick is
finished. I tell you this because it will tell you which dim slot the sticks are
in, but sometimes it's backwards because of different things of different
vendors. You can stop the test at anytime. Just ctl+alt+del and it will reboot
your machine, push power button etc. It just will have to start over next
time because there is no way for it to resume if you do prematurely end a
test.
How much space does it take on a CD?
I don't have floppys and my comp isn't THAT old.
I don't think I should go trough with it, I am not very comp savvy and don't want to mess up anything in my computer by opening it up.
P.S. Just googled all of my processes/services, they don't seem like much threat.
http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/spooler/18830/
Got this with Spooler, but thats .exe(as in processes, the one I have shows up in services, are they the same thing?)
Isn't spooler something to do with printers? -
More than likely it is.
Search for blackviper's web site.
This cat has an extensive list over the last
several years of all process that you don't need running and can set to manual.
You can change a lot of that stuff to manual start up instead of automatically.
I have a shortcut to msconfig on my desktop. lol. I keep only the minimum
process needed to operate my machines. I don't want all that junk automatically
loading and hogging the resources until I'm using them then when I'm done I
make sure they are closed... I'm what you call a power user.
Let me show you what a lean mean fighting machine looks like.
25 processes running only. Every app that I want to use will load in a snap.
Only 323 Megabytes of memory used with those 25 process to keep it going
strong.
I use no page file so things don't get written to a virtual memory file to slow
them down. You can do this also if you have enough physical memory.
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More than likely it is.
Search for blackviper's web site.
This cat has an extensive list over the last
several years of all process that you don't need running and can set to manual.
You can change a lot of that stuff to manual start up instead of automatically.
I have a shortcut to msconfig on my desktop. lol. I keep only the minimum
process needed to operate my machines. I don't want all that junk automatically
loading and hogging the resources until I'm using them then when I'm done I
make sure they are closed... I'm what you call a power user.
Let me show you what a lean mean fighting machine looks like.
25 processes running only. Every app that I want to use will load in a snap.
Only 323 Megabytes of memory used with those 25 process to keep it going
strong.
I use no page file so things don't get written to a virtual memory file to slow
them down. You can do this also if you have enough physical memory.
How does no page file work? What does it do? -
How does no page file work? What does it do?
Well if you got to many process running and they use up all your physical ram,
the operating system will start writing the information that would normally be
written into ram into a file on your hardrive. When that occurs you will notice
almost everything that you want your computer to do will be very slow.
Hence I maintain a lean machine, and when I play games they are not hindered
by reading information that should be in ram to start with from a slow hardrive
virtual memory/page file.
Even if you do not use all of your ram when you have a page file set, windows
will still utilize it/ stupid if you ask me, but that's the way it works. -
Well if you got to many process running and they use up all your physical ram,
the operating system will start writing the information that would normally be
written into ram into a file on your hardrive. When that occurs you will notice
almost everything that you want your computer to do will be very slow.
Hence I maintain a lean machine, and when I play games they are not hindered
by reading information that should be in ram to start with from a slow hardrive
virtual memory/page file.
Even if you do not use all of your ram when you have a page file set, windows
will still utilize it/ stupid if you ask me, but that's the way it works.
How effective would it be for me?
1 gig of ram. -
How effective would it be for me?
1 gig of ram.
You could do it to play crossfire, but you'd have to get your machine cut down
on the process like mine, to aroun 300-400 megs of memory before you could
run crossfire. I think crossfire only uses about 600 megs on my machine.
You might get an error and a crash if you run out of ram memory with no
pagefile. Be sure you get your memory usage cut down to be under 1 gig before
you turn the page file off. -
NVM.
Guessing this is how recovery Manager works:
Starting the recovery from Windows Vista
Use the following steps to recover the computer starting from the Windows Vista desktop:
Turn off the computer.
Disconnect all connected devices (such as the Personal Media Drive, USB drives, printer, and fax), remove media from drives, and remove any recently added internal hardware. Do not disconnect the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and power cord.
Turn on the computer.
From the Windows desktop click Start , and then All Programs .
Click PC Help & Tools .
Click Recovery Manager .
The Recovery Manager Welcome screen appears.
Click Next .
On the Software Program Re-installation screen select No , and then click Next .
On the Hardware Re-installation screen select No , and then click Next .
On the screen that prompts for Microsoft System Restore select No , and then click Next .
The Recovery Manager prompts if you want to restore the computer to its original factory shipped condition. Click Yes , and then click Next .
The computer restarts and opens the Recovery Manager program.
Click Next .
On the Microsoft System Restore screen select No , and then click Next .
Confirm that you want to run a System Recovery by selecting Yes , and then click Next .
The Recovery Manager gives you the option of backing up your data files. Backing up your files is recommended. To back up your files select Yes , and then click Next . Follow the onscreen instructions.
If you do not want to backup your files, select No , and then click Next .
After the System Recovery is complete, the computer restarts and continues into Windows setup. Complete the setup screens and wait until the computer finishes the setup. Then, turn off the computer, reconnect all peripheral devices, and turn on the computer.
Before using the computer, update and protect your computer. Reinstall any virus and security software that was installed before the System Recovery.
Reinstall any software applications that were added after puchasing the computer, and any files that were backed up.
Not sure if I want to back up since my computer is bad anyways, but if I did how many CDs would it take? -
If you're concerned about it, make a restore point. You can boot into safe
mode and make another pagefile if you run into any problems.
Again, I emphasize pen and paper. Write down everything that you change so
you can put it back the same exact way it was before you changed it.
Research each of the processes running in your taskmanager. Many of those
will have some sort of automatically start when you start windows, etc options
in the apps they belong too. Turn all that junk off. Some apps don't have those
options. Thats when you open msconfig and deselect them from starting with
windows. Be certain you don't need them before you turn them off. Do them
one by one and restart your computer to see if anything is amiss, or more
than one if you are certain what they are. Make a restore point each time.
Look at blackvipers website, there are a lot of windows services that you
more than likely don't use that you can disable in the computer management/services.
Then when you get all the process cut down to where they're not hogging
your ram, try to do away with the page file.
One last thought, you mentioned making another user profile just to play
crossfire. Maybe just make it for gaming in general? Make it an admin
account. And test this on it first before changing your default account.
I imagine some of those services and apps installed for all users. So if you
do stop them from running in the new account chances are some of them
will be disabled in your default account also.
It's bed time for me. Gota get up early for work. Good luck.
I'll be back on tomorrow.
Let me know how it goes. -
If you're concerned about it, make a restore point. You can boot into safe
mode and make another pagefile if you run into any problems.
Again, I emphasize pen and paper. Write down everything that you change so
you can put it back the same exact way it was before you changed it.
Research each of the processes running in your taskmanager. Many of those
will have some sort of automatically start when you start windows, etc options
in the apps they belong too. Turn all that junk off. Some apps don't have those
options. Thats when you open msconfig and deselect them from starting with
windows. Be certain you don't need them before you turn them off. Do them
one by one and restart your computer to see if anything is amiss, or more
than one if you are certain what they are. Make a restore point each time.
Look at blackvipers website, there are a lot of windows services that you
more than likely don't use that you can disable in the computer management/services.
Then when you get all the process cut down to where they're not hogging
your ram, try to do away with the page file.
One last thought, you mentioned making another user profile just to play
crossfire. Maybe just make it for gaming in general? Make it an admin
account. And test this on it first before changing your default account.
I imagine some of those services and apps installed for all users. So if you
do stop them from running in the new account chances are some of them
will be disabled in your default account also.
It's bed time for me. Gota get up early for work. Good luck.
I'll be back on tomorrow.
Let me know how it goes.
K thanks.
You've been a big help.
Going to make a thread on Off-Topic to get other opinions. -
Not sure if I want to back up since my computer is bad anyways, but if I did how many CDs would it take?
I'm not so sure about backing up the whole computer how big it is or anything.
I'm talking about using restore points. I know vista and xp both have this feature.
You can make a restore point and if you need to roll back your system settings
to the way you had them before then you can run system restore and select the
restore point that was made before the system was changed.
Again, google. system restore in vista?
Answer
Good night.
Edit: Also this for vista
How do I create a restore point manually?
1.
Open System by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking System.
2.
In the left pane, click System Protection Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
3.
Click the System Protection tab, and then click Create.
4.
In the System Protection dialog box, type a description, and then click Create. -
I'm not so sure about backing up the whole computer how big it is or anything.
I'm talking about using restore points. I know vista and xp both have this feature.
You can make a restore point and if you need to roll back your system settings
to the way you had them before then you can run system restore and select the
restore point that was made before the system was changed.
Again, google. system restore in vista?
Answer
Good night.
I've used system restore before.
So I can create a point and even after I reset to factory settings, it'll be there? -
I've used system restore before.
So I can create a point and even after I reset to factory settings, it'll be there?
I'm not sure about that. I would assume that if you reset it to factory that
everything gets erased? Restore points and all? Someone that's done that with
vista would have to answer. -
I'm not sure about that. I would assume that if you reset it to factory that
everything gets erased? Restore points and all? Someone that's done that with
vista would have to answer.
http://forum.z8games.com/showthread.php?t=160802
Made a thread about it.
Hope I'm not keeping you up xD
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