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4. Don't use Google desktop!
"When did ignorance become a point of view" - Dilbert
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Regarding services, this website has advice on what you could do http://www.blackviper.com/[^]. Clear the "rubbish" that builds up over time. Do that by using the MS Disk Cleanup utility as well as the Piriform CCleaner - note, some cleaning utilities are not particularly safe to use but CCleaner is fine. Defrag regularly but you might have better results using the Piriform Defraggler. Use SysInternal's AutoRuns to question what starts up at boot time and uncheck entries as necessary.
modified 1-Aug-19 21:02pm.
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Brady Kelly wrote: I am running Windows 7 Enterprise
Install XP.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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Brady Kelly wrote: Acer Travelmate 5730, Core2 Duo 2GHz with only 2GB ram
32ft/sec^2
Brady Kelly wrote: I will buy ram and lend it to the company when I have money.
Don't do that. You'll be wasting your money and may not get the memory back when the notebook has to be turned in. Prove that it's your memory in there.
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I'll replace my memory with their memory again if I turn the notebook in.
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That only works if you don't end up having to turn the computer in at an unexpected time, eg when being terminated for tampering with a company asset (your laptop, caught when their big-brotherware spots a hardware change).
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We're not such a large, big-brotherish company. I didn't even sign for the notebook, guy just handed me one and said, "Here's a notebook"
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One very simple thing that I have seen work effectively a surprising number times is to give the thing a very thorough cleaning. I mean you should get a small can of compressed air (specifically for electronic devices) and blow out all of the vents you can see and open as many of the hatches as possible and do this there also.
The reason is that laptop CPUs throttle down their speed when they heat up. When they are very dirty with lots of dust inside that interferes with the ventilation and cooling of the machine so it gets hot and slows itself down. This happens a lot but it is such a slow process that people usually don't notice it until it gets really dirty and the machine is always slow.
Of course, everything else people have said is helpful too but if you have tried all of that and it's still slow then try this. You might be surprised. 
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Does laser printer and inkjet printer affect to our health?
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Hi,
I hope it's alright to post my question here - I was going to post this in the Hardware forum but it doesn't seem to get anywhere near the same amount of attention as the lounge.
My dad has a Sony Vaio PCV 2236 desktop machine.
It's about 5 years old at this point.
He wants to buy Empire : Total War but his current graphics card isn't good enough to run the game.
Play.com indicates that a '256MB DirectX 9.0c compatible Graphics Card with Shader Model 2.0 support' card is required.
I've never had to worry about graphics cards before so I was wondering if anyone can suggest where I might begin to look for a suitable one?
Specs for his machine can be found here[^].
Thanks,
David
modified on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:08 AM
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That looks good. I'll check it out. Thanks very much.
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dlarkin77 wrote: I was going to post this in the Hardware forum but it doesn't seem to get anywhere near the same amount of attention as the lounge
Not using a forum isn't the best way to improve its value.
Thread moved.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Depending on the game an AGP 3850 may be faster than a 4650; the cards are approximately the same in performance but have different bottleneck points. These two cards are the fastest available for AGP. ATI hasn't done an AGP card based on the 5xxx series GPUs; nVidia abandoned AGP several generations back. Somewhat broadly speaking old high end GPUs tend to outperform newer midrange GPUs on older games and fall behind on newer ones. That said the ATI 9200 is a old very low end card; so either would be a major upgrade.
Toms hardware has decent benchmark tables you can use to compare performance on various games. I had to fall back to older charts to get the 3850. The 4650 doesn't appear to be on any of Tom's benchmark collections but it should be about 20% slower than the 4670.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-cards-charts-2009-q4-mainstream-quality-update-3/benchmarks,69.html[^]
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Hi,
I need to purchase a new server soon and want to install SBS 2008 Premium. But I'm not sure what server spec is needed or the best setup for it!
We need SQL Server installed and I've been reading that its best to split the main Domain Server from any SQL Server.
Do I get a more high spec Server and run Hyper-V for SQL or have two smaller spec servers?
As usually in a small company, we have no money to spend and so we need the best solution for us...!!
This is a relatively new company, and I need to setup the whole infrastructure from the ground up! We have nothing... except old desktop PC's and an aging server that all need replacing 
Any tips would be greatly appreciated as I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this out on my own...
 developer
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What is the perfect setup for a development PC: virtual machines or dual boot OS?
I’ve recently started a new job and have a fab new PC to go with it. But what would be the ideal setup?
I’m thinking about installing VirtualBox to run a number of OSes, as I’d like to keep the base PC clean:
Base machine OS is Win 7 Pro
1 – Win 7 pro for actual development with VS 2010
2 – Server 2008 R2 for SQL Server 2008 (as a development server)
3 - Win 7 basic - Test Environment
4 – Win XP - Test Environment
Over the years of trying out new software, un/installing, updating etc my PC usually gets a little slow over time… but setting up a number of VMs could help…
I'm not sure how a dual boot PC would really help... Your suggestions please 
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Using Windows XP SP3 I've seen this happen twice. Once while trying to recover a dodgy drive using a USB external carrier, and again tonight using a known good external DVD/CD-RW drive. In both cases, I plugged the drive in to the USB port, Windows did its thing detecting and installing the device (correctly identifying each), but no drive shows up in Explorer. In the first case, the drive was from a laptop that died of untimely drowning; it wasn't unexpected to find the device dead. But the second was a nearly new Sony external USB DVD/CD-RW writer that was moved from one computer to another, and it works perfectly in the original computer. Both systems are running WinXP SP3 and are regularly updated. Sony's website says that no drivers are required, as WinXP will autodetect the drive, and the only software that shipped with it was Nero.
What could cause this behavior?
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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The most common reason in my experience is that the next available drive letter is used by a network drive.
Next time go to disk management and check if the drive has been assigned a drive letter.
"When did ignorance become a point of view" - Dilbert
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I did that, and Disk Management does not show any new drive. All I get is the usual USB popup informing that new hardware has been found and installed. The range of drive letters is wide open, too, from H: upwards.
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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I was afraid you'd answer that.
Anything useful in the System Event Log?
"When did ignorance become a point of view" - Dilbert
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It says "No audio output device is installed" when I put mouse on the speaker icon on the task bar. Does anyone know this problem? Thanks.
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1. Open control panel
2. Open device manager
3. Open the audio driver property dialog
4. Click "Update Driver" button
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I have a terminal program that allows user authentication by barcode scanner or keyboard input. Need to disable keyboard input functionality. But scanner is keyboard wedged, so it also stopped working when keyboard is disabled.
Suggest any way or code to do it.
Thanking you all. - Ravi
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Hi, you could try this:
1. keep the keyboard enabled
2. teach your scanner to prefix and append specific constant string delimiters (say "<<<" and ">>>")
3. upon data input reject everything that isn't inside said delimiters.
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