{OT} -- Computer Problem
#111
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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
Microsoft's not done till Lotus won't run.
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
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> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
> stuff.
> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>
> Earle
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:a7Rrh.33237$k74.20068@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>> Please make sure he tells Earle the justification :-)
>>
>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afd2e1$0$7864
>> > Make him justify any non-Microsoft software that he has installed.
>> >
>> > Earle
>>
>>
>
>
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
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> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
> stuff.
> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>
> Earle
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:a7Rrh.33237$k74.20068@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>> Please make sure he tells Earle the justification :-)
>>
>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afd2e1$0$7864
>> > Make him justify any non-Microsoft software that he has installed.
>> >
>> > Earle
>>
>>
>
>
#112
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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
Microsoft's not done till Lotus won't run.
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
> stuff.
> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>
> Earle
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:a7Rrh.33237$k74.20068@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>> Please make sure he tells Earle the justification :-)
>>
>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afd2e1$0$7864
>> > Make him justify any non-Microsoft software that he has installed.
>> >
>> > Earle
>>
>>
>
>
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
> stuff.
> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>
> Earle
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:a7Rrh.33237$k74.20068@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>> Please make sure he tells Earle the justification :-)
>>
>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afd2e1$0$7864
>> > Make him justify any non-Microsoft software that he has installed.
>> >
>> > Earle
>>
>>
>
>
#113
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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
Microsoft's not done till Lotus won't run.
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
> stuff.
> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>
> Earle
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:a7Rrh.33237$k74.20068@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>> Please make sure he tells Earle the justification :-)
>>
>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afd2e1$0$7864
>> > Make him justify any non-Microsoft software that he has installed.
>> >
>> > Earle
>>
>>
>
>
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
> stuff.
> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>
> Earle
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:a7Rrh.33237$k74.20068@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>> Please make sure he tells Earle the justification :-)
>>
>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afd2e1$0$7864
>> > Make him justify any non-Microsoft software that he has installed.
>> >
>> > Earle
>>
>>
>
>
#114
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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
Unless your needs are unusual all you need out of Office is Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint and my main use of Excel and PowerPoint is the stuff people
send me for laughs or to review.
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
>> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
>> stuff.
>> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>>
>> Earle
>
>
> I don't think the shareware is an issue. Everything I can find seems to be
> valid. That is, the machine has the assrotment of Office programs, the
> software to support hardware devices, that sort of thing.
>
> Since I cleaned Acrobat Reader 3.0 (a long ago deleted program),
> SpyBeGone, and the McAfee Security Suite, the machine is much faster.
> That's M-U-C-H faster.
>
> The Task Manager was reporting CPU Usage at 100%, but now is hovering in a
> range of about 5% to 30%, and seems to spend most of the time at about
> 20%. And, it's actively Defragging at this time.
>
>
and PowerPoint and my main use of Excel and PowerPoint is the stuff people
send me for laughs or to review.
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6wRrh.9554$Wz.6650@trndny06...
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
>> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
>> stuff.
>> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>>
>> Earle
>
>
> I don't think the shareware is an issue. Everything I can find seems to be
> valid. That is, the machine has the assrotment of Office programs, the
> software to support hardware devices, that sort of thing.
>
> Since I cleaned Acrobat Reader 3.0 (a long ago deleted program),
> SpyBeGone, and the McAfee Security Suite, the machine is much faster.
> That's M-U-C-H faster.
>
> The Task Manager was reporting CPU Usage at 100%, but now is hovering in a
> range of about 5% to 30%, and seems to spend most of the time at about
> 20%. And, it's actively Defragging at this time.
>
>
#115
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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
Unless your needs are unusual all you need out of Office is Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint and my main use of Excel and PowerPoint is the stuff people
send me for laughs or to review.
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6wRrh.9554$Wz.6650@trndny06...
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
>> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
>> stuff.
>> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>>
>> Earle
>
>
> I don't think the shareware is an issue. Everything I can find seems to be
> valid. That is, the machine has the assrotment of Office programs, the
> software to support hardware devices, that sort of thing.
>
> Since I cleaned Acrobat Reader 3.0 (a long ago deleted program),
> SpyBeGone, and the McAfee Security Suite, the machine is much faster.
> That's M-U-C-H faster.
>
> The Task Manager was reporting CPU Usage at 100%, but now is hovering in a
> range of about 5% to 30%, and seems to spend most of the time at about
> 20%. And, it's actively Defragging at this time.
>
>
and PowerPoint and my main use of Excel and PowerPoint is the stuff people
send me for laughs or to review.
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6wRrh.9554$Wz.6650@trndny06...
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
>> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
>> stuff.
>> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>>
>> Earle
>
>
> I don't think the shareware is an issue. Everything I can find seems to be
> valid. That is, the machine has the assrotment of Office programs, the
> software to support hardware devices, that sort of thing.
>
> Since I cleaned Acrobat Reader 3.0 (a long ago deleted program),
> SpyBeGone, and the McAfee Security Suite, the machine is much faster.
> That's M-U-C-H faster.
>
> The Task Manager was reporting CPU Usage at 100%, but now is hovering in a
> range of about 5% to 30%, and seems to spend most of the time at about
> 20%. And, it's actively Defragging at this time.
>
>
#116
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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
Unless your needs are unusual all you need out of Office is Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint and my main use of Excel and PowerPoint is the stuff people
send me for laughs or to review.
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6wRrh.9554$Wz.6650@trndny06...
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
>> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
>> stuff.
>> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>>
>> Earle
>
>
> I don't think the shareware is an issue. Everything I can find seems to be
> valid. That is, the machine has the assrotment of Office programs, the
> software to support hardware devices, that sort of thing.
>
> Since I cleaned Acrobat Reader 3.0 (a long ago deleted program),
> SpyBeGone, and the McAfee Security Suite, the machine is much faster.
> That's M-U-C-H faster.
>
> The Task Manager was reporting CPU Usage at 100%, but now is hovering in a
> range of about 5% to 30%, and seems to spend most of the time at about
> 20%. And, it's actively Defragging at this time.
>
>
and PowerPoint and my main use of Excel and PowerPoint is the stuff people
send me for laughs or to review.
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6wRrh.9554$Wz.6650@trndny06...
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
>> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
>> stuff.
>> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>>
>> Earle
>
>
> I don't think the shareware is an issue. Everything I can find seems to be
> valid. That is, the machine has the assrotment of Office programs, the
> software to support hardware devices, that sort of thing.
>
> Since I cleaned Acrobat Reader 3.0 (a long ago deleted program),
> SpyBeGone, and the McAfee Security Suite, the machine is much faster.
> That's M-U-C-H faster.
>
> The Task Manager was reporting CPU Usage at 100%, but now is hovering in a
> range of about 5% to 30%, and seems to spend most of the time at about
> 20%. And, it's actively Defragging at this time.
>
>
#117
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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
Unless your needs are unusual all you need out of Office is Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint and my main use of Excel and PowerPoint is the stuff people
send me for laughs or to review.
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6wRrh.9554$Wz.6650@trndny06...
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
>> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
>> stuff.
>> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>>
>> Earle
>
>
> I don't think the shareware is an issue. Everything I can find seems to be
> valid. That is, the machine has the assrotment of Office programs, the
> software to support hardware devices, that sort of thing.
>
> Since I cleaned Acrobat Reader 3.0 (a long ago deleted program),
> SpyBeGone, and the McAfee Security Suite, the machine is much faster.
> That's M-U-C-H faster.
>
> The Task Manager was reporting CPU Usage at 100%, but now is hovering in a
> range of about 5% to 30%, and seems to spend most of the time at about
> 20%. And, it's actively Defragging at this time.
>
>
and PowerPoint and my main use of Excel and PowerPoint is the stuff people
send me for laughs or to review.
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6wRrh.9554$Wz.6650@trndny06...
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:45afe29c$0$7873$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.co m...
>> This step is just to make sure he is not using weird shareware or PD
>> stuff.
>> It doesn't seem to be the issue in this case, but you never know.
>>
>> Earle
>
>
> I don't think the shareware is an issue. Everything I can find seems to be
> valid. That is, the machine has the assrotment of Office programs, the
> software to support hardware devices, that sort of thing.
>
> Since I cleaned Acrobat Reader 3.0 (a long ago deleted program),
> SpyBeGone, and the McAfee Security Suite, the machine is much faster.
> That's M-U-C-H faster.
>
> The Task Manager was reporting CPU Usage at 100%, but now is hovering in a
> range of about 5% to 30%, and seems to spend most of the time at about
> 20%. And, it's actively Defragging at this time.
>
>
#118
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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
This raises a good point also.... remove any program from the 'Startup"
folder that doesn't actually have to be there. These programs consume
resources that you are already too short of.
"Curtis" <cchandler63@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169155608.519362.42250@v45g2000cwv.googlegro ups.com...
> personally I would atttempt to figure out the offending application or
> driver before loading _anything_ .
>
> boot the workstation up, bring up task manager, take a look at your
> resources, what is using the most memory, what is the CPU at, you may
> find a service or app is using tons of memory...an example would be AOL
> messenger...if so de-install or kill that process.
>
> It sounds to me if the box is dead slow unless your hard drive is
> spinning endlessly, you probably have your memory or cpu maxed out by
> some process.
>
> If your hard disk is spinning endlessly, you can always remove your
> pagefile then defrag then add it back. if the page file gets fragmented
> especially with low RAM it can slow things down...
>
> good luck
>
folder that doesn't actually have to be there. These programs consume
resources that you are already too short of.
"Curtis" <cchandler63@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169155608.519362.42250@v45g2000cwv.googlegro ups.com...
> personally I would atttempt to figure out the offending application or
> driver before loading _anything_ .
>
> boot the workstation up, bring up task manager, take a look at your
> resources, what is using the most memory, what is the CPU at, you may
> find a service or app is using tons of memory...an example would be AOL
> messenger...if so de-install or kill that process.
>
> It sounds to me if the box is dead slow unless your hard drive is
> spinning endlessly, you probably have your memory or cpu maxed out by
> some process.
>
> If your hard disk is spinning endlessly, you can always remove your
> pagefile then defrag then add it back. if the page file gets fragmented
> especially with low RAM it can slow things down...
>
> good luck
>
#119
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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
This raises a good point also.... remove any program from the 'Startup"
folder that doesn't actually have to be there. These programs consume
resources that you are already too short of.
"Curtis" <cchandler63@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169155608.519362.42250@v45g2000cwv.googlegro ups.com...
> personally I would atttempt to figure out the offending application or
> driver before loading _anything_ .
>
> boot the workstation up, bring up task manager, take a look at your
> resources, what is using the most memory, what is the CPU at, you may
> find a service or app is using tons of memory...an example would be AOL
> messenger...if so de-install or kill that process.
>
> It sounds to me if the box is dead slow unless your hard drive is
> spinning endlessly, you probably have your memory or cpu maxed out by
> some process.
>
> If your hard disk is spinning endlessly, you can always remove your
> pagefile then defrag then add it back. if the page file gets fragmented
> especially with low RAM it can slow things down...
>
> good luck
>
folder that doesn't actually have to be there. These programs consume
resources that you are already too short of.
"Curtis" <cchandler63@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169155608.519362.42250@v45g2000cwv.googlegro ups.com...
> personally I would atttempt to figure out the offending application or
> driver before loading _anything_ .
>
> boot the workstation up, bring up task manager, take a look at your
> resources, what is using the most memory, what is the CPU at, you may
> find a service or app is using tons of memory...an example would be AOL
> messenger...if so de-install or kill that process.
>
> It sounds to me if the box is dead slow unless your hard drive is
> spinning endlessly, you probably have your memory or cpu maxed out by
> some process.
>
> If your hard disk is spinning endlessly, you can always remove your
> pagefile then defrag then add it back. if the page file gets fragmented
> especially with low RAM it can slow things down...
>
> good luck
>
#120
Guest
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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
This raises a good point also.... remove any program from the 'Startup"
folder that doesn't actually have to be there. These programs consume
resources that you are already too short of.
"Curtis" <cchandler63@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169155608.519362.42250@v45g2000cwv.googlegro ups.com...
> personally I would atttempt to figure out the offending application or
> driver before loading _anything_ .
>
> boot the workstation up, bring up task manager, take a look at your
> resources, what is using the most memory, what is the CPU at, you may
> find a service or app is using tons of memory...an example would be AOL
> messenger...if so de-install or kill that process.
>
> It sounds to me if the box is dead slow unless your hard drive is
> spinning endlessly, you probably have your memory or cpu maxed out by
> some process.
>
> If your hard disk is spinning endlessly, you can always remove your
> pagefile then defrag then add it back. if the page file gets fragmented
> especially with low RAM it can slow things down...
>
> good luck
>
folder that doesn't actually have to be there. These programs consume
resources that you are already too short of.
"Curtis" <cchandler63@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169155608.519362.42250@v45g2000cwv.googlegro ups.com...
> personally I would atttempt to figure out the offending application or
> driver before loading _anything_ .
>
> boot the workstation up, bring up task manager, take a look at your
> resources, what is using the most memory, what is the CPU at, you may
> find a service or app is using tons of memory...an example would be AOL
> messenger...if so de-install or kill that process.
>
> It sounds to me if the box is dead slow unless your hard drive is
> spinning endlessly, you probably have your memory or cpu maxed out by
> some process.
>
> If your hard disk is spinning endlessly, you can always remove your
> pagefile then defrag then add it back. if the page file gets fragmented
> especially with low RAM it can slow things down...
>
> good luck
>