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Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
Sweet. I'll start doing some more research tonight. Should I look for
and accumulate programs before attempting an install? Or just see what the particular distro comes with and get stuff as I figure I need it? Thanks guys! Frank_v7.0 wrote: > That'll work! The iso is a file containing the "image" of the linux > distribution. > >> Burning a CD Image in Easy CD Creator >> >> 1. Open the Easy CD Creator program. >> 2. From the File menu, select Record CD from CD Image. >> 3. You will be prompted to select the disc image to record. In the >> Files of type: drop-down box, choose ISO Image files (*.ISO). >> 4. Browse and select the ISO image you would like to burn. Click on >> the Open button. >> 5. The Record CD Setup window will display the options for CD >> creation. Under the Record Method section of options, choose >> Track-at-once and Finalize CD. >> 6. Click OK. Your CD will be created. > > Thanks to my friend Google :-) > > If you don't have a decent high speed internet connection just order the > CD from http://www.mepis.org/store > > > > The Merg wrote: >> I have whatever is on the ibook and Easy CD Creator on the Dell >> >> Frank_v7.0 wrote: >>> Do you have Nero or something that can burn a CD? >>> > -- ÐÏࡱá |
Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem -- UPDATE, FIXED (I think)
I delivered the machine back to my b-in-law's house, where he set about
reloading McAfee Internet Security Suite, where upon completion the machine lost a race with a snail. I removed McAfee, again, and the speed is back. We'll be looking for new protection ... The odd thing is, I run McAfee and my computer runs fine. I have an HP Pavilion, he runs a Great Quality <whatever>. I suppose the difference is that the Chinese have better motherboards than the Koreans ... "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message news:mu6sh.9$2n.1@trndny06... > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07... >>I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case of >>The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number of >>different tasks. >> >> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall >> what the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was >> faster. >> >> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure what >> my strategy will be. >> >> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know if >> it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to do >> restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that is on >> the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I will >> restore from. >> >> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ... >> > > I found a couple of legacy programs that should have uninstalled long ago. > They still remain in the Add or Remove Programs section of the Control > Panel, and they would not go away from there. I went into the Registry and > removed all of the "calls" to the errant programs, then I uninstalled > McAfee Internet Security Suite. Now the machine works like it should. > Since we last talked, I've loaded a dozen CDs into iTunes (this is a > project that would have taken days, assuming one would tolerate the pain > that long). > > Somebody here offered up WinASO as a Registry Cleaner. I bought a 5-site > license and am pleased with the product. Well, as pleased as one can be > after messing with something for a couple of hours. Thanks for that ... > > I cleaned up hundreds of "registry errors" in three machines so far, my > wife's machine had 1750 total errors, more than 200 of them ranked as > "serious" by WinASO Registry Optimizer. > > > NEW QUESTION > The Registry has a structure. Are there any resources out there where I > can look up what the structure is, and then I would be able to do stuff to > the Registry with less stress. I've done surgery to the Registry on other > machines, and on one I turned the machine into a paper wieght. I'd like to > understand what I'm looking at when I poke around in the Registry. I'm > thinking a book titled Registry for Dummies would be what I am looking > for. (I resist the temptation to buy anything with "dummies" in the title > ...) > > > > > |
Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem -- UPDATE, FIXED (I think)
I delivered the machine back to my b-in-law's house, where he set about
reloading McAfee Internet Security Suite, where upon completion the machine lost a race with a snail. I removed McAfee, again, and the speed is back. We'll be looking for new protection ... The odd thing is, I run McAfee and my computer runs fine. I have an HP Pavilion, he runs a Great Quality <whatever>. I suppose the difference is that the Chinese have better motherboards than the Koreans ... "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message news:mu6sh.9$2n.1@trndny06... > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07... >>I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case of >>The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number of >>different tasks. >> >> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall >> what the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was >> faster. >> >> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure what >> my strategy will be. >> >> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know if >> it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to do >> restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that is on >> the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I will >> restore from. >> >> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ... >> > > I found a couple of legacy programs that should have uninstalled long ago. > They still remain in the Add or Remove Programs section of the Control > Panel, and they would not go away from there. I went into the Registry and > removed all of the "calls" to the errant programs, then I uninstalled > McAfee Internet Security Suite. Now the machine works like it should. > Since we last talked, I've loaded a dozen CDs into iTunes (this is a > project that would have taken days, assuming one would tolerate the pain > that long). > > Somebody here offered up WinASO as a Registry Cleaner. I bought a 5-site > license and am pleased with the product. Well, as pleased as one can be > after messing with something for a couple of hours. Thanks for that ... > > I cleaned up hundreds of "registry errors" in three machines so far, my > wife's machine had 1750 total errors, more than 200 of them ranked as > "serious" by WinASO Registry Optimizer. > > > NEW QUESTION > The Registry has a structure. Are there any resources out there where I > can look up what the structure is, and then I would be able to do stuff to > the Registry with less stress. I've done surgery to the Registry on other > machines, and on one I turned the machine into a paper wieght. I'd like to > understand what I'm looking at when I poke around in the Registry. I'm > thinking a book titled Registry for Dummies would be what I am looking > for. (I resist the temptation to buy anything with "dummies" in the title > ...) > > > > > |
Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem -- UPDATE, FIXED (I think)
I delivered the machine back to my b-in-law's house, where he set about
reloading McAfee Internet Security Suite, where upon completion the machine lost a race with a snail. I removed McAfee, again, and the speed is back. We'll be looking for new protection ... The odd thing is, I run McAfee and my computer runs fine. I have an HP Pavilion, he runs a Great Quality <whatever>. I suppose the difference is that the Chinese have better motherboards than the Koreans ... "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message news:mu6sh.9$2n.1@trndny06... > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07... >>I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case of >>The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number of >>different tasks. >> >> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall >> what the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was >> faster. >> >> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure what >> my strategy will be. >> >> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know if >> it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to do >> restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that is on >> the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I will >> restore from. >> >> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ... >> > > I found a couple of legacy programs that should have uninstalled long ago. > They still remain in the Add or Remove Programs section of the Control > Panel, and they would not go away from there. I went into the Registry and > removed all of the "calls" to the errant programs, then I uninstalled > McAfee Internet Security Suite. Now the machine works like it should. > Since we last talked, I've loaded a dozen CDs into iTunes (this is a > project that would have taken days, assuming one would tolerate the pain > that long). > > Somebody here offered up WinASO as a Registry Cleaner. I bought a 5-site > license and am pleased with the product. Well, as pleased as one can be > after messing with something for a couple of hours. Thanks for that ... > > I cleaned up hundreds of "registry errors" in three machines so far, my > wife's machine had 1750 total errors, more than 200 of them ranked as > "serious" by WinASO Registry Optimizer. > > > NEW QUESTION > The Registry has a structure. Are there any resources out there where I > can look up what the structure is, and then I would be able to do stuff to > the Registry with less stress. I've done surgery to the Registry on other > machines, and on one I turned the machine into a paper wieght. I'd like to > understand what I'm looking at when I poke around in the Registry. I'm > thinking a book titled Registry for Dummies would be what I am looking > for. (I resist the temptation to buy anything with "dummies" in the title > ...) > > > > > |
Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem -- UPDATE, FIXED (I think)
I delivered the machine back to my b-in-law's house, where he set about
reloading McAfee Internet Security Suite, where upon completion the machine lost a race with a snail. I removed McAfee, again, and the speed is back. We'll be looking for new protection ... The odd thing is, I run McAfee and my computer runs fine. I have an HP Pavilion, he runs a Great Quality <whatever>. I suppose the difference is that the Chinese have better motherboards than the Koreans ... "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message news:mu6sh.9$2n.1@trndny06... > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07... >>I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case of >>The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number of >>different tasks. >> >> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall >> what the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was >> faster. >> >> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure what >> my strategy will be. >> >> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know if >> it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to do >> restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that is on >> the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I will >> restore from. >> >> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ... >> > > I found a couple of legacy programs that should have uninstalled long ago. > They still remain in the Add or Remove Programs section of the Control > Panel, and they would not go away from there. I went into the Registry and > removed all of the "calls" to the errant programs, then I uninstalled > McAfee Internet Security Suite. Now the machine works like it should. > Since we last talked, I've loaded a dozen CDs into iTunes (this is a > project that would have taken days, assuming one would tolerate the pain > that long). > > Somebody here offered up WinASO as a Registry Cleaner. I bought a 5-site > license and am pleased with the product. Well, as pleased as one can be > after messing with something for a couple of hours. Thanks for that ... > > I cleaned up hundreds of "registry errors" in three machines so far, my > wife's machine had 1750 total errors, more than 200 of them ranked as > "serious" by WinASO Registry Optimizer. > > > NEW QUESTION > The Registry has a structure. Are there any resources out there where I > can look up what the structure is, and then I would be able to do stuff to > the Registry with less stress. I've done surgery to the Registry on other > machines, and on one I turned the machine into a paper wieght. I'd like to > understand what I'm looking at when I poke around in the Registry. I'm > thinking a book titled Registry for Dummies would be what I am looking > for. (I resist the temptation to buy anything with "dummies" in the title > ...) > > > > > |
Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
LOL! This is Linux! The packages (programs) are FREE and most everything
you'll need is included! Like I said, try MEPIS. Easy newbie centric set-up and the available base of all packages in Ubuntu. And drop by MEPIS Lovers Forum. Very helpful bunch over there. The Merg wrote: > Sweet. I'll start doing some more research tonight. Should I look for > and accumulate programs before attempting an install? Or just see what > the particular distro comes with and get stuff as I figure I need it? > Thanks guys! > > Frank_v7.0 wrote: >> That'll work! The iso is a file containing the "image" of the linux >> distribution. >> >>> Burning a CD Image in Easy CD Creator >>> >>> 1. Open the Easy CD Creator program. >>> 2. From the File menu, select Record CD from CD Image. >>> 3. You will be prompted to select the disc image to record. In the >>> Files of type: drop-down box, choose ISO Image files (*.ISO). >>> 4. Browse and select the ISO image you would like to burn. Click >>> on the Open button. >>> 5. The Record CD Setup window will display the options for CD >>> creation. Under the Record Method section of options, choose >>> Track-at-once and Finalize CD. >>> 6. Click OK. Your CD will be created. >> >> Thanks to my friend Google :-) >> >> If you don't have a decent high speed internet connection just order >> the CD from http://www.mepis.org/store >> >> >> >> The Merg wrote: >>> I have whatever is on the ibook and Easy CD Creator on the Dell >>> >>> Frank_v7.0 wrote: >>>> Do you have Nero or something that can burn a CD? >>>> >> > -- FRH |
Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
LOL! This is Linux! The packages (programs) are FREE and most everything
you'll need is included! Like I said, try MEPIS. Easy newbie centric set-up and the available base of all packages in Ubuntu. And drop by MEPIS Lovers Forum. Very helpful bunch over there. The Merg wrote: > Sweet. I'll start doing some more research tonight. Should I look for > and accumulate programs before attempting an install? Or just see what > the particular distro comes with and get stuff as I figure I need it? > Thanks guys! > > Frank_v7.0 wrote: >> That'll work! The iso is a file containing the "image" of the linux >> distribution. >> >>> Burning a CD Image in Easy CD Creator >>> >>> 1. Open the Easy CD Creator program. >>> 2. From the File menu, select Record CD from CD Image. >>> 3. You will be prompted to select the disc image to record. In the >>> Files of type: drop-down box, choose ISO Image files (*.ISO). >>> 4. Browse and select the ISO image you would like to burn. Click >>> on the Open button. >>> 5. The Record CD Setup window will display the options for CD >>> creation. Under the Record Method section of options, choose >>> Track-at-once and Finalize CD. >>> 6. Click OK. Your CD will be created. >> >> Thanks to my friend Google :-) >> >> If you don't have a decent high speed internet connection just order >> the CD from http://www.mepis.org/store >> >> >> >> The Merg wrote: >>> I have whatever is on the ibook and Easy CD Creator on the Dell >>> >>> Frank_v7.0 wrote: >>>> Do you have Nero or something that can burn a CD? >>>> >> > -- FRH |
Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
LOL! This is Linux! The packages (programs) are FREE and most everything
you'll need is included! Like I said, try MEPIS. Easy newbie centric set-up and the available base of all packages in Ubuntu. And drop by MEPIS Lovers Forum. Very helpful bunch over there. The Merg wrote: > Sweet. I'll start doing some more research tonight. Should I look for > and accumulate programs before attempting an install? Or just see what > the particular distro comes with and get stuff as I figure I need it? > Thanks guys! > > Frank_v7.0 wrote: >> That'll work! The iso is a file containing the "image" of the linux >> distribution. >> >>> Burning a CD Image in Easy CD Creator >>> >>> 1. Open the Easy CD Creator program. >>> 2. From the File menu, select Record CD from CD Image. >>> 3. You will be prompted to select the disc image to record. In the >>> Files of type: drop-down box, choose ISO Image files (*.ISO). >>> 4. Browse and select the ISO image you would like to burn. Click >>> on the Open button. >>> 5. The Record CD Setup window will display the options for CD >>> creation. Under the Record Method section of options, choose >>> Track-at-once and Finalize CD. >>> 6. Click OK. Your CD will be created. >> >> Thanks to my friend Google :-) >> >> If you don't have a decent high speed internet connection just order >> the CD from http://www.mepis.org/store >> >> >> >> The Merg wrote: >>> I have whatever is on the ibook and Easy CD Creator on the Dell >>> >>> Frank_v7.0 wrote: >>>> Do you have Nero or something that can burn a CD? >>>> >> > -- FRH |
Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem
LOL! This is Linux! The packages (programs) are FREE and most everything
you'll need is included! Like I said, try MEPIS. Easy newbie centric set-up and the available base of all packages in Ubuntu. And drop by MEPIS Lovers Forum. Very helpful bunch over there. The Merg wrote: > Sweet. I'll start doing some more research tonight. Should I look for > and accumulate programs before attempting an install? Or just see what > the particular distro comes with and get stuff as I figure I need it? > Thanks guys! > > Frank_v7.0 wrote: >> That'll work! The iso is a file containing the "image" of the linux >> distribution. >> >>> Burning a CD Image in Easy CD Creator >>> >>> 1. Open the Easy CD Creator program. >>> 2. From the File menu, select Record CD from CD Image. >>> 3. You will be prompted to select the disc image to record. In the >>> Files of type: drop-down box, choose ISO Image files (*.ISO). >>> 4. Browse and select the ISO image you would like to burn. Click >>> on the Open button. >>> 5. The Record CD Setup window will display the options for CD >>> creation. Under the Record Method section of options, choose >>> Track-at-once and Finalize CD. >>> 6. Click OK. Your CD will be created. >> >> Thanks to my friend Google :-) >> >> If you don't have a decent high speed internet connection just order >> the CD from http://www.mepis.org/store >> >> >> >> The Merg wrote: >>> I have whatever is on the ibook and Easy CD Creator on the Dell >>> >>> Frank_v7.0 wrote: >>>> Do you have Nero or something that can burn a CD? >>>> >> > -- FRH |
Re: {OT} -- Computer Problem -- UPDATE, FIXED (I think)
Try AVG Free ver. 7.5 for anti-virus and their free spyware program
works well. I use them both on my Windows XP drive. And you can't go wrong with AdAware and SpyBot S&D. Jeff Strickland wrote: > I delivered the machine back to my b-in-law's house, where he set about > reloading McAfee Internet Security Suite, where upon completion the > machine lost a race with a snail. > > I removed McAfee, again, and the speed is back. We'll be looking for new > protection ... > > The odd thing is, I run McAfee and my computer runs fine. I have an HP > Pavilion, he runs a Great Quality <whatever>. I suppose the difference > is that the Chinese have better motherboards than the Koreans ... > > > > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:mu6sh.9$2n.1@trndny06... >> >> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message >> news:KBPrh.21233$wq.14150@trndny07... >>> I (my brother in law, really) have a computer that has a SERIOUS case >>> of The Slows. It takes FOREVER to open apps, and complete any number >>> of different tasks. >>> >>> It is an off-brand box that came from Fry's (I think). I don't recall >>> what the architecture is, but I'm pretty sure my 286-based laptop was >>> faster. >>> >>> The computer is on its way to my house for a checkout. I'm not sure >>> what my strategy will be. >>> >>> The machine has a valid version of XP Home edition, but I do not know >>> if it has the Restore CD or not. Can I use a different copy of XP to >>> do restore operations? I assume that I have to use the Key Code that >>> is on the computer, not the one that belongs to the copy of XP that I >>> will restore from. >>> >>> Do not hesitate to offer suggestions on what to do ... >>> >> >> I found a couple of legacy programs that should have uninstalled long >> ago. They still remain in the Add or Remove Programs section of the >> Control Panel, and they would not go away from there. I went into the >> Registry and removed all of the "calls" to the errant programs, then I >> uninstalled McAfee Internet Security Suite. Now the machine works like >> it should. Since we last talked, I've loaded a dozen CDs into iTunes >> (this is a project that would have taken days, assuming one would >> tolerate the pain that long). >> >> Somebody here offered up WinASO as a Registry Cleaner. I bought a >> 5-site license and am pleased with the product. Well, as pleased as >> one can be after messing with something for a couple of hours. Thanks >> for that ... >> >> I cleaned up hundreds of "registry errors" in three machines so far, >> my wife's machine had 1750 total errors, more than 200 of them ranked >> as "serious" by WinASO Registry Optimizer. >> >> >> NEW QUESTION >> The Registry has a structure. Are there any resources out there where >> I can look up what the structure is, and then I would be able to do >> stuff to the Registry with less stress. I've done surgery to the >> Registry on other machines, and on one I turned the machine into a >> paper wieght. I'd like to understand what I'm looking at when I poke >> around in the Registry. I'm thinking a book titled Registry for >> Dummies would be what I am looking for. (I resist the temptation to >> buy anything with "dummies" in the title ...) >> >> >> >> >> > -- FRH |
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