Got a computer question?

[Debbie]

and make sure you keep your internet cache clear. That will make a difference.

Damn I just emptied my internet cache and it took awhile to empty! Thanks for that tip.

 

[estevie]

In response to estevie, as I said, depending on your operating system, 64 megs would have been sufficient, but with windows ME, yeah you'd need more ram.

As for freaky's post, what can I say? I've made a profession out of this business for years and years. How long have you been more than a user freaky?

As for lob.....well I won't even go there cause I'd be sinking to his level. So, in retrospect estevie, yeah, one of the best ways to fix your problem is going to be a new 128 meg ram stick. Or if you don't want to pay anything, just use one to two programs at a time, and make sure you keep your internet cache clear. That will make a difference.I don't think task manager will do that one for you. I could be wrong though....I don't use task manager

Ok, I have a better picture now. Freaky sent me to a great site. I have all this shit that starts up when I start up. Some of the things I have removed cause I knew what they were but most I left cause I had no clue what it was. That might help, so I'm going to try it. Also, I think I will check with Gateway about more RAM. Then all my puter problems will be solved...till the next one pops up!

 

[estevie]

I forgot something!

Southern, my darling love of my life, be nice to my new friend, will ya?

 

[BlkPnthr]

One last tip.....keep the icons on your desktop to a minimum.....I know you can get lazy and like the shortcuts on your desktop, but every icon eats a bit of ram, and a lot of icons adds up. Also don't save big files to your desktop, or programs....that'll really cut into your ram.

 

[kiwiwolf]

I have a problem with browsing... particularly here at Lit...

I have a 500mhz processor with 512 (I think) megs of RAM, a 20 gig hard drive, and a very pretty mouse pad. To put it bluntly I know Jack Shit about computers.

My machine keeps on throwing up a server cannot be found message when I try to upload... posting and shit. I'm running Windows 98 2nd edition with IE 5.5.

Any ideas?

 

[BlkPnthr]

How long has this problem been occuring?

 

[estevie]

What do you mean 'don't save it to your desktop'? I don't think I have saved anything to my desktop or maybe I have saved everything to my desktop? Ohhh God, I hate this computer shit. I just want to turn it on and have it work the same way every damn day, is that soo much to ask? Blasted machines, anyway!

 

[kiwiwolf]

How long has this problem been occuring?

Check your PMs... I've got no interest in joining this pissing contest on the board.

 

[BlkPnthr]

When you download stuff, the default location usually winds up being your desktop. Your desktop is that beautiful thing that you see when your computer boots up, before any programs load. You know how you can change your wallpaper and what not? Well the background picture that shows up is your desktop. Anything within it, icons such as "My computer" "Network neighborhood" "Recycle bin" all those things sit on your desktop. If you have a lot of stuff on it, it's going to slow your pc down significantly. And you'll notice this when you boot your computer if you clear it out. So if you are the type of person who loves ahortcuts and what not, try clearning off unnecessary icons and reboot your pc. Chances are you'll see your computer come up to windows a lot quicker.

 

[estevie]

Ahhh, ok. My desktop is fairly free of Icons. I'm going to go try this stuff that I found. I'll let ya know how it turns out!

I'm out! Peace!

 

[Southern37]

Only for you dear.

I forgot something!

Southern, my darling love of my life, be nice to my new friend, will ya?

Babe, you know my feelings on being rude.

He has been extremely rude to freakygurl for no reason whatsoever.

And as for his "On the same token, Southern and a couple others really attempted to make people believe they knew so much about computers and the whole deal about how long I've been around them, but then they shut up when the post from bigrednz came along. Funny how that works, isn't it?" comment.

I never said a word about computers nor try and give advice. You remember i do something else for a living. So, when I deal with people who don't do what I do everyday I find it better not to belittle them for their lack of knowledge..because most likely they know something I do not.

Not to mention a level of general civility and courteousness that should always be present that this guy chooses to ignore.

So, anyway ...yes I'll be nice to him on your behalf love. But I think perhaps you should revise your criteria for friends.

 

[BlkPnthr]

Re: Only for you dear.

Babe, you know my feelings on being rude.

He has been extremely rude to freakygurl for no reason whatsoever.

And as for his "On the same token, Southern and a couple others really attempted to make people believe they knew so much about computers and the whole deal about how long I've been around them, but then they shut up when the post from bigrednz came along. Funny how that works, isn't it?" comment.

I never said a word about computers nor try and give advice. You remember i do something else for a living. So, when I deal with people who don't do what I do everyday I find it better not to belittle them for their lack of knowledge..because most likely they know something I do not.

Not to mention a level of general civility and courteousness that should always be present that this guy chooses to ignore.

So, anyway ...yes I'll be nice to him on your behalf love. But I think perhaps you should revise your criteria for friends.

I've said it before Southern, and I'll say it again. I believe in the saying, you get what you give. I can be one of the most courteous and kind people around, and I can be a dick. The route taken is left up to those who I interact with. If you're a dick, then why would I go out of my way to be pleasant to you, and if you're nice, why would I be a dick? It's a two way street pal.

 

[Lost Cause]

I got a question....where the hell is the, "any" key!!??? (As in hit "any" key to continue) Thanx!

 

[BlkPnthr]

I am not even gonna bother answering that one.

 

[Unclebill]

Originally posted by lobito
15 years ago, the ONLY home computers were proprietery ones, that NO one but the company who sold them, i.e. TANDY (TRS80), could do work on, and even 15 years is pushing it. Something's ICEfishy here. Unless you worked at Radio Shack at the time. The first computer I EVER did any work on was an Apple IIe in 1989, and even then it was only replacing a few user replacable parts, i.e. chips.

15 years, ok, if you say so. you must be a genius.

Lo

Actually, it was a tad before that. My first computer was a TRS-80 Model I from 1980 followed soon by the Model III in early '81.

My Tandy 1000 (IBM workalike) was procured in 1983 meaning the IBM came out before that. The IBM AT came out about 82-83 if I remember correctly.

And remember, 15 years ago was 1987, pretty well into the evolution of the Intel 80xxx chip series. I know the '286 was wide spread by then. I don't remember when the '386 came out but it wasn't too much later than '87. The first Pentiums came out in the early/mid 90's.

Originally posted by BlkPnthr
You don't know much about computers do you? Actually the big computers back then were Adam's and commodores. And believe it or not.....yeah you could do things with them. I never stated once that I am aware of that I was doing then what I do now, however, with the evolution of computers, I too have grown. So stop being an ass and accept what is.

I remembr both the Adam and the Commodore (remember the Pet?). I don't recall either of them being as widely used and accepted as the Tandy TRS-80 series or the Apples.

But there was software for all of them that provided some genuine functionality. And for the TRS-80 Model's I, III and 4, the user had several OS's available in addition to Tandy's, all of which offered some very powerful extensions and functionality to the OS.

Originally posted by Lost Cause
I got a question....where the hell is the, "any" key!!??? (As in hit "any" key to continue) Thanx!

Boy, this is one I can appreciate. But when I got my new keyboard, it was easy to find. So even though I can't claim to be the computer whiz many here do, here's where it is on my keyboard. I can't guarantee it's in the same place on other keyboards, though.

 

[Draco]

Now I know you're full of it!

Unless she's has an AMD processor.....in which case I'd go buy a new motherboard and processor chip....

Or she can listen to BIASed crap from YOU. AMD CPU's come out in 99% of benchmark tests as quick as or even quicker than the same speed INTEL CPU's. Check some hardware sites like Toms if you dont believe me.

Just check and see how much faster the XP1800 (@1553 mhz) is than your "so great" Intel P4 @ 2000mhz. it lacks behind it in any of the tests. And before you start in on me, I have the qualifications to back it, I'll also post the latest results for the new XP 1900 AMD against the new P4 2200mhz from Aust Personal Computer Mag.


Draco
A+/Net+ Certified Technician
Systems Manager
D*T*F*O* NZ Ltd.

(Editted for typos)

 

[SweetCherry]

That depends on her operating system. If it's Windows 98, 64 megs is plenty to run them all.

Not true. When I was running my system on 64mb of RAM, it would blue screen on me all the time and tell me there wasn't enough memory. I'd added a second hard drive and a cd rw to mu system, and once I installed another 64 mb, it hummed along nicely. And before you comment, I did regular maintenence on it.

 

[Draco]

A few tips.

First one is download and install Cacheman.
www.outertech.com. Follow the install wizard and set it to what you use your PC for (Gaming, Movies, Websurfing etc).

Run the MS Configuration programme in Win 98 and SE.
Start Menu, Run, (type msconfig - without the brackets) Go to the Start Up tab.
Now remove the check boxes from all unnessecary programmes
like ICQ, AOL, and anything else thats in there (IF YOU AREN"T SURE, LEAVE IT ON) then reboot your PC, you should notice the difference. Leave Scanreg on, Taskmonitor, Systray (I'm doing this off the top of my head, I'll reboot to 98 later and make a completely list for you)
As for desktop Icons, I really cant see the difference in having one icon or 100, windows dedicates the same amount of memory to its ICON CACHE. 500kb, sweet F A.

If you want to know whats running at any one time, On Win98, press Ctrl-Alt-Del and check what is running there, all that is nessecary is Explorer, Systray and Rundll.

Draco.

 

[Guest]

Re: Now I know you're full of it!

Or she can listen to BIASed crap from YOU. AMD CPU's come out in 99% of benchmark tests as quick as or even quicker than the same speed INTEL CPU's. Check some hardware sites like Toms if you dont believe me.

Just check and see how much faster the XP1800 (@1553 mhz) is than your "so great" Intel P4 @ 2000mhz. it lacks behind it in any of the tests. And before you start in on me, I have the qualifications to back it, I'll also post the latest results for the new XP 1900 AMD against the new P4 2200mhz from Aust Personal Computer Mag.

Draco
A+/Net+ Certified Technician
Systems Manager
D*T*F*O* NZ Ltd.

(Editted for typos)

No one disputes your qualifications. But a lot of people have differing opinions. Especially when it comes to the AMD CPU's vs Intel CPU's. No need for hot headed debate.

 

[Draco]

Heres the Comparison I promised

AMD XP1800+ & XP1900+ run at 1553mhz and 1600mhz respectively.
Intel P4 2Ghz runs at 2000mhz and P4 2.2ghz runs at 2200mhz. This article is scanned from the February 2002 issue of Australian Personal Computer www.apcmag.com.

They used 3D Mark 2001, Z-D Winstone 2001 and Quake 3 as the benchmarks.

 

[Draco]

Re: Re: Now I know you're full of it!

No one disputes your qualifications. But a lot of people have differing opinions. Especially when it comes to the AMD CPU's vs Intel CPU's. No need for hot headed debate.

READ the whole thread next time Harmony, he wholesalely slammed AMD's as hopeless. A a technician who sells BOTH brands AND the VIA CYRIX as well, I was adding some balance to his ONE sided postings. I know which one i recommend to my customers, based on VALUE FOR MONEY AND PERFORMANCE. AMD wins hands down.

 

[Guest]

Not true. When I was running my system on 64mb of RAM, it would blue screen on me all the time and tell me there wasn't enough memory. I'd added a second hard drive and a cd rw to mu system, and once I installed another 64 mb, it hummed along nicely. And before you comment, I did regular maintenence on it.

SweetCherry has a visual problem. I suspect Draco posted this under SweetCherrys name.
Big man prove point through squaw.

Blue screen is the blue screen of death. anything can cause this problem.

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Fix PC Problems
November 2000• Vol.6 Issue 11
Page(s) 62-63 in print issue

Solve The Blue Screen Of Death


There are few things worse then plugging away at your computer only to have your application freeze up and your screen suddenly turn blue. This happens to almost every computer user, and if you’ve seen it, you’ve automatically been admitted to the Blue Screen Of Death club.

The Blue Screen Of Death, which is commonly referred to as the BSOD, is the most obvious and unnerving way your computer can tell you something has gone very wrong. The technical term for the BSOD is the “stop screen” because the error you’ve encountered is significant enough to cause every process on your computer to stop.

In simple terms, the BSOD occurs when applications within the operating system aren’t behaving correctly. This is usually the result of one of the three following problems: access to an illegal instruction has been encountered, invalid data or code has been accessed, or the privilege level of an operation is invalid. When these things occur, the processor returns an exception to the operating system, which in turn is handled as a Fatal Exception error. That blue screen, which is usually covered with hexadecimal error codes, is what results. In most cases, the exception is nonrecoverable, and you must restart or shut down the system.

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The Blue Screen of Death
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No one hears your screams

If you have used Windows 2000 or Windows NT for any length of time at all, you are probably familiar with what is fondly referred to as "The Blue Screen of Death," or BSOD for short. The technical term for this phenomenon is the "stop screen." This is the screen that appears (with a blue background) when something has gone very wrong with your Win2000/NT machine. If you are fortunate, you may be able to simply cold boot, and pray the screen doesn't come back. It is more likely however, that there is a real problem that needs to be fixed, and the screen will rear its ugly head on a regular basis. The purpose of this article is to give you a few pointers on how to begin attacking the problem when you get the BSOD. There are really only two things that cause most Blue Screens: hardware problems, or driver problems. The information below will help you determine the exact cause.

When looking at a BSOD, you may notice that it is divided into several sections. There are five sections total, but for simplicity's sake we will discuss the three main sections in this article. The top section contains the error code and parameters. This looks like a bunch of number groups (one outside the parenthesis, and four within*), along with a term such as IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. The middle section is a listing of all of the drivers that were running at the time of the crash, and their respective memory addresses. The lower section contains a dump of the memory modules that were on the memory stack at the time of the crash.

If you are a developer, or someone who has an intimate understanding of the inner workings of NT, the middle and bottom sections may mean something to you. But for the rest of us, they simply add ambiance. What I do when I receive a BSOD, is to take the contents of the first section (the 5 numbers, and the error), and query the Microsoft Knowledge Base with them. This method has (so far) always turned up for me the exact information that I need to correct the problem, or else has given me enough information to try something that would.

Personally, my favorite method of querying is on the Microsoft TechNet CD, which contains much more than just the Knowledge base. I highly recommend subscribing, although Microsoft has recently made the contents available on their website for free (registration is required). Either method should yield a small set of results. If you get no results back, try using fewer parameters. If you get an unwieldy number of results (in the hundreds), narrow the search down by adding keywords. For instance, if the error began occurring right after you added a "Zip drive," add those words to your search.

Another good source of information is the Event Log. Assuming that you can bring the machine up successfully, check the System Log and the Application Log for clues to problems immediately before the time of the crash.

Since many BSOD's are caused by driver problems, so it may help to keep documentation of what drivers were installed, and when. If a solution can't be found, you can try uninstalling a driver that was installed before the crashes began. You could also try booting into SAFE MODE, and disabling one driver at a time, trying to find the one that causes the problem. Since many BSOD's are also caused by hardware problems, you might also try such things as swapping out the memory chips, to see if the problem still occurs.

If your Win2K/NT machine is a "production" machine, or if you would like to minimize downtime, you may want to change the settings so that it automatically reboots after a stop error occurs. To do this in NT, go to the Control Panel, System, and on the Startup/Shutdown tab, check the box next to "Automatically Reboot." In Windows 2000, you will find this option in the Startup and Recovery options from the Advanced tab (in the Control Panel, System applet).

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: Re: Now I know you're full of it!

READ the whole thread next time Harmony, he wholesalely slammed AMD's as hopeless. A a technician who sells BOTH brands AND the VIA CYRIX as well, I was adding some balance to his ONE sided postings. I know which one i recommend to my customers, based on VALUE FOR MONEY AND PERFORMANCE. AMD wins hands down.

I have read the whole thread.
Particularly the ccomments on Amd/INTEL
"That depends on her operating system. If it's Windows 98, 64 megs is plenty to run them all. Unless she's has an AMD processor.....in which case I'd go buy a new motherboard and processor chip....Intel is pretty good. I run a P4 1.5 Ghz with 384 Megs of RAM, 40 Gig HD, 32 meg video card, and a whole lot of other goodies, but then this computer wasn't meant for just posting on a board. It's mainly used for gaming. "

From what I glean his computer is used mainly for gaming hence the AMD CPU which is more suitable.

Perhaps one could have astutely offered your obvious skills and experience balancing this discussion instead of making it heated?

 

[Draco]

YOU GUTLESS SLIME FILLED MOTHERFUCKER

I DID NOT POST THAT UNDER SWEETCHERRYS NAME.
AND I'D WATCH YOUR MOUTH, THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE WOMEN I INTEND TO MARRY.
AND WHAT HAS HER 'VISION PROBLEM' GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING?

COME OUT FROM BEHIND THE 'UNREGISTURD'

YOU SLIME BAG.

SweetChery is on the boards right now and I have sent her the link.
She'll have a piece of you too.

FUCKTARD>

 

[SweetCherry]

OK, first of all, Draco may have my pasasword and such, but he doesn't post under my name.

Second of all, just because I have a vision problem does NOT mean I can't perform these tasks myself. My limited vision does not hamper me in learning or in my ability to add things inside my pc. I HAVE added a slave hdd, put in a couple different cd roms, a cd rw, more RAM. I've also moved around various cards in my pc. Yes, this was done with help from Draco over the phone, but the only person to PHYSICALLY be inside my pc has been ME. Yeah, me, with my limitesdd vision.

Just so ya know, legally blind doesn't mean TOTALLY blind. Get it straight.