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finding a windows version number now OT about my boondoggle with MSKB and WU
Here's a top 10 list:
1 I_VIEW32 245 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\IRFANVIEW\I_VIEW32.EXE 2 IEXPLORE 121 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.EXE 3 MPLAYERC 71 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC\MPLAYERC.EXE 4 RUNDLL32 71 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE 5 MSIMN 33 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\OUTLOOK EXPRESS\MSIMN.EXE 6 OUTLOOK 22 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE10\OUTLOOK.EXE 7 NOTEPAD 21 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE 8 WINWORD 21 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE10\WINWORD.EXE 9 EXPLORER 16 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE 10 REGEDIT 14 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\REGEDIT.EXE Mind you, I had done a Defrag just prior (a couple of days earlier) to deciding to re-enable Taskmon and see what resulted from it. Wonder what it might have shown me then? I listen to a lot of music -Irfanview mp3 player- while sitting here. That one *really* benefitted from the Taskmon enhanced Defrag. Sometimes it would take 20 seconds to load the file, saying "no file loaded". Now...at the worst it takes maybe 5 seconds, but is mostly instantaneous, particularly if it is in ongoing operational status. Read "playing already" ;-)) Yeah, that WU thing had happened once before sometime last year, but the fix was to add/change some of the MS Url's that I had in there, IIRC. That *wasn't* it this time though. Just when things are going along smoothly.... Well, if it ain't broken, it's a miracle; if it's working, it's supernatural...and it won't be working for long. g -- LuckyStrike -------------------------------------------------------------------- "PCR" wrote: You are welcome. So, what are your top ten in Optlog.txt? OK, glad to see you have resolved Windows Update. I have just now run into the thread. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "LuckyStrike" wrote in message ... | Late last night when it was slow in the NG. MSKB and WU were not working for | me. snip... |
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finding a windows version number now OT about my boondoggle with MSKB and WU
Care to elucidate the moving of the swap file thing? The "how to's", that
is. Interesting observation of the relation to a virus and the updated number. Hmmm... had not thought of that as a subtle detector device. And yeah, I do lollygag about, but also try to be useful and serious with matters. But music soothes the savage beast... hehe. No, I wouldn't do a defrag just for the heck of viewing a change in Optlog.txt. --- seems to thrash the HD around quite a bit. On a similar subject of thrashing: I had asked a long time ago in this NG about when one uses Ad-Aware, Spybot (in particular) and other programs (e.g PestPatrol) which scope around the HD at a pretty fast clip if they also thrash the drive. Never got a direct answer. Got one of those "is your HD still warranted by the .mfg? If so just do it, and it it dies get a new one". Dumb answer which side-stepped my question. -- LuckyStrike -------------------------------------------------------------------- "PCR" wrote in message ... 245/71 times lollygagging with IrfanView/WMP! Well... I do see you are not ENTIRELY fun/games, as REGEDIT did make your top ten, though! Also, I doubt you are infected with any virus. Those numbers will update every time you do a Defrag, now that Taskmon is activated. Although Defrag is quicker-- does far less work-- when run regularly (try two in a row), STILL I really wouldn't do it just to see an Optlog.txt. How would you like to move your swap file out of the way of a Defrag? That file is not moved during a Defrag, & all others must pussyfoot around it! -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "LuckyStrike" om wrote in message ... | Here's a top 10 list: | 1 I_VIEW32 245 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM | FILES\IRFANVIEW\I_VIEW32.EXE | 2 IEXPLORE 121 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET | EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.EXE | 3 MPLAYERC 71 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MEDIA PLAYER | CLASSIC\MPLAYERC.EXE | 4 RUNDLL32 71 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE | 5 MSIMN 33 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\OUTLOOK | EXPRESS\MSIMN.EXE | 6 OUTLOOK 22 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT | OFFICE\OFFICE10\OUTLOOK.EXE | 7 NOTEPAD 21 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE | 8 WINWORD 21 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT | OFFICE\OFFICE10\WINWORD.EXE | 9 EXPLORER 16 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE | 10 REGEDIT 14 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\REGEDIT.EXE | | Mind you, I had done a Defrag just prior (a couple of days earlier) to | deciding to re-enable Taskmon and see what resulted from it. Wonder what it | might have shown me then? I listen to a lot of music -Irfanview mp3 player- | while sitting here. That one *really* benefitted from the Taskmon enhanced | Defrag. Sometimes it would take 20 seconds to load the file, saying "no file | loaded". Now...at the worst it takes maybe 5 seconds, but is mostly | instantaneous, particularly if it is in ongoing operational status. Read | "playing already" ;-)) | | Yeah, that WU thing had happened once before sometime last year, but the fix | was to add/change some of the MS Url's that I had in there, IIRC. That | *wasn't* it this time though. Just when things are going along smoothly.... | Well, if it ain't broken, it's a miracle; if it's working, it's | supernatural...and it won't be working for long. g | -- | | LuckyStrike | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | "PCR" wrote: | You are welcome. So, what are your top ten in Optlog.txt? OK, glad to | see you have resolved Windows Update. I have just now run into the | thread. | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "LuckyStrike" | wrote in message ... | | Late last night when it was slow in the NG. MSKB and WU were not | working for | | me. snip... | | |
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finding a windows version number now OT about my boondoggle with MSKB and WU
Right. Since my HDD crash of 2001, I have often worried over those
things myself. I certainly have uninstalled the MS Critical Update Notification Tool, which was accessing my HDD every five minutes, on or off-line! And I have upgraded to 384 MB RAM, which holds swap file activity in check. But reading is better than writing, & I surely haven't quit running McAfee. The huge bulk of "unmovables" during a Defrag is the swap file. After that, any CVS (Compressed Volume File) may also be big. Finally, in Win98, any file that is attributed both "System" & "Hidden" will be an unmovable. I have discovered that, if you've turned on Thumbnail View for a folder, it will create a Thumbs.db in that folder... THUMBS DB 89,600 12-14-03 2:36a 12-14-03 HS THUMBS DB 219,648 07-01-03 10:51p 12-16-03 HS A THUMBS DB 48,640 06-22-03 11:08p 12-16-03 HS A (Now, I have turned it off, & they have disappeared.) Well, here is how to isolate the swap file, so that it will not intermix with others & cause Defrag to pussyfoot around it... (a) Set swap file minimum size to 300 MB, & reboot back to windows. Do so at "Control Panel, System, Performance tab, Virtual Memory button". This will create a 300 MB space for a swap file. It may not be entirely contiguous. Set the minimum only. (b) Boot to DOS (c) SMARTDRV (to speed up the following considerably) (d) COPY Win386.swp Win386.jnk (This fills in gaps between files, so that later Win386.swp will be contiguous.) (e) REN Win386.swp Win386.old (Win386.swp will recreate at boot.) (f) Boot to Windows (Now, you have Win386.jnk, Win386.old, plus a new Win386.swp.) (g) In Explorer, delete Win386.jnk & Win386.old. Hold Shift as clicking to Delete to prevent it goes into the Recycle Bin! (h) Do whatever you normally do, to keep the following from constantly restarting. (i) Scandisk (Thorough, usually w/o write checking) (j) Defrag Now I had my buffer between the swap file & the rest of my files. This is meant to keep the swap file out of the way of the rest of the system during a Defrag. There may have been some little bit of the swap file still among the other files, but the vast bulk of it was one contiguous block 300 MB away! I saw it, by pausing Defrag before it ended & scrolling past a sea of white to the sea of red! (By the way, "REN Win386.swp Win386.old" created a zero byte file, or I am a madman!) Notes: 1. This need be done but once this way, except should you subsequently delete Win386.swp. Anyhow, mine has stayed put! 2. The 300 MB swap file has moved to the root folder C:\, because a minimum size was specified. 3. You still have a "C:\Windows\Win386.swp", but it is zero bytes in size. 4. It has been promised "C:\Win386.swp" will never move physically on the hard drive. Those 300 MBs will stay put. However, should the swap file get larger than that, the excess will intermix with other files. When the swap file shrinks, it will then return to the 300 MB area. 5. The purpose of Win386.jnk was to give the system room for growth, before it must use disk space on the other side of the swap file. (It does appear to work that way.) Is it all worth it? I really think it did make a difference. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "LuckyStrike" om wrote in message ... | Care to elucidate the moving of the swap file thing? The "how to's", that | is. | | Interesting observation of the relation to a virus and the updated number. | Hmmm... had not thought of that as a subtle detector device. And yeah, I do | lollygag about, but also try to be useful and serious with matters. But | music soothes the savage beast... hehe. | | No, I wouldn't do a defrag just for the heck of viewing a change in | Optlog.txt. --- seems to thrash the HD around quite a bit. On a similar | subject of thrashing: I had asked a long time ago in this NG about when one | uses Ad-Aware, Spybot (in particular) and other programs (e.g PestPatrol) | which scope around the HD at a pretty fast clip if they also thrash the | drive. Never got a direct answer. Got one of those "is your HD still | warranted by the .mfg? If so just do it, and it it dies get a new one". Dumb | answer which side-stepped my question. | -- | | LuckyStrike | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | "PCR" wrote in message | ... | 245/71 times lollygagging with IrfanView/WMP! Well... I do see you are | not ENTIRELY fun/games, as REGEDIT did make your top ten, though! Also, | I doubt you are infected with any virus. Those numbers will update every | time you do a Defrag, now that Taskmon is activated. | | Although Defrag is quicker-- does far less work-- when run regularly | (try two in a row), STILL I really wouldn't do it just to see an | Optlog.txt. | | How would you like to move your swap file out of the way of a Defrag? | That file is not moved during a Defrag, & all others must pussyfoot | around it! | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "LuckyStrike" om | wrote in message ... | | Here's a top 10 list: | | 1 I_VIEW32 245 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM | | FILES\IRFANVIEW\I_VIEW32.EXE | | 2 IEXPLORE 121 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET | | EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.EXE | | 3 MPLAYERC 71 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MEDIA PLAYER | | CLASSIC\MPLAYERC.EXE | | 4 RUNDLL32 71 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE | | 5 MSIMN 33 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\OUTLOOK | | EXPRESS\MSIMN.EXE | | 6 OUTLOOK 22 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT | | OFFICE\OFFICE10\OUTLOOK.EXE | | 7 NOTEPAD 21 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE | | 8 WINWORD 21 2004.06.26 C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT | | OFFICE\OFFICE10\WINWORD.EXE | | 9 EXPLORER 16 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE | | 10 REGEDIT 14 2004.06.26 C:\WINDOWS\REGEDIT.EXE | | | | Mind you, I had done a Defrag just prior (a couple of days earlier) to | | deciding to re-enable Taskmon and see what resulted from it. Wonder | what it | | might have shown me then? I listen to a lot of music -Irfanview mp3 | player- | | while sitting here. That one *really* benefitted from the Taskmon | enhanced | | Defrag. Sometimes it would take 20 seconds to load the file, saying | "no file | | loaded". Now...at the worst it takes maybe 5 seconds, but is mostly | | instantaneous, particularly if it is in ongoing operational status. | Read | | "playing already" ;-)) | | | | Yeah, that WU thing had happened once before sometime last year, but | the fix | | was to add/change some of the MS Url's that I had in there, IIRC. That | | *wasn't* it this time though. Just when things are going along | smoothly.... | | Well, if it ain't broken, it's a miracle; if it's working, it's | | supernatural...and it won't be working for long. g | | -- | | | | LuckyStrike | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | "PCR" wrote: | | You are welcome. So, what are your top ten in Optlog.txt? OK, glad | to | | see you have resolved Windows Update. I have just now run into the | | thread. | | | | | | -- | | Thanks or Good Luck, | | There may be humor in this post, and, | | Naturally, you will not sue, | | should things get worse after this, | | PCR | | | | "LuckyStrike" | | wrote in message ... | | | Late last night when it was slow in the NG. MSKB and WU were not | | working for | | | me. snip... | | | | | | | | |
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finding a windows version number now OT about my boondoggle with MSKB and WU
OK then..this post has been duly saved so as to have it for reference at the
time I elect to do that. It won't be right now as I have just gone through the process and don't want to overdo it. You know what I mean. Thanks for the description; your efforts will not be wasted. Yes, there is that huge block of immovables that sits towards the end of the drive; not at the very end, but at least 65 - 75% + through it. So, do you think the anti-spyware scanners knock the HD-D around or not? -- LuckyStrike -------------------------------------------------------------------- "PCR" wrote in message ... Right. Since my HDD crash of 2001, I have often worried over those things myself. I certainly have uninstalled the MS Critical Update Notification Tool, which was accessing my HDD every five minutes, on or off-line! And I have upgraded to 384 MB RAM, which holds swap file activity in check. But reading is better than writing, & I surely haven't quit running McAfee. The huge bulk of "unmovables" during a Defrag is the swap file. After that, any CVS (Compressed Volume File) may also be big. Finally, in Win98, any file that is attributed both "System" & "Hidden" will be an unmovable. I have discovered that, if you've turned on Thumbnail View for a folder, it will create a Thumbs.db in that folder... snipped Is it all worth it? I really think it did make a difference. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "LuckyStrike" wrote in message ... | Care to elucidate the moving of the swap file thing? The "how to's", snipped On a similar | subject of thrashing: I had asked a long time ago in this NG about when one | uses Ad-Aware, Spybot (in particular) and other programs (e.g PestPatrol) | which scope around the HD at a pretty fast clip if they also thrash the | drive. | -- | | LuckyStrike | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | "PCR" wrote in message | ... snip | | How would you like to move your swap file out of the way of a Defrag? | That file is not moved during a Defrag, & all others must pussyfoot | around it! | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | |
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finding a windows version number now OT about my boondoggle with MSKB and WU
Fine! But I swear you should do it! (Or move the swap file to another
partition, but THAT should be the 1st Primary of a second HDD. I didn't, because that is what holds my precious clone.) I think, except for .log files, anti-spyware scanners are just reading, not writing. Still, I wouldn't multi-task them unnecessarily, to set heads a bob, bob, bobbing! Also, you do recall, SpyBot is WACKY with it's .log's-- at least, v1.2 surely was! -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "LuckyStrike" om wrote in message ... | OK then..this post has been duly saved so as to have it for reference at the | time I elect to do that. It won't be right now as I have just gone through | the process and don't want to overdo it. You know what I mean. Thanks for | the description; your efforts will not be wasted. | | Yes, there is that huge block of immovables that sits towards the end of the | drive; not at the very end, but at least 65 - 75% + through it. | | So, do you think the anti-spyware scanners knock the HD-D around or not? | -- | | LuckyStrike | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | "PCR" wrote in message ... | Right. Since my HDD crash of 2001, I have often worried over those | things myself. I certainly have uninstalled the MS Critical Update | Notification Tool, which was accessing my HDD every five minutes, on or | off-line! And I have upgraded to 384 MB RAM, which holds swap file | activity in check. But reading is better than writing, & I surely | haven't quit running McAfee. | | The huge bulk of "unmovables" during a Defrag is the swap file. After | that, any CVS (Compressed Volume File) may also be big. Finally, in | Win98, any file that is attributed both "System" & "Hidden" will be an | unmovable. I have discovered that, if you've turned on Thumbnail View | for a folder, it will create a Thumbs.db in that folder... | | snipped | | | Is it all worth it? I really think it did make a difference. | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "LuckyStrike" wrote in message | ... | | Care to elucidate the moving of the swap file thing? The "how to's", | snipped On a | similar | | subject of thrashing: I had asked a long time ago in this NG about | when one | | uses Ad-Aware, Spybot (in particular) and other programs (e.g | PestPatrol) | | which scope around the HD at a pretty fast clip if they also thrash | the | | drive. | | -- | | | | LuckyStrike | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | "PCR" wrote in message | | ... | snip | | | | How would you like to move your swap file out of the way of a | Defrag? | | That file is not moved during a Defrag, & all others must pussyfoot | | around it! | | | | | | -- | | Thanks or Good Luck, | | There may be humor in this post, and, | | Naturally, you will not sue, | | should things get worse after this, | | PCR | | | | |
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finding a windows version number now OT about my boondoggle with MSKB and WU
Don't have a partitioned set-up yet. Nor did I ever get a second hard drive,
but it has been a back-up nightmare, and I have more disks than the Smithsonian! But, *don't fret*! I'll get roundtuit. ;-) And yep... you're prolly right...they're just reading and not writing, but they still make the HD-spin and make a little noise. I'd never run two of them at once, and in fact, I don't even run any without having all other windows closed. The log thing is better for me now. Not sure if it's the result of ver. 1.3 or the changes I made to how the logs are written. -- LuckyStrike How to make a good newsgroup post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/post.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- "PCR" wrote in message ... Fine! But I swear you should do it! (Or move the swap file to another partition, but THAT should be the 1st Primary of a second HDD. I didn't, because that is what holds my precious clone.) I think, except for .log files, anti-spyware scanners are just reading, not writing. Still, I wouldn't multi-task them unnecessarily, to set heads a bob, bob, bobbing! Also, you do recall, SpyBot is WACKY with it's .log's-- at least, v1.2 surely was! -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "LuckyStrike" om wrote in message ... | OK then..this post has been duly saved so as to have it for reference at the | time I elect to do that. It won't be right now as I have just gone through | the process and don't want to overdo it. You know what I mean. Thanks for | the description; your efforts will not be wasted. | | Yes, there is that huge block of immovables that sits towards the end of the | drive; not at the very end, but at least 65 - 75% + through it. | | So, do you think the anti-spyware scanners knock the HD-D around or not? | -- | | LuckyStrike | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | "PCR" wrote in message ... | Right. Since my HDD crash of 2001, I have often worried over those | things myself. I certainly have uninstalled the MS Critical Update | Notification Tool, which was accessing my HDD every five minutes, on or | off-line! And I have upgraded to 384 MB RAM, which holds swap file | activity in check. But reading is better than writing, & I surely | haven't quit running McAfee. | | The huge bulk of "unmovables" during a Defrag is the swap file. After | that, any CVS (Compressed Volume File) may also be big. Finally, in | Win98, any file that is attributed both "System" & "Hidden" will be an | unmovable. I have discovered that, if you've turned on Thumbnail View | for a folder, it will create a Thumbs.db in that folder... | | snipped | | | Is it all worth it? I really think it did make a difference. | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "LuckyStrike" wrote in message | ... | | Care to elucidate the moving of the swap file thing? The "how to's", snip |
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finding a windows version number now OT about my boondoggle with MSKB and WU
OK, then. Do get a second HDD, & put a clone on it. That REALLY is your
first priority! As far as partitions, I'm flooded with them now. It makes backup a tad more complex, as my clone no longer has it all. OK, bye. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "LuckyStrike" om wrote in message ... | Don't have a partitioned set-up yet. Nor did I ever get a second hard drive, | but it has been a back-up nightmare, and I have more disks than the | Smithsonian! | | But, *don't fret*! I'll get roundtuit. ;-) | | And yep... you're prolly right...they're just reading and not writing, but | they still make the HD-spin and make a little noise. I'd never run two of | them at once, and in fact, I don't even run any without having all other | windows closed. The log thing is better for me now. Not sure if it's the | result of ver. 1.3 or the changes I made to how the logs are written. | -- | | LuckyStrike | | | How to make a good newsgroup post: | http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm | http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/post.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | "PCR" wrote in message | ... | Fine! But I swear you should do it! (Or move the swap file to another | partition, but THAT should be the 1st Primary of a second HDD. I didn't, | because that is what holds my precious clone.) | | I think, except for .log files, anti-spyware scanners are just reading, | not writing. Still, I wouldn't multi-task them unnecessarily, to set | heads a bob, bob, bobbing! Also, you do recall, SpyBot is WACKY with | it's .log's-- at least, v1.2 surely was! | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "LuckyStrike" om | wrote in message ... | | OK then..this post has been duly saved so as to have it for reference | at the | | time I elect to do that. It won't be right now as I have just gone | through | | the process and don't want to overdo it. You know what I mean. Thanks | for | | the description; your efforts will not be wasted. | | | | Yes, there is that huge block of immovables that sits towards the end | of the | | drive; not at the very end, but at least 65 - 75% + through it. | | | | So, do you think the anti-spyware scanners knock the HD-D around or | not? | | -- | | | | LuckyStrike | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | "PCR" wrote in message ... | | Right. Since my HDD crash of 2001, I have often worried over those | | things myself. I certainly have uninstalled the MS Critical Update | | Notification Tool, which was accessing my HDD every five minutes, on | or | | off-line! And I have upgraded to 384 MB RAM, which holds swap file | | activity in check. But reading is better than writing, & I surely | | haven't quit running McAfee. | | | | The huge bulk of "unmovables" during a Defrag is the swap file. | After | | that, any CVS (Compressed Volume File) may also be big. Finally, in | | Win98, any file that is attributed both "System" & "Hidden" will be | an | | unmovable. I have discovered that, if you've turned on Thumbnail | View | | for a folder, it will create a Thumbs.db in that folder... | | | | snipped | | | | | | Is it all worth it? I really think it did make a difference. | | | | | | -- | | Thanks or Good Luck, | | There may be humor in this post, and, | | Naturally, you will not sue, | | should things get worse after this, | | PCR | | | | "LuckyStrike" wrote in message | | ... | | | Care to elucidate the moving of the swap file thing? The "how | to's", | snip | | |
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finding a windows version number now OT about my boondoggle with MSKB and WU
Your advice is almost without exception, sound and worth following. I'd
think that this is the case with the present recommendations. As per usual... thanks. ;-) ...and bye. g LS ------------------------- "PCR" wrote in message ... OK, then. Do get a second HDD, & put a clone on it. That REALLY is your first priority! As far as partitions, I'm flooded with them now. It makes backup a tad more complex, as my clone no longer has it all. OK, bye. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "LuckyStrike" om wrote in message ... | Don't have a partitioned set-up yet. Nor did I ever get a second hard drive, | but it has been a back-up nightmare, and I have more disks than the | Smithsonian! | | But, *don't fret*! I'll get roundtuit. ;-) | | And yep... you're prolly right...they're just reading and not writing, but | they still make the HD-spin and make a little noise. I'd never run two of | them at once, and in fact, I don't even run any without having all other | windows closed. The log thing is better for me now. Not sure if it's the | result of ver. 1.3 or the changes I made to how the logs are written. | -- | | LuckyStrike | | | How to make a good newsgroup post: | http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm | http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/post.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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finding a windows version number now OT about my boondoggle with MSKB and WU
You are welcome.
-- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "LuckyStrike" om wrote in message ... | Your advice is almost without exception, sound and worth following. I'd | think that this is the case with the present recommendations. As per | usual... thanks. ;-) ...and bye. g | LS | ------------------------- | "PCR" wrote in message | ... | OK, then. Do get a second HDD, & put a clone on it. That REALLY is your | first priority! As far as partitions, I'm flooded with them now. It | makes backup a tad more complex, as my clone no longer has it all. OK, | bye. | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "LuckyStrike" om | wrote in message ... | | Don't have a partitioned set-up yet. Nor did I ever get a second hard | drive, | | but it has been a back-up nightmare, and I have more disks than the | | Smithsonian! | | | | But, *don't fret*! I'll get roundtuit. ;-) | | | | And yep... you're prolly right...they're just reading and not writing, | but | | they still make the HD-spin and make a little noise. I'd never run two | of | | them at once, and in fact, I don't even run any without having all | other | | windows closed. The log thing is better for me now. Not sure if it's | the | | result of ver. 1.3 or the changes I made to how the logs are written. | | -- | | | | LuckyStrike | | | | | | How to make a good newsgroup post: | | http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm | | http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/post.html | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
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