Glenn
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See the Beginner's Guide (pinned topic at top of this forum) Issues > Restoring Issues Backup.
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It'll probably depend on how they engineer it. It's not likely to be the same technology as a 1GB USB stick.
This article explains some of the issues Flash memory drive defragmentation: Does it make sense?
... and it turns out there is a limited situation in which it may make sense (see the part about ReadyBoost).
EDIT: Correct that last statement ... It may explain why some people think it speeds things up but, since you can't control which files wind up in the fast part of a 2-speed chip, I don't see the benefit.
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On their machine, go to WhatIsMyIP
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The Dimension 4600 is just a general model designation. The actual configurations could vary quite a bit with respect to processor, memory, hard drive, etc.
Right now, I'm working from a D4600 with P4 2.8GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB SATA drive, running Win XP SP2 and, although it's technically obsolete, I don't really notice it being any slower than the newer machines I use. Mind you, I wiped it completely to get rid of all the Dell "free" junk and loaded just what I wanted.
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If you haven't already done so, you could try Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Reset Internet Explorer Settings.
It means you'll have to redo all your customizations but it does give you a truly clean starting point. If you have add-ons, they are not removed, just disabled and can be enabled using Manage Add-ons.
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If you mean a USB connected hard drive, I've repeatedly defragged 5 such (4 different brands) with no problem and it does speed them up [EDIT] marginally. USB transfer speed still seems to be the main limitation.
If you mean a USB flash drive, there's no point. The files are distributed over the chip to even out wear. Access speed is limited by this feature not the physical distribution. -
How did you open the programs that did not add to the MRU list? Some applications, e.g., Word, will not be added to the list if you double click a file to open the associated application. You have to open the application directly using Start > All Programs > ... (Oddly, Excel doesn't have this quirk.)
Some applications seem to require several uses before being added.
Some applications are excluded and will never be added automatically . You have to manually add them to the pinned list.
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Hi Glenn
(APC) is that the brand name?
I've been thinking about getting a (Belkin) brand UPS, one of the most advertised brands here in Australia.
Belkin products are generally good quality. I considered them as well but at the time (3 years ago) not many stores in my area carried them.
APC (American Power Conversion) are still the most popular in my area and pricing is very competitive.
Whichever brand you pick, check the APC website first. They offer a lot of useful info and I found their online selection tool useful for determining how much battery I needed with my hardware. Don't rely on the "up to XX minutes" in the store advertising for either brand. That's often overly optimistic.
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Hi guys
I shutdown, and turn off power to the PC at the wall after I'm finished each day.
I use a serge protection power board, however I live in a "thunderstorm prone area" so if storms are forecast even the phone line gets unplugged for the sake of the modem.
No amount of protection will save a PC from a close "indirect or direct lightning strike" to outside power lines.
I'm thinking of getting a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) so I can shutdown my PC if the power goes off.
Dose any one have any recommendations?
I use an APC Back-UPS ES500. Inexpensive (often on sale), about 15 minutes on battery for a single workstation, auto-shutdown software included.
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It appeared to be down last night (GMT - 6:00). I could connect but got a blank page (0 byte HTML).
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While your browser is open, the image is in Temporary Internet Files.
Open that folder, sort by Internet Address or Type to narrow down the search.
The address bar on the browser http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss_laura/370547975 made this one easy.
The hibiscus was 370547975_073d1911fd[1].jpg
Copy the desired file(s) to a safe folder and you're done.
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With respect to the "crawling": How? ... on startup? ... opening apps? ... operations within an app?
With respect to System Restore: How does it not work? Are the restore points missing? Do you get an error message?
With respect to Word/Excel: In Windows Explorer, click Tools > Options > File Types.
Scroll down to DOC then click Advanced. Is Open bold? If not, select then click Set Default.
Select Open then click Edit. Do the settings look like this screenshot?
Also check XLS.
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Based on your stated uses, you probably don't need these but some applications (e.g., Paint.NET, Roxio EMC, etc.) require .NET Framework to run. Unless you're really short on drive space, I'd leave it alone.
At work: Are you the owner? If not, maybe you shouldn't be messing with the software. Is it possible that the POS system requires .NET Framework and Windows Presentation Foundation and/or Workflow Foundation?
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The icons are normally stored in Temporary Internet Files which CCleaner empties.
Move the desired icons to another folder, e.g., a subfolder under My Pictures.
Then right click the desktop shortcut, Properties > Web Document > Change Icon > Browse to the aforesaid folder, select the desired .ico file.
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After using the recover tool, I am unable to view jpg files. The file apears to be present in the viewer however when I try to open the message received unable to view photo.
any suggestions?
Scott
Do you mean Recuva? If so, you might get faster help if you post in the Recuva Discussion forum.
Also, which version of Recuva? Which OS and viewer are you using? Is your problem with just the recovered files or all jpg files?
EDIT: If the problem is with recovered files, how much time passed between deletion and recovery? It's possible the sectors they occupied were partially overwritten and the files may be corrupted.
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Don't skimp, get 2GB.... running Vista Basic, although I have since discovered it can run Premium, I just need more RAM, which I am in the process of acquiring.
You're not running both Norton and McAfee are you? My newest (Vista Ultimate) machine came with McAfee 3-month. It seemed to bog things down quite a bit. Norton 2007 is actually not too bad compared to previous versions.It comes with Vista pre-installed, plus there's a separate 9gb-odd recovery partition, plus Norton 2007, McAfee 2007 and others.
Unfortunately, that appears to be normal for Vista. My newest machine has hardware specs that are way superior to my XP machines but takes way longer to start up and shut down.Now, I'm not sure if it's the computer itself, or the programs I'm running, or whatever, but it's a bit of a slow runner at start-up and shutdown, and the couple of tweaking programs I've used haven't done much to help those response times. And I would like to know, what's up with the 50+ running processes??????????
Fast forward to throwing your machine into the nearest river ... same end result without all the pain and agony in between.... and if none of this turns out right, I may just go back to bloomin' WinME!
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Yes ... then go to the Applications tab > New Task and run explorer.exeHi guysI know what "Tray Notification Cache" is, if I select it in cleaner settings a warning message says I need to restart the explorer.exe process.
I checked the BeginnersGuide for CCleaner, and it says to manually restart the explorer process from the Task Manager.
Dose that mean select "explorer.exe" and then press the "End Process" button?
YesTask Manager gives "Warning" message.Is it safe to do this?
It has never happened to me in several years whether using CCleaner or manually editing the registry on machines without CCleaner.Could my PC freeze, lockup?
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Don't you just love how intuitively obvious the Windows user interface is?
An Arrange Icons By setting overrides System Advanced Performance Settings which control the appearance of icon labels
Glenn (the evil twin)
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... And System Restore tells me my system hasn't changed.
...Is the message "Restoration Incomplete - Your computer cannot be restored to: <date> <restore point label> - No changes have been made to your computer."?
If so, it means the attempt did not succeed in making any changes, not that there weren't any changes since the restore point was created.
The message usually means a corrupt restore point but it can also mean that one or more registry keys is locked to prevent change. Do you have any security (anti-virus/anti-spyware) that protects registry keys on startup? If so, try disabling it before running restore. Alternatively, something like Sysinternals Process Monitor may show if something is locking the registry.
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Just tried that, and it didn't work. It had been enabled before, so I disabled, and then re enabled it. Nothing changed. Thanks though
Right click Desktop > Arrange Icons By and see if Lock Web Items on Desktop is enabled. If it is, disable it, then do as before ... disable and then enable Use drop shadows for icon labels.
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Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance > Settings > ENABLE Use drop shadows for icon labels
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Strewth! they have got to be joking! our "Aussie" slang could sound a bit strange to some, but "Fair dinkum"?
That flight attendant "air hostess" must have lead a very sheltered life, she needs to get out more
see the world, visit Australia 
I seem to recall you Aussies getting a little upset when Canadian athletes showed up for an event in their "Roots" brand team uniforms.
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Do you have the same write speed settings in both?
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The simplest way to defrag the registry and paging files, is to use PageDefrag
There are better registry defrag programs and you could defrag the paging files by simply disabling and enabling it using Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance Settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory > Change, but I suggest PageDefrag since it does both simply and you don't have to install it.
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I have never seen this before!
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Set the following key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop > WindowMetrics to:
Name: IconTitleWrap
Type: REG_SZ
Data value : 1
to wrap the icon title to allow the spacing to close up.
Either the value is set incorrectly or the key may be missing.