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Okay, that helps clarify it. Thanks guys. And the fact that it was Intel procs that had to be recalled doesn't surprise me in the least.

There, how's that?

Yes! Hijacked threads are truly a beautiful thing! In honor of this momentous three-way hijacking, I will change my signature yet again!

CCleaner also doesn't remove every junk file and registry issue from your computer, so why should it remove anything at all, if it can't get it all? Obviously, you are correct that CCleaner won't be able to quickly and easily remove all traces of sensitive data from your computer, but it certainly doesn't hurt to remove some of it, now does it? Since CCleaner already wipes files that it removes, why not have it go the extra mile and clean those files' slack as well, so that they are "truly" removed?

Your profs must love you to death. Now I know who to hire next time I need someone to write me a paper. j/k

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Interesting info. I hadn't considered that. An erasing program that would move your "fixed" information to clean spot and clean behind it seems useful to me. Sorry to hear it was never integrated. You would've gotten my vote! That said, I still feel that wiping the space that removed files sit on, as well as the slack in those areas, wouldn't really be a detriment to CCleaner. I think that sort of cleaning would still be a useful introduction, and would offer slightly more protection (although as you mentioned, still not perfection). But when it comes to moving files to clean underneath them, I totally agree that that is out of CCleaner's realm, and would be better suited for a true wiping app, such as Eldmannen's beloved Eraser.

What! Are you trying to tell me that something as trivial as your education takes precedence over your computer?!! Why K, I thought more highly of you than that! j/k Hope they go well! Tests FTL...

Just wait till he gets his first pop-up! Naw, just kidding. To each their own. If he likes IE, more power to him. That said, IE totally blows and FF (and most likely Opera too) beat the flying shnock out of it any day, night, afternoon, or weekend.

Oh, I see what you mean. Although, I believe that those errors only occur if you set up the item like an equation. That is something I noticed on my TI-86 graphing calculator a long time ago. If you use the in-calculator equation solver, and a problem is supposed to equal zero, it might end up equaling 0.00000000000001, or something silly like that. But I found that if you put in 0 as the possible solution, then it would realize that that was the correct answer, and it wouldn't give you an approximation. So if you used a computer and entered in: (26.5*100)/35 you would get the correct answer. But, if you used that same computer, and set it up as an equation: 26.5/35=x/100 then you might potentially get rounding errors. At least, this is my understanding. My programming knowledge is pretty much limited to BASIC...

Luckily, you would have a hard time finding a DVD burner that doesn't support both - and + disks! Support for both types of media is practically a standard, as is support for dual layer (DL) DVDs. The only format that isn't supported by many burners is DVD-RAM. The format never really took off, and if you find a burner that doesn't support it, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. The typical new DVD burner writes most formats at 16x, supports -, +, and DL, and will probably set you back anywhere from $30-100, depending on what company you buy from. But in the $50 range, you will find tons of excellent DVD burners full of features that will last you a long time, so expect to spend about that much. EDIT: Here are some drives you can look at that may fit your needs. They are all DVD burners in the $30-75 range, both PATA and SATA. Also, this particular site (Newegg.com) is great for any computer hardware. Their prices are good, they deliver fast, and they don't sell junk. I've built several computers using only parts from their site, and have no complaints.

Yeah, me too. My brain is turning into kreamed korn. Sleepy time...

Nope, definite lack of DVDage. The only reason it says DVD/CD-ROM drives is because that is the category. It doesn't actually mean that you have a DVD drive, it just means that if you did, that is where it would go. So a-shopping you must go! And no better way to learn than fiddling! I fiddled several computers to death before I figured out what not to do to a computer.

Hmm... For some reason, when I view the picture, it is just a white screen. Is the link wrong, or is it just me? My Internet has been a little goofy lately... You mean you have PATA drives, or your motherboard supports only PATA, or both? I'm assuming both, as you said it is an old mobo, and SATA drives are (fairly) new. Regardless, your old PATA drives will work fine in a new system, as well as more PATA drives, or even SATA drives, if you choose to get those instead.

You listed that your drives were "LG CD-RW CED-8083B", and a "MATSHITA CD-ROM CR-594", so unless you can find "DVD" listed somewhere else, they won't be DVD compatible. PATA = Parallel ATA (the older format with the wide, gray ribbon cable) SATA = Serial ATA (the newer format with a skinny cable) Sorry, I love my acronyms! Acronyms FTW!

Start > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Volume tab > Advanced... button (in Device volume box). This will bring up your volume Control, where you can tweak all sorts of audio nuances, such as your balance, wave sound volume (Wave) , midi volume (SW Synth), etc. Under the Volume Control column, your balance should be in the middle.

You sure can! No need to spend a ton of money now, as you can mix and match to your hearts desire when it comes to optical drives. Also, I edited my last post after I read your edit, so you can check that out if you didn't already.

Any DVD reader/writer on Earth is, thankfully, backwards compatible with CDs. So, if you have a DVD-ROM drive, it will not only read DVDs, but also read CDs as well. If you have a DVD-RW drive, it will not only read/write DVDs, but also read/write CDs as well. Now, to make things a little more confusing (), there are also "combo" drives, which can read/write CDs, but only read DVDs. So, a DVD-RW drive can always burn both CDs and DVDs, but a CD-RW drive can not necessarily burn or even read DVDs (although it can always read/burn CDs). If you have a combo drive, it will show up as CD-RW/DVD-ROM, which means it can read/write CDs, but only read DVDs. You do not have to buy 2 DVD drives. You can if you want, but it isn't necessary. The only advantages of having multiple optical drives is: 1. Longer drive lives - you could have one drive that you use strictly for reading, and one that you use strictly for writing, and 2. You can burn disks faster - one drive can be used to buffer a disk's contents onto your HD, while the other drive burns the info from the HD to a new disk; if you only had one drive, you would have to put in the disk you want to copy, buffer the entire thing onto your HD, and then put in a blank disk, and burn the info from the HD to the blank disk As far as DVD formats go, this article will probably explain it better than I can. EDIT: The only thing you will have to worry about when it comes to getting a new drive for your new mobo is what interface it will use. Most new mobos support both Parallel ATA and Serial ATA interfaces, so you simply need to pick a drive that is either PATA or SATA. PATA is an older, slower, less expensive format, while SATA is a newer, faster, and more expensive interface. Since your mobo will support both, the only thing you will pay more for is the drive itself. Also, you can have both PATA and SATA drives going at the same time, so if you want to keep your old PATA drives, and still install a shiny new SATA drive, you can do that. Although there is the possibility that your PATAs might get jealous and rebel...

What other questions do you have?

Would be convenient, no doubt, but not possible since CCleaner is dependent on Visual Basic runtimes. Perhaps the ability to format a non-primary HD could be integrated into the current CC, but since the Visual Basic runtimes are required by CCleaner, removing everything on the drive that contains them would crash CC. CC would have to be rewritten as a stand-alone utility, and be run from an external storage source (CD, Flash ROM drive, etc.) for this feature to work. Not that making CC stand-alone is a bad idea, though. I think that would be awesome! Not to mention it would be faster, smaller, portable, easier to tweak, easier to keep track of (less files to worry about), wouldn't require any runtimes (which would make troubleshooting sooo much easier!)... the list goes on and on! Really, the only downside of CC being rewritten in a different language would be the rewriting process itself, as that would be a lot of work for MrG. sigh... why can't everything that is cool be easy?

Rounding "errors"? What is erroneous about digital rounding? Computers perform math the same way that we do, except they use binary as opposed to decimal. Computers don't always truncate numbers, if that is what you mean by a "rounding error". They round the same way you would: > 4 = round up & < 5 = round down. You can digitally simulate any form of rounding, whether it be normal rounding, truncating, significant figures, whatever. Anything analogous can be recreated digitally. At least, I personally can't think of any exceptions.

The underlined text in my post that says "insinuating that I like country music" is actually a link to that thread. Grrr, K. Grrr. Don't listen to her, Cap! It's one of her tricks!!!! Indeed. And I didn't even try to do it this time!

Wow, I'm surprised you even lasted that long! When I was in highschool, I worked in our computer labs and most of our computers had Win98 or 98SE, and I probably wiped them every 4-5 months! Of, there was also tons of students using them, which probably didn't do wonders for them... Even with 98's instability issues, I personally prefer it over ME. ME was a nightmare!

Yeah, MS is easy to laugh at.

All of the above! You know, Mike, you really ought to consider writing an OS yourself. Even if it did f*** up all the time, nobody would be able to complain about it, because they would be too preoccupied with dying from heart attacks caused by fits of fierce chortling and guffawing due to reading your error descriptions. And I hope you haven't forgotten that you owe me an animated gif! Snap to it, lest I smite you with numerous italicized ASCII characters!!