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Yeah, I know, I was just kidding. There aren't many boards that support that much memory right now, so I was in awe at your figure. Not mention WinXP 32-bit can't recognize over 4 GBs anyway. But theoretically, yeah, a 20 GB pagefile is slightly excessive. Thanks again for the info.

Wow. If it really is gonna be $600-700, count me out! But at least its got a big HD and Linux OS. I'm actually surprised that both Sony and MS are putting out systems with such (relatively) small hard drives. I mean, people are going ot want put their music and movies on these things, so why skimp? Gigabytes are cheep these days, so that would've been an easy upgrade. The 36 GB HD-DVDs that the XBox 360 can play (with the optional drive) won't even be able to fit on its measly 20 GB HD!

@ DjLizard: 8 GB of RAM?! Holy crap dude, how much did you drop on your mobo? But seriously, thanks for the info. I had the same question as Glenn and Rochip, so that is good to know for future reference.

The only thing I can think of right now is that your browser(s) may be running in the background. I'm assuming you use Internet Explorer, so if so, click 'Start', then click 'Run...', and enter in: taskmgr.exe Now click the 'Processes' tab from the Task Manager window. Look down the column labeled 'Image Name' and try to find 'iexplore.exe' in the list. If you do find it, right-click it and select 'End Process'. If you use Mozilla Firefox instead of IE, do the same thing, but this time find 'firefox.exe' and end it instead. Also, if you find multiple instances of either browser in the Task Manager, end all of them before running CCleaner. If none of this works, try restarting the computer and see if CCleaner works then.

Ha ha... When in doubt, right E? Thanks for the info, chiawaikian.

Well, yes and no. For example: If you have a CD on which you keep your antivirus installer, which is naturally updated often, it can be beneficial to keep "deleting" the old installer off the disk and burning on the new one. That way, if you need to reinstall your antivirus, you have the newest version on a disk, and you don't have to waste a brand new CD-R reburning the newest version bi-monthly and throwing out the old disk. This is also useful if you have documents that you update periodically. But, like Andavari mentioned, the downside is lack of compatibility with older versions of Windows; that said, I have never used burning software that doesn't warn you of this first. And I don't consider lack of compatibility with older versions that big of an issue, at least in this particular scenario. Older versions of Windows didn't support anything larger than 137 GB hard drives; is that to say that 300 GB hard drives are a bad thing? Basically, if you are using the disk in a Win2000/WinXP computer, and you don't want to waste a blank disk every time a change needs to be made, multisession disks are fine, and can even be beneficial. But, if this disk may be used by others with older computers, or if you aren't totally sure what is good and what is bad to delete, just make a new disk.

Sigh... just five...

It probably wasn't a very good cable. I've used plenty of multi-ended cables, and have had some that worked great, and some that didn't work so great. Just be careful not to buy splitters/connectors that don't have some sort of amplifier. For some things, like extending ethernet or phone line, that will usually work fine, but if you try to extend a USB cable without amplifying it, you will lose loads of performance.

Yeah, I was gonna suggest that one, but it didn't support my mobo, so I wasn't able to test it out. Do you like it, Sniper? If so, I might try it out on an older desktop and see if it works.

Heh, yeah, I've dealt with a few of those... And then they're always so amazed when I tell them to run their antivirus/antispyware from time to time.

Nope, just the log file. Technically, log files aren't necessary, since all they do is document what your computer has done. I personally don't use logs very much, although, if a problem ever occurs, it is good to have a log that lets you know what may have caused the problem. If you don't want CCleaner removing Spybot's logs, uncheck the 'Spybot Search and Destroy' box under the Applications tab. But you don't need to worry about CCleaner getting rid of your updates. For one, the updates would be much larger than 893 bytes, and also, the updates are necessary; the logs aren't.

Really? Did you post it in a different thread? The last comment I see is: Either way, I'm glad it is fixed now! And yes, cables take me to my happy place.

If you have kids who like to download a lot of crap, this is to prevent them from eating up all of your HD's space. If you have an 80 GB HD, and you want to be able to use at least half of it for your own stuff, you could set the other user on the computer to only be able to use 40 GB of that space.

Interesting. Thanks for the link. So, I'm guessing you have a DVI out (the white rectangular one), a VGA out (the blue one with 15 holes, for older monitors) and an S-Video out? My suggestion is to go to RadioShack, or some other cable/adapter retailer and get a male S-Video -> male RCA video cable. They may call it by a different name, but if you look at the pics above, it will be the end of the S-Video cable on one side, and the end of the of the RCA video cable on the other side. That way, you can hook your computer directly to your TV. Also, an adapter like that should only cost like $4 or so. I'll try to find you a link to one online and post it here later. EDIT: Ok, here is what you want, and more: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...103#DetailSpecs This is a VIVO (video in/video out) cable. This is an S-Video cable that converts to RCA out, RCA in, S-Video out, and S-Video in; four cables in one! All for $5! w00t! Ater seeing that, I'm thinking about getting one! Hope this helps you out. It should solve all of your connecting needs.

Sorry I poked in here kind of late, but I just wanted to mention that you can (somewhat) delete a file off a CD. Most disk burning utilities allow you to open up a multisession CD-R (disk that hasn't been finalized yet) and add or remove files. While the file is still physically there, I believe that removing it actually just gets rid of the code that points to it, sort of like when you delete something with Windows. That way, your computer won't recognize that section of code anymore. The only downside is that you won't be able to reclaim the space consumed by that file on a CD-R, as their free space can only be written to once. Only a CD-RW can be erased. If you have that file on a CD-RW, you can remove the file and reclaim that space as well. If it is a purchased CD-ROM, then it is already finalized, and nothing can be done to it, in which case you'd be better off just burning the disk and excluding that file.

You would RATHER build a computer professionally than you would for a friend?! If you build it for a friend, and something f**ks up, then at least your friend won't freak out on you. At least most of my friends wouldn't. You can just fix it for them, and they'll keep it to themselves, being that they're your friend and all. But if you build a computer professionally and sell it to someone, and then it fails to operate, not only do you have an angry customer to deal with, but there is also the potential that he/she will defame your name to other potential customers. Also, as long as you build and secure your computer right, you won't have to lose any sleep over it messing up in the first place. The only thing that could go wrong is hardware, and as long as it is under the warranty, that isn't even an issue, nor is it your fault. So, kk56, any news on your computer building? How/what did you charge?

Well, Oichi, I very much appreciate the complement, but I can by no means take all of the credit for the helpful posts here! There are dozens of excellent, intelligent members on this forum who are more than willing to help others out. Andavari, krit86lr, Mike Rochip, AnyManchesta, rridgely, DjLizard, Glenn, englishmen... the list goes on! So I agree that we all need to calm down, and we all need to quit complaining about that stupid toolbar (myself included) because MrG has apparently made up his mind on how he wants this product to be. I will still give my suggestions (whether or not they are about the toolbar) when I feel they are relevant, but like everyone else has said, this toolbar discussion really hasn't gone anywhere, other than a few helpful suggestions given that may or may not go into effect in the future. Good day to all.

Thank you. @ oli: Could you post a link to the article that says that? I was just curious how they worded it. I suppose that is possible that it wouldn't work, but I don't really see why it wouldn't. All that the video card has to do is send video to the DVD player. The DVD player does the rest of the work of sending the video to the TV. Really, you should be able to link up any number of devices and still have no troubles at all. Let me know what you find out.

Oh, didn't think of that! You might be right, ol chap. Of course, I don't take much stock in the values listed next to programs in Add/Remove Programs, as they are frequently faulty. For example, I had an old video game that I installed on my computer. The entire game was about 3.5 MB. Then I went and installed the documentation, which takes about 50k or so. Both have separate installers, so both were listed in Add/Remove Programs. Windows correctly listed the game as 3.5 MB, but for some odd reason, it listed the documentation as 3,560 MB. Seriously! I wasn't missing 3 GB (that would be a 10th of my HD, so I would definitely notice it!), not to mention, the game and documentation was on a CD which also contained about 300 MB of music, which leaves about 400 MB to work with. So unless the documentation was compressed reeeeeeal good, that wouldn't even be possible to fit 3 GB in 400 MB of space. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling dozens of times, and it always came up with the same figure. Stupid Windows...

I don't. I just hope that is what is porking it up! It doesn't seem like the visuals have changed all that much in the newer versions, although I didn't pay real close attention to pervious versions appearance. So if it isn't a GUI tweak, improvements to the scanning engine and definitions are all I can think of. AVG Free isn't bundled with anything, so that certainly isn't the cause!

Well, if it makes any difference, I personally use AVG Free, and I like it. The GUI isn't too confusing, it updates frequently, and it isn't a resource hog.

I have a feeling it is just a matter of programming your DVD player/TV properly. Do this: First, make sure that your TV is getting video from your DVD player. When you use your TV's remote, if you get down to channel 1, and then hit back one more time, you should be on a video channel. Either that, or your remote will have a video channel button right on it. Basically what I mean by this is that you will not be receiving a signal from your antenna or cable, like you would on a numbered channel. Instead, you would be receiving video from your DVD player. The Video 1/Video 2/Cmpnt Video, or whatever those channels are called, refer to the input ports on the TV. For example, if you have a device hooked to the RCA ports on the front of the TV, that might be your Video 1 channel. The Video 2 channel might be your RCA ports on the back. The Cmpnt Video channel would be your component video ports on the TV, etc. So, you will want to use your TV remote and set it up so that your TV is receiving video from the cable that connects your DVD player to your TV. Then, the next step is similar to the first. You will want to use your DVD player's remote to make it receive video from the computer's video card, via your S-Video cable. So, instead of having the DVD player send video from a DVD to the TV (which is the default), have it send video from the computer instead. Depending on which input on the DVD player you have your computer connected to, that will determine which video channel you will set your DVD player to use. If you have your channels set up properly, the video should pop right up on your TV. Sorry if this is confusing, I know it is a lot of information to take in. Basically, you set this up the same way you would if you were connecting a video game system to your DVD player, if that makes it any easier.

Yes, that's true, but it has always been the largest of the three. I guess it doesn't phase me too much since in comparison to other av's, it is still far smaller! I haven't used the other two antivirus apps, since I have always had good luck with AVG, so maybe they are faster, but I really couldn't say. And when it comes down to it, I would rather have a slightly larger install if it means a bigger/better virus database.

No need to worry. I use AVG Free, and I got the exact same issues as you. I removed them, and I am having absolutely no problems with AVG whatsoever. I have a feeling that AVG's installer just makes a few useless entries. I have used all of AVG's features (except the email scanner) since removing those entries, and everything works fine. Also, AVG hasn't recreated the entries, so I don't think CCleaner did anything wrong. @ soot: As far as your pagefile goes, try checking something real quick. Right-click My Computer, and select 'Properties' from the list. Click the 'Advanced' tab from the top of the window, and click the 'Settings' button in the Performance box. Now, click the 'Advanced' tab at the top of this window, and click the 'Change' button located at the bottom in the Virtual memory box. Here, you can adjust how much hard drive space Windows uses as virtual memory. If the 'System managed size' radio button is not selected, select it now, click 'Ok', apply your changes, and click 'OK' again. Hopefully, this will fix your page file dilemma.

Whoa! Now just a minute! I don't think we're at that point in our relationship where I can be showing you my 100101011! But maybe if you ask reeeeal nice-like, I'll let you peek at my 101 or my 10.