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Here is a link that offers some suggestions to improving router signal strength. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/wirelesstips.mspx

Take a look at this link. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312295/en-us

If your goal is to gain skills in programming, visual basic might be a language to consider. Its not as much fun this way, but if the functionality of grouping similar tasks is the primary goal, I did something similar to what you described just by using Start--->Programs. I started by renaming CCleaner in Start-->Programs to Performance. Then I dragged and dropped things like Tweak, Recuva, Erunt, etc. to add to the Performance selection. The same method could be used with AntiSpyware/Malware, and any other groups you might want. And you would not have the overhead of another program running.

By PC Tools, are you referring to diagnostic tools, administrative, or general PC Maintenance? If its diagnostic tools and you have a cd burner, you could download a Universlal Boot Disk (UCBD) and burn the iso file to a cd. You can also download the iso burner software if you don't have any. Your PC would boot off this disk and present a menu to choose the various diagnostic tools. Since its a bootable cd, Windows is not in the way for the tool to do its thing. For the general stuff, do you need anything more than the Microsoft Management Console? If so, you could look into creating your own management console with the snap ins you need (If appropriate snap ins are available).

I have never used it but you could check out filemonkey and see if it will meet your needs. If not, just google something like 'copy only modified files' click here

Its difficult to say for sure. A bad pool error can be caused by an illegal memory operation. Defective hardware can cause it but it is typically caused by software. If you have installed any new hardware lately you could remove it to see if it affects anything. When you upgraded from ME to XP, did you run the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor? It should have been one of the options on the XP setup cd. The advisor would have listed any concerns about software and hardware compatibilities going from ME to XP. Many ME programs and hardware drivers aren?t compatible with XP. Windows ME cannot access files on a NTFS volume and the problem might be when the upgrade to XP was done, perhaps some critical software was not updated or was corrupted and it didn?t rear its ugly head until you converted files to NTFS. If this is the case, you may have to do a clean install of XP to set things right. A clean install would cover more bases with the exception of faulty hardware. But bear in mind, this is just a best guess on my part. Perhaps other forum members may have a less painful solution.

Razz, Unless you get lucky, nailing this problem down could be a long and tedious process. Maybe you should look at a clean reinstall of Windows XP and as Andavari suggests, let it convert to NTFS. Having said that, I'm still leaning toward memory corruption by some software driver. To determine the cause it probably would be better if your computer always crashed during boot up instead of staying up a varying amount of time but Murphy rules. It will only cost you a little time, so try this. Boot in Safe Mode and select Enable Bootlogging. Windows will start normally and will (should) create a log file called Ntbtlog.txt in your C:\Windows directory. This file lists the names and status of all drivers loaded into memory. If the problem is a faulty driver, the last entry in the file may identify it. After your PC crashes, you can reboot in Safe Mode again to look at the Ntbtlog.txt file. Depending on the timing of the crash, there are some instances when the log file won't be written to the disk, but its worth a shot.

Sounds like some memory corruption. Is there a Stop Code associated with the error message? Does the error message reference a specific file name? Can you get a stable bootup in Safe Mode?

This is a link everyone should read if they are planning to covert FAT to NTFS. You may want to look especially close at the caveats and the /cvtarea switch. If you haven?t already did the conversion, you can improve your system performance by using the convert command with the /Cvtarea switch. The defragmenter cannot move the first fragment of the Master File Table (MFT), the index of all files and folders. So when you do the NTFS conversion, the MFT will most likely be fragmented. With the /Cvtarea switch, the MTF is created in a single contiguous space. You hinted your experience is limited, so YOU have to decide to use this procedure or not and it aplies to Windows XP. I'm not sure about Vista. 1. Defragment the drive you plan to convert. In addition to defragmenting your files, it will consolidate your free space, which is what we want at this time. 2. Calculate the size of the new MFT file. At this point your drive is still FAT, so you are limited to a maimum size of 4Gb. Default size of MFT is 12.5 % of the partition size. If your partion is larger than 40Gb, use 4 Gb for the MFT size. 3.Create the new contiguous file equal in size to the calculated value using the Fsutil command. For example fsutil file createnew c:\newmftfile.txt 4000000000 The filename can be any legal file name you prefer. Make it a txt type. Note that the file size is in bytes and I have used 4GB in the example. Substitute your calculated value if appropriate. 4. Execute the convert command : convert c: /fs:ntfs /cvtarea:newmftfile.txt substitute the correct drive letter and file name if necessary 5. You may need to restart your PC to complete the conversion

I remember Hazel. I was a member of the Civil Air Patrol at the time and we were sent to Charleston, SC to help set up radio communications. It was quite an experience for a teenager. At the time the eye had moved north a bit but the peripheral winds were still going through the area. The power was amazing.

Thats always a good idea, especially with power tool. It helps to keep all fingers and other assorted appendages attached to the body.

Both my primary and secondary are set as Device Type: Auto Detection Transfer Mode : Use DMA if Available Curent Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA Mode 5 (for Primary) Ultra DMA Mode 2 (for Secondary) According to what I've researched, the lower UDMA 2 is fast enough for 16x burning, so I'm guessing the currrent settings are OK.

I don't use my cd drive much either. Two were installed when I bought my PC. A DVD read/write and a DVD read only. I have a sneaky suspicion that this intermittent problem might be caused by the read only drive. Windows recognizes the drive and device manager reorts it as operational, but windows cannot detect a disc in it. My thought is, since the cd drives are in the boot path, that may be what causes the delay sometimes. Why it would only be sometimes, I don't have an explanation since windows never detects a disc in it when the PC is up and running. To test it, I uninstalled the drive with device manager but windows re-installs it on the next boot up. My next test will be to uninstall it again and physically remove the cabling the next time I get into the case. Since my PC is booting properly now. I'm in no hury to do that. If anyone is wondering why I don't temporarily remove the cd drives from the boot sequence in BIOS, well, there's a hitch there too. I have a Microsoft Wireless Elite keyboard with the receiver connected via usb. Evidently my BIOS does not recognize it. I can bang on the F2 key like a mad man during bootup, and my PC will will do its normal boot. I have to drag out my old trusty PS2 keyboard everytime I neeed to get into the BIOS. Fortunately, its rare that I play with the BIOS.

Dennis, my bad. I forgot to mention I did try it as you said, just to be sure. But no joy.

Hazel and Davey, no I don't think the static discharge is silly at all. Unfortunately, in my case, it didn't work. As for the timeout, I think Robbie is right. It only kicks in when you have multiple OS's. Its the timeout value before the PC boots to your default OS. Anyway, after trying multiple boot scenarios, bootable disc in the cd drive, vs non-bootable disc, vs no disc at all, cold bootups vs restart bootups ... well, you get the idea, my PC booted up normally the last time and its in exactly the same configuration it was in when all this started. It appears there is something intermittent somewhere and until the problem comes and stays, it will be tough to track it down. If I do get it solved, I'll post the solution.

Hi all. I?ve asked this questions in other forums and haven?t got a resolution yet. I?m hoping some of the Piriform gurus can shed some light on the subjet. My PC is taking longer to bootup to the Windows Login Screen. The black and white screen for the device listing is displayed for about 55 seconds. It used to be about 10 seconds. I do not see the HD access light come on while the device list is displayed. Speed of the PC is normal when the bootup continues and PC operation is stable. I have not made any changes to the Bios. The screen I?m referring to is not a BIOS screen. It?s the screen that?s shown right after the Sony logo. It lists the Buss No, Vendor Id, Func Id, Device Class, IRQ?s, and it?s always displayed during initial bootup. I?ve checked that all cards were seated, defragmented my drive, ran memtest, chkdsk, and sfc /scannow and no problems were reported. My PC specs are listed in my signature and a copy of bootini is below. [bootloader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS=?Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition? /fastdetect/Noexecute=OptIn I do have an external usb drive that I do not usually connect unless I plan to use it. It has no boot sector and its not part of the boot sequence but just for grins, I connected it anyway. Had no effect. I downloaded and burned a UBCD to consolidate a few diagnostic tools. I haven?t used any of the tools yet but noticed an interesting point about the ubcb. The one I downloaded and burned is ubcb411. I noticed if I have it in my cd/dvd drive but don't boot off it (just let the boot prompt time out), the device list is only displayed for about 10 seconds like it used to be. Just having the UBCD disc in my cd drive allows me to boot faster. Leaving the ubcs disc in my drive is no problem for me, but does anyone have any ideas about what?s going on?

Just upgraded from IE 7 to IE8 Beta 2. Still playing with it but so far seems considerably faster than IE 7. Anyone else tried it yet?

Not to brag (OK- I'm bragging) but 14 out of 14 correct. Do I get a certificate suitable for framing?

I agree that option 2 is best. (with USB 2.0 as Tom suggests.) I definitely would not go with option 4. Your internal drive has 22.4 Gb free and you have 20 Gb of music files. Your free space would be drastically reduced. It would affect your PC performance and also possibly, the ability to defrag could be eliminated or take consideraby more time.

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Did you uninstall the old version berfore installing the new? Did you run CCleaner before or after the new install? In my opinion, its better to run CCleaner after the uninstall of the old version instead of after the install of the new version. That way all the leftover crap from the old is gone and you are stating the new install with a clean slate. I don't recall what issues CCleaner found on my PC but I have been using the ATI driver 8.7 since 7/23 with the latest version of CCleaner since 7/23. Steps I used: Uninstalled old driver ran CCleaner registry cleaner installed new driver (I only installed the basic driver, not the catalyst suite) You can also have CCleaner make a backup of the issues and merge them back later if their are problems.

Congrats Dennis--I think.

If changing the memory was all you did, that shouldn't have triggered the activation, according to this link. Unless other changes were made in the past. click here!

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