Recent content by Mike1949

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    Defrag Question

    O.K. Thanks
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    Defrag Question

    The reason I ask is that the last time I defragged , 2 weeks ago, the message was that I had only 1 fragment Looking at my results overall: does this look normal?
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    Defrag Question

    Videocard: BFG 6800 GT OC Processor: Athlon XP 2600+ 2.2 Ghz Mainboard: Shuttle AN35/Ultra v1.1 Memory: 2 X 512 PQI PC3200 Turbo Ram Soundcard: Onboard / Cambridge Soundworks sub- PSU: Antec TruPower 430w Windows XP Service Pack 2 I have a 90 Gig HD divided into a 30gig and a...
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    System Restore and Memory questions

    Thank you Slikkster. I did as you said and the 2 BHO entries are gone. I just noticed that my Task Manager update speed was set to HIGH. I set it at NORMAL and now my cpu spikes are 1% every few seconds. I guess thats well, normal. The reason I was concerned is that it used to idle at 0%...
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    System Restore and Memory questions

    OK heres my HijackThis SystemScan and Logfile. I really appreciate this guys Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 6:56:51 PM, on 5/1/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe...
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    System Restore and Memory questions

    I mean when when my comp sits idle there's a 4% cpu usage spike every 3 to 10 seconds
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    System Restore and Memory questions

    Just Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Spybot. Ive tried turning off Kaspersky and the SpyBot was installed after the problem started. Ive started it in safe mode and it spikes. I have used TweakNow registry cleaner and eliminated at least 60 or 70 bogus registry entries and it still spikes. I have...
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    System Restore and Memory questions

    Videocard: BFG 6800 GT OC Processor: Athlon XP 2600+ 2.2 Ghz Mainboard: Shuttle AN35/Ultra v1.1 Memory: 2 X 512 PQI PC3200 Turbo Ram Soundcard: Onboard / Cambridge Soundworks sub- PSU: Antec TruPower 430w I recently used system restore to go back 1 month to fix a malware problem...
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    CPU Spikes and Event log messages

    No Norton at all I dumped all Symantec and Norton a while back
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    CPU Spikes and Event log messages

    Videocard: BFG 6800 GT OC Processor: Athlon XP 2600+ 2.2 Ghz Mainboard: Shuttle AN35/Ultra v1.1 Memory: 2 X 512 PQI PC3200 Turbo Ram Soundcard: Onboard / Cambridge Soundworks sub- PSU: Antec TruPower 430w I keep getting a message in my event log telling me my uninteruptable power...
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    DVD's and Magnets

    The other day someone in my house set my dvd storage folder on top of my powered sub-woofer. I moved it and it doesnt seem to have hurt anything. Will magnets hurt a cd or dvd like it will video tape?
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    Fan Control on Antec Tru-Power

    I recently got an Antec Tru-Power 430 watt PS and it works great and is very quiet. It has connections for " fan only" and the manuel says that these connections will control fan speeds thermostatically and will run the fans at the lowest speed till it needs to run faster because of heat. Ive...
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    Changing partitioning

    And can I do this without removing all the games and programs I have already installed?
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    Changing partitioning

    Thanks for your quick response. So it is possable to change or remove the partitioning so that it was maybe 60 or 70 gig primary and 20 or 30 gig secondary without reformatting and reinstalling everything? Is it a program I can buy? Whats NTFS?
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    Changing partitioning

    I have an AMD2600XP, a Shuttle AN35/Ultra mobo, 1gig of PQI PC3200 Turbo ram and a BFG 6800 GT OC and an IBM 90gig hardrive. My friend built this for me for gaming and it works great HOWEVER, When I had it built I had intended to burn DVD?s also so the hardrive is partitioned so that 30 gigs...