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hey shadow that has been at the back of my mind, a reformat. like you i was a complete dud at formatting. but i have the right floppys disk now and ive tried it a coupla times. theonly thing im wary about i have a few programs in my favourites.whick i need to burn to a cd.previously i didnt have a burner. but at the moment i need to try a few tweeks to try and speed my sys . it is all in the learning of how to maintain a compt . i appreciate all the posts in trying to help. thanks marty

just come from g4 and there is a patition on the board. it seems a group is trying to get rid of pete_c and some of the regulars are having a sign on to keep pete on some one posted several links for the reason. i havent gone into them yet has any one seen this patition and the reasons for it. i dont go there often so i seem to be behind the eight ball. marty

hey flatiron__2 thanks goodness you are ok. im sure i saw a post from curling steve,at g4 take care marty

hi earnaldo well already ive save a lot closing down time with a couple o tweeks from that website. i need to try the reg tweeks to save more time you havent lost your touch. im not that good in the reg tweeks but intend to study it and then try it since i answered your post ive save some time between close down abd boot up. ile post back with the results marty

hi earnoldo havent heard from you in a while good to see you posting here yes i will try your fix and ile post back with the results thanks marty

hi Nerelda, thanks for trying to help.il_wiccan posted a way to help the start speed up.by deleting the prefetch cache.and it has helped i little bit. but more than minute start is far to slow.so it must be some thing within my sys.and i cant seem to pinpoint it.i have a feeling it is the secutiry issues within sp2 that is causing the slow downs .i may just have ti live with it.if im going to perservere with the sp2 issues.have you tried the prefetch defrag posted by il_wiccan. i think the code goes like this. start run-type cmd.at the prompt type. defrag c: -b several posters who tried it s

hi sys uses 2.19.used space .and 7.35.free space so i dont think it is hdd space .my sys used to be very fast before i installed sp2 with the same specs.ive disabled my desktop background and the screen saver. to try and speed up the start uphut down is just as slow.tho read where xppro rewrites the registry at close down so that maybe the reason for the slow close down..if i could determine the reason for the slow start up i would take measures to fix it marty

thanks B im having one of those bad last 2 days. and when i get like that i do al sorts of silly things marty

hi -win xppro- 256 mgs ram-.10geg hdd.av scanner avg-Adaware- these are the main items plus- sp2 75mgs- cpu 601mghs before the win up date.it was reasonably fast.but since the up date it has slowed but im not sure if this is the reason or not. thanks marty

is any one having bootup slowdowns to their sys. my boot up takes at least 2 minutes .and that is quite slow for my xppro. i read where sp2 will slow the sys down but surely not that slow ive tried al sorts of cleaning my sys.disk cleanup -defrag you name it ive done it. i installed task lists so i can compare the task manager entrys to the task li9st entrys and it all seems in order.they are all legitimate entrys as far as the task lists goes. when i press ctrl alt delete it high lights AVG so that may be the culprit.tho im only guessing any ideas

him chappy yes it did throw me abit.in regards to bill malleinson.i had this ip thing when i first joined g4 and bill talked me into going to world start message board. where it isnt allowed one poster tried it but got banned.im not angry with the young man concerned.but from posters who condone this sort of thing.my Q why did he pick on me why didnt he pick on some one else. ive been around these message boards for a long time now.and im here to give tips if i can or get answers if i can.i will copy and paste an article i read about this ip thing and see what you think

thanks my friend ive trie to get this command to work for some time .but havent had the spaces right.copy and paste is a god send marty

i have a sroll mouse and didnt know this until i read your post dam good tip. i used to go to alsorts of places to get the fonts right good one marty

i have a modem with fax options .call waiting.and other options .which i havent used yet .has any one had any experience with this sort of modem marty

has any one had any experience with spyware detechtive a friend contacted me and said it was full of spyware and popups .as i havent had any expereince withe the appli i thought some one here may have used it marty

you post as tho i havent a right to protest.about the sigs .i dont b----well like it and i have a right to say so. ive apoligise to the young man.and to me thats as far as it goes but if you want to start a slanging match go ahead . i belong to other boards where this thing isnt allowed.i dont need 12 year olds to dictate where i post or not .i dont like it and if need i will shift to some other board. marty

go to your bios and make sure the right floppy is enabled . floppys are tempremental things.i ahd trouble with mine .and i bid for one on trade me and i won the bid .when i went to install it i inserted the original floppy and the dam thing worked.so i bought one for nothing. make sure your drivers are up to date for your floppy and floppy controller i presume it was working up until now maybe the floppy driver is corrupt marty

hi i want to respond to the posts on this sig thing.one of the reasons i came from g4 was because i wanted to get away from all those smart asz school boys posting this b--t and i thought comming here it wouldnt happen. ok i know dknoppix didnt mean any harm.but it scared the s----t out of me . g4 is the place for these little tricks. a message board i post to world start bans this sort of behaviour . a poster said you get used to it .well i dont like it i didnt come here for some one who thinks little tricks.are the norm.how ever dknoppix does good work here and so i intend to forget abou

i have the fax option enabled in xp for about a year now .and i send faxes all over the world.you can enable it in win components i suggest you go to the fax help files.to get your info i can send 1 page but havent thought about multiple pages. there must be anoption for multiple pages . marty

hi team ive just had a chance to read all of these personal posts about peoples lives .and pur own troubles fade into pity for people worse than our own. in 1986 i had a heart by pass and ive never been better.i hadent had a heart attack . all i got was a pain in the chest. and then bingo a by pass . now i dont think they by pass ./all they do is insert a tube into an artery and blow up a baloon to clear the blockage .god the marvells of tech . i remember they thy said it was done from a compt monitor. no wonder i became interested in compts.but there are posters here who i sympothise with. s

yes tg1911 has the answer . tje best part being a member of a board like this some will post a fix. and i used to put the fix in a folder but now i try to rememberit and im afraid im i have memory lapses . hate to admit it but i need to tell the truth.that way i can get help from the board . the problem with forgetting the fixes we tend to keep asking the same Q more than once .when i was at techtv c.f.h . i had over 600 tips in a folder and half the time i didnt know where to find.them so i deleted them and tried to start a fresh folder .at the time i didnt have a burner so they cluttered my

just went to windows tips and some pr---k displayed my ip address.with the text your compt will close down in 10 seconds .it csame from post dknoppix im not very happy bout that.if this is the sort of tips you get from this site well you cab keep the bloody thig smart b----s wouldnt it be better if dknoppix gave helpful tips instead of this bu-----t marty

HI TEAM JUST GOT THIS FROM TREND MICRO marty TREND MICRO WEEKLY VIRUS REPORT (by TrendLabs Global Antivirus and Research Center) ********************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Friday September 24, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To read an HTML version of this newsletter, go to: http://www.trendmicro.com/en/security/report/overview.htm Issue Preview: 1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File & Scan Engine Updates 2. Mixing It Up – WO

thanks dave yes i see it now and it is all fixed a dma simple thing like the sign>. must be getting old take care good to have you here dave marty

hey ghorjus what is the matter with you and i this used to be routine for us once . ive just helped a friend who tried to install sp2 and ended up running out of hdd and caused all sorts of problems. i cleaned up for them and get back a bit of space.but im afraid a bigger hdd is needed marty