CurlingSteve

Your computer will automatically see the increase in RAM and begin using it. If your Virtual Memory (Paging File) size is set to System Managed that will automatically adjust as well. If it's set manually (Custom Size) you will need to increase it yourself. 1.5 times the RAM size is the figure I've seen recommended most. (But in my and many other's opinion System Managed is the best setting).

Personally, I've never seen any benefit/gain from having a separate page file partition, regardless of its positioning. Even where performance was reported improved, the gains weren't worth the effort (in my opinion). Most systems with 512 MB of RAM or more rarely need to swap to the page file. For heavy gaming raise that "no swapping" RAM requirement to (say) 1 GB. ----------- As far as partitioning for other reasons, I do partition my main drive into: 1) Operating System and Programs - 25% or 30 GB (minimum) 2) Data - remainder Additional drive I organize with folders, not by partitioning. S

The "tweak" you're thinking of may be Start, Run, Shutdown /F The "/F" switch forces programs to close immediately without a prompt or waiting for them to finish housekeeping (as JDoors warns about). It is NOT the recommended way of shutting down your system. There is also a Registry tweak that changes the wait time before a program is forced to close. (If you insist I'll look it up). Again, forcing programs to close is NOT recommended.

No those are not virus files. The FOUND.xxx files are created by Error Checking (CHKDSK) finding errors on a FAT32 partition. They contain blocks of disk space with errors in them. More on FOUND.000 Explorer doesn't show them normally because they're not only marked hidden, they're also marked as system files. To see them you need to not only enable "Show hidden files and folders", you need to disable "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" farther down.

Well, that pretty much narrows it down to the monitor itself. Trying another monitor, and having it display properly, would be the final "nail in the coffin". Another (slim) possibility, if you feel adventurous... If you can get access to the monitor's motherboard, perhaps a connector has come loose inside. The likely suspect would be the cable leading to the display panel itself. I've had laptop LCDs flare to white when the cable from the main motherboard to the display wore out or was damaged. By carefully adjusting the lid angle I was able to use it until it failed completely.

Agreed. That was the closest thing I ran into. Out of curiosity, and a long shot, try taking a screenshot and see if the blemish shows up in the captured image. If it does, it may not be a monitor issue.

Pro1Driver, I once though my newish Sony TV had gonr bad, with a huge pink bleed in one corner. After fooling around with menus and color settings for an hour, I discovered someone had places a strong magnet on top of the set. Moved that and, TADA, screen fixed (after I reset the menu settings to default). ------------ IceX, The only thing close I've seen while Googling around are reports of some LCD monitors with a defect where the backlight shines around the edge of the screen. That, to me, is definitely a manufacturing defect and should warrant a replacement. I have no idea how one would ve

Um... LCD monitors don't need degaussing, and to my knowledge aren't affected by magnetic fields. -------- Does that color bleeding show up during the boot cycle? In other words, do you see it on the BIOS spash screen, OS load screen, etc?

Water's always been the first thing to try. Dampen (not soak) a lint-free soft cloth and wipe away.

Well, since VoIP requires internet access first... I don't see where it will lower internet costs. (Snake eats own tail)

I'm guessing Aluvus is right, we're talking about VoIP (Voice over IP) service. It works just fine, and will likely be the future of long distance telephone service. I keep my "normal" telephone service just in case my broadband access (cable in my case) goes down. Then again, when a tree falls, I lose cable TV, telephone, and power; so it's all gone. (But the cell phone towers usually still work). Current telephony is already handled as split packets sent over a private(ish) network and reassembled close to the destination. Sounds a lot like Internet traffic, doesn't it? VoIP is basically an

Did you set the BIOS to boot from CD before the hard drive? You should still be able to boot a CD even if the hard drive is messed up.

That should be a BIOS setting. If you don't see anything referring to memory test specifically, check to see if Quick POST is enabled.

JSKY, are you sure about that? Could you post a link describing values for EnablePrefetcher beyond 3? EnablePrefetcher is a bit flag register as far as I can tell. Bit 0 = Application Prefetch Enable. Bit 1 = Boot Prefetch Enable. Bits 2-31 = Reserved or Unused. Vaules higher than 3 have no effect. XP Myths

I use the VDM Powertoy, so I have these (icons removed):

First, see if you can write a script or batch file to automate the procedure. If that works, you can create a shortcut to the script that will allow you to assign a hot key combo to it. ------------ If that doesn't work there are keystroke and mouse click macro recorders available that may automate the task. For example Mouse and Key Recorder

For me it's: AdBlock Super DragAndGo - Drag a link down and it opens in a new tab unfocused, up and the new tab gets focus. Tabbrowser Extensions - Add a lot of features like Auto Reload, reordering tabs, saving tab sessions, and more. Spellbound.

Even though there's no visible damage to the cable I suspect that's the source of the problem. I have a Gateway Solo 9550XL that would "white-out" the screen unless the lid was positioned just right. The only other thought that comes to mind is that the AC power brick isn't making solid contact and that the screen dims as the laptop momentarily switches to battery (to save power). It could be the connector getting loose or a bit of corrosion on the contacts. If you watch the power icon in the Notification tray and see it blink to battery in sync with the flashing, this would indicate that kind

Take a look at the APC UPS Sizing Tool. APC is a well known and respected UPS manufacturer. The numbers you see rating UPSs are Volt-Amps, not Watts. An acceptable (with a margin for error) conversion factor is Watts = 60% VA. (officially it's around 80%). So with a system drawing around 500W you want about an 800VA UPS. But your power supply, while rated at 420W probably doesn't draw that much power, so I'd say a 750VA UPS would suit your needs. I haven't shopped them, but a quick look puts them around $100. Many of these units include a serial port and software that can be configured to auto

That quite likely is an image of he system as shipped. Post your model number and someone may be able to hunt down specific instructions for it.

What model is this computer? Some Vaio models come with a backup image of the software as shipped from the factory on a hidden partition of the hard drive. You can check if this might be true in your case by looking at the drive with Disk Management. To open Disk Management either: Start, Run DISKMGMT.MSC or Right-click My Computer and select Manage Click Disk Management Look at Disk 0 and see if there are any partitions without drive letters assigned.

I'll see if I can remember what I my PM to you covered (I've purged my PM folders too). ---------- While this information may not be 100% accurate, it will convey the concepts used in file storage, file deletion and file recovery. When a file is created, an entry is made in the "Table of Contents" (to use your term) including (among other things) the File Name, the File Size, the number of Data Blocks (clusters) used to store the file, and the location of the first Data Block of the file (in other words a link to the first block of the file). Each Data Block in the file contains links to the P

Denending oin what you need to do, IrfanView may suit your purposes.

What spell checker are you trying? Spellbound?

Maybe this is the one: Adding Open With to the Right Click in the Explorer Added 12/28/99 To add the option Open With when you right click on a file in the Explorer: 1. Start Regedit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ CLASSES \* \ shell \ openas \ command 3. If this key isn't there then just create it 4. Give it the value of C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1