CodeOptimist
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Level 2 - 10 rep!
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I usually have 45-50 processes running at once. I've got a lot of necessary background apps running (unfortunately), but it helps that I have a gig of RAM.
(Actually, I'm only running on 512MB right now - my second RAM stick turned out to be faulty. Need to send it in for replacement soon!)
@CrazyThumbs: Try running Spybot and/or Ad-Aware SE (both free) and see if you have any spyware processes running. Can't hurt to check
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I haven't been able to log in reliably to MSN recently, either. Methinks the service is experiencing some 'difficulties'.
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Great stuff tribal - keep up the good work!
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I liked it - sad, yes, but with a very good message. Love the strong piano track in the background
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Yeah Napster uses IE's engine, it is annoying. I don't see why all these companies use IE's engine, IE is crap! Ugh.
Hehe - I was at a Microsoft seminar recently (oriented towards small businesses) and the guy was presenting a new point-of-sale software that Microsoft will be releasing soon. (IIRC, they bought the software package from some other company)
Anyhow, he was talking about how you could set up cash register computers with this software, yadda yadda, and how it could be tailored individually for your store. He motioned to this large banner/bar near the top and said, "This space is actually HTML rendered with the IE rendering engine, so you could stick anything in there you wanted to personalize it for your company."
I *almost* raised my hand and asked, "Oh, you mean it comes with security vulnerabilities built-in?"
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I love the way you've captured the Basic->Advanced->Ultimate progression. Very noticeable and great-looking!
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Wow, there's a lot of historical movies coming. It's great that ancient history/action/epic movies are "in" now - even if the films mangle real history here and there
Hmm - I wasn't aware that ILM was doing Chronicles of Narnia. (I thought Weta was doing all the effects) Interesting... really looking forward to that film!
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Personally, were I in the market for a portable audio player, I would look for something that supports as many audio formats as possible (*especially* Ogg Vorbis). Unfortunately, the iPod isn't at the top of that list
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I'm thinking SLI...
Gasp...
Props to nVidia for keeping up with Linux drivers - hopefully more companies will follow suit as Linux becomes more and more popular.
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i dont like the spurs that much (pacers fan), but i HATE the piston so im really glad the spurs won
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend...", or something like that?
Yeah, it's unfortunate that the series went seven games. But, it makes victory that much sweeter
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Err - where exactly do you work, Paul?
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Great! Thanks for the rep
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Hmm - does Ad-Aware have any (un)documented command-line switches? If so, you could schedule it via Windows' Task Scheduler component (which works fairly well).
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Try this: open the shortcut properties, and change the "Start in" field to the directory the application is located in. (if it's in the CD drive root, use 'D:\', assuming D: is the drive letter of your CD drive)
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I don't like rap because it just isn't music. The "rapper" isn't singing at all, he's just talking to some beat.
Exactly. Actually, "chanting" may be closer to the truth.
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This could be related to how Windows sets up thumbnails of video files. Have you tried using the "Let Windows determine my virtual memory settings" option for your pagefile, and/or setting it back to the setting it was at before?
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True.
Very, very true.
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Carthaginian Battle 1 - Boris Hansen
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Feature?! Windoze icons on a mac desktop is a bug! Couldn't they change the icon to the mac drive icon?
Guess not
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Why is it using the My Computer icon from one of the versions of Windows (ME I think) on the System 7 desktop
'Tis a feature of Basilisk II that allows you to access your Windows drives from inside the emulator. Handy for transferring files back and forth
Though, I do agree that the "My Computer" icon looks like heresy on a Mac OS desktop 
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@Frank: Woot! Glad that fixed it!
FWIW, I have an integrated sound card and a Radeon 9800, and get no blitter noise using either speakers or headphones.
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You might be experiencing what is termed 'blitter noise':
From http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1474501,00.asp
Blitter Noise: In poorly designed audio circuits, noise from the GPU's blitter (which accelerates 2D Windows graphics operations) can leak into your mix. It becomes evident when you move windows around with your cursor.Are you using an integrated (onboard) sound device, or a PCI-based sound card? If it's a PCI card, you could try moving the card itself down a couple of slots and away from the GPU. Unfortunately, if it's an integrated card, I don't believe there's much that can be done. (assuming it *is* blitter noise that is showing up in your speakers)
Do you have (or, could you borrow) a cheapo PCI card to try out?
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It'd be nice if we could see the desktop in the screenshots, though. (System 7 desktop, of course)
Ask and ye shall receive
Cpu computer slow downs
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Sure thing - no need to get rid of your current setup. I'm sure we can get something figured out.
Good job going with Spybot and Ad-aware as a first measure. I see way too many computers goobered up with spyware while the owners are clueless, so it's nice to see someone taking some preventative steps for once!
Here are things I'd try first, before getting *really* serious (read: OS reinstall):
* Try booting in Safe Mode (hold down F8 while your computer is rebooting). Unless you have some serious hardware issue (which is unlikely), you shouldn't see anything hogging the CPU in the way you were describing.
* Try doing a "clean" boot. Go to Start - Run, type 'msconfig', and hit enter. Choose 'Selective Startup', and uncheck 'Load Startup Items'. Hit OK; reboot.
If either of those steps seem to clear the problem up, it's most likely some rougue app running in the background and deciding it wants 100% CPU. Jump into msconfig again, switch to the 'Startup' tab, and start unchecking unknown/unusual/unnecessary items. Using the highly scientific process known as the Process of Elimination, you should be able to narrow it down to a certain program (or programs) that are causing the problem.
(BTW - Do you run Azureus, or perhaps some other Java-based application? I've noticed similar problems on my own computer when running Azureus.)
Hope this helps!