Laptop update: Ordered it from Walmart on Friday, with 512 MB extra RAM from ZipZoomFly thanks to the advice and links. Total price $585.34 for Laptop incl. tax and shipping; $87 bucks for extra RAM. Laptop scheduled to arrive tomorrow and I will post my thoughts upon usage. BTW, on last check it was still available if anyone is looking for a brand new and cheap laptop.
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Wolfram - Nov 29, 2004 1:16:46 pm PST #236 of 10003
Visilurking
thegrommit - Nov 29, 2004 1:37:56 pm PST #237 of 10003
Um.
Two happy endings in a row. Something must be askew.
Zenkitty - hopefully you have service pack 2 installed.
halfrek - Nov 29, 2004 2:08:49 pm PST #238 of 10003
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them,
while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.--Kahlil Gibran
yes, something is STILL askew. here is my update.
okay, i did the Safe start mode...and it STILL did that starting over after 5 - 10 % of defrag. ack! it did finally run, and was much faster than it had been in the past... but why am i still getting that message of something had changed while it was doing the defrag?
also did attempted a scan disk and was getting a similar message:
that Windows or something cue spooky music was writing to the disk as it was being scanned.
it kept asking me if i still wanted to perform the scan disk b/c it had restarted 10 times. WTF?
so i gave up on the scan disk and have NO idea what is wrong with this drive. *thunk*
yeah, i guess i should just be happy that it mostly works. *g*
dcp - Nov 29, 2004 2:45:41 pm PST #239 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
halfrek, if you do a CTRL-ALT-DEL, what programs does it show you have running?
le nubian - Nov 29, 2004 2:51:49 pm PST #240 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
grommit,
a friend of mine had serious problems with Service Pack 2. Any reason that should be installed?
DCJensen - Nov 29, 2004 2:58:56 pm PST #241 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Halfrek, you might have some spyware running. Or else something that logs to a file.
Make sure you've used and updated at least two spyware checkers. My reccommendations are spybot, spy sweeper, and of course Adaware.
thegrommit - Nov 29, 2004 3:11:29 pm PST #242 of 10003
Um.
a friend of mine had serious problems with Service Pack 2. Any reason that should be installed?
It's the easiest way of ensuring a years worth of security patches are installed. However, I'm using Windows 2000, so take my advice with a pinch of salt.
Dana - Nov 29, 2004 4:41:26 pm PST #243 of 10003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
halfrek, my mother's computer has Windows ME and it's impossible for us to get it through ScanDisk on the first try. However, if you let it go long enough, it usually goes farther and farther and finally finishes.
halfrek - Nov 29, 2004 4:43:30 pm PST #244 of 10003
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them,
while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.--Kahlil Gibran
dcp this is what i see:
explorer server save wkcalrem loadqm devldr16 systray flashksk wkdetect
when i try to endtask explorer it attempts to do so then it says it is not responding. so then i hit the endtask box that pops up... with all the done it is still there. *thunk*
Daniel C, eye = suck b/c i dont have a spyware checker. the desktop with the Me does not have access to the 'net right now. i will see if i can find a program to dl to disk on the laptop and try it on the desktop. thankfully my laptop has XP.
on another topic...does anyone know of good program to convert wmv.files to something that a Mac can read?
eta Dana, yeah i have done that in the past, but i wanted to put an end to the madness. *g*
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2004 4:47:56 pm PST #245 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
does anyone know of good program to convert wmv.files to something that a Mac can read?
I just use the Windows Media Player for the Mac.