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Interesting stuff, but it's a little hard to know what I'm looking for. So many numbers, so much ignorance on my part. In the Resource Monitor, is there a way to fix the vertical axis span on the disk, CPU, or Network graphs? It's a little hard to figure out what "normal" looks like when t...

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Well, I didn't have any chance to work on this over Easter weekend, and work this week has been a bear. So I went back and looked some more at the Resource Monitor tonight. Analyzed a few wait chains. Then ... weirdness. Did a reboot ... and the system started up normally. Completely normally. Rabbi...

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From this search - https://www.google.com/#q=how+to+use+windows+event+viewer+windows+7 I found this interesting article - http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/use-windows-7-event-viewer-to-track-down-issues-that-cause-slower-boot-times/3253/ So I'll be going over this sporadically for...

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hmm, where would that be listed in the Event Viewer? Under the "Error" Event Type, I have entries under Kernel Event Tracing, WMI, Print Services and several Service Control Manager entries. Examples are, under the "hung on starting" banner: Windows Update Service, Function Disco...

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explorer.exe is waiting for another process (svchost.exe(LocalSystemNetworkRestricted))

Also found -
One or more threads of mbamservice.exe are waiting to finish network I/O

one or more threads of svchost.exe(netsvcs) are in waiting status

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It seems to me that this should not be the most unusual thing for predators that swallow their prey alive. Yet it doesn't seem to be that common.

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hmm. Can't seem to get resmon to run from the Startup folder. Used perfmon the first try and that didn't run either. Tried to set up a task Sceduler folder to run it (with resmon.exe) and that didn't work either. I'm going to try again (this time with resmon in the Startup folder). I'm struggling wi...

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Naw, tried it last night and could not get anything to run until the boot was fully complete. Mouse works (moves around, but clicking on anything gets me nowhere), but can't make keyboard entries either to try to pull up resmon. And, to answer your other question, no I don't see this slow boot behav...

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Not sure how I will be able to start resmon while the system is hung since I won't have access to start button. I'll try and see if I can get it to launch.

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Looks like the fans are spinning ok. info from Intel BIOS page : CPU fan at 720 rpm, front and rear fans at about 500 rpm. Temps: CPU core 44 PCH 56 Memory 32 VR 31 Watched the reboot coming out of BIOS. Seems to go at just a fine clip, at least for the first 99.5% of the boot process. Then it just ...

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I'll have another go at the Resource Monitor. I did look at it after the last bootup and did not see any excessive CPU usage. Also, don't know if this may be related. I had started to hear an occasional short high pitched scratching noise; quite rare, but I heard it about three times in the last few...

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It's finally coming to a head. Lately (last few weeks) been experiencing some slight slowdown in speed of Win7 Pro/64 install on my C:drive SSD (i.e. scrolling through images in Windows seemed to take longer to display). Initially i had to try a reboot and it seemed like the reboot would just hang -...

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Hey man. Been a while since I've seen that avatar.
(or mine, for that matter ...)

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Nice shots Merlin. You're way ahead of me. I keep hearing the owls, but I can't seem to get any in range of my eyeballs, let alone my camera.

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Merry Christmas and a Happy 2014 to you all!

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A Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!

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tunnelcat wrote:Never let Microsoft do it for you, automatically.

Bingo!!

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woohoo! postcount. postcount!!

what?

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Remember those who have given the last full measure of their devotion. And their families.

edit - http://www.blackfive.net/main/2013/05/t ... ven-1.html

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. . . just because.

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/04/07/v ... come-true/

more: here

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How do you say "I fart in your general direction" in Korean?

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Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'm leaning slightly away from Dell or HP at this point, but I may yet be swayed. I expect to be somewhere around the $500-$600 price point, with Win 7 as the OS. HP, Lenovo , Asus are decent choices ($500+ versions) Look for i5 or i7 but stay away from intel HD ...

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Nevermind !!!! I can't remember seeing this for sure or not, but it looks like after running the chkdsk /r I am NOW able to see the file directories in the Knoppix File Manager. Am copying them over now to external usb drive. The chkdsk said it did fix "one or more errors". So, unless I'm ...

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Interesting. I could stop fumbling around and just pull the drive and dump the data to my desktop machine if I had the right USB plug connector thingy (that would still power the drive; drive enclosure). It may come to that. I'm running a chkdsk /r on the drive now in Recovery Console; apparently if...

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I got the Hirens cd 15.2 from http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ Unfortunately for teh noob (that would be me), both of these disks look to contain just a dizzying array of fixit tools with not too much documentation on which tools to use under which circumstances. I don't see a Windows PE enviro...

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What about crapware with any of brands. In the past I've been wary of this especially with Dell and HP. Does anybody just give you a Windows OS disk anymore, or is everyone doing the branded recovery/reinstall disk thing? Is this even a problem if the OS dies and you need to use the disk for recover...

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Or alternately, Hirens CD. Both ultimate boot and Hirens CDs should have the option to boot to Windows PE environments. Thanks, I'll check it out. Basically I'll be happy if I can just slide the data over, then wipe the drive and re-install XP. May disable the NIC and just keep it around as a media...

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fliptw wrote:http://www.ubcd4win.com/

Thanks. I have the 5.1.1 version from this place -
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html

I'll take a look and try to see if they're different.

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CUDA wrote:After you fill them full of sugar

hehe. one of the great pleasures in life.

Congrats, Cuda.

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Happy birthday, TC. Hope you enjoyed your day.

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MY refurb Dell Latitude E1505 laptop has decided to stop cooperating. I accidentally hit the Media Direct button on the machine - after exiting the crappy Dell Media Direct environment, I now get a "ntoskrnl.exe file missing or corrupted" error when I try to boot back into Windows XP. What...

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My old Dell refurb laptop is showing its age, has issues (subject of another thread) and is on the way out. So over the next few weeks I'll be in the market for a new one. Without getting wrapped up in laptop hardware specifications, I'd like to get y'alls opinions on the current state of laptop bra...

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hmmm. I'm torn.

Bacon. Chocolate.

Bacon. Chocolate.

Guess I better go eat something while I'm thinking about it.

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guess not. what was the expression; oh yes, it was "just a small turd".

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tunnelcat wrote:The Benghazi affair is being waaaaay overblown.

utter BS. Here, let's ask Ambassador Stevens about that . . .

Let's see; policy fail, execution fail, followed by serious attempted backside covering. Yeah, a real nothingburger.

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woodchip wrote: Besides, AARP is a liberal den of inequity

not sure if you meant "inequity" or "iniquity". Perhaps both.

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Got some very nice stuff there. Love that Cedar Waxwing shot.

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Yeah Merlin, I know that feeling. Any longer glass purchase is going to be a longer term save-up-for-it proposition for me as well. In the meantime, I probably will try renting some of the candidate lenses as opportunities to use them arise, to see which one fits in with my shooting style/capabiliti...

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Nice shots. The grey owl portrait seems especially sharp. I've just recently considered getting the Nikon version of the 70-300 lens, but I am holding off for now to consider other options that may have better lower light potential. Nevertheless, you are doing well with yours. Send us some more.

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