Re: [H] Strange CHKDSK problem
Thane Sherrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a test, if anyone who has time would run a chkdsk on their Windows No problems on three boxen here. regards, al
Re: [H] Did Firefox CPU usage spike for anyone else recently?
Great link. I have a couple on that list - Forecast Fox and FireFTP but they are the latest versions. I did another test. I played mp3s locally while surfing and it was fine. But playing mp3s located on the LAN in iTunes while surfing caused stuttering and made the music pretty awful. This is between two machines located 5ft from each other running -n wireless cards. Normal file transfer is flawless and the internet connection great as well. Just seems to be with iTunes. -- Brian Weeden On 10/17/07, j maccraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only like most of the FF base for the past 2+ years! > ;) > > Use Process Explorer & look at the FF process' > threads, I'll bet you find > JPEG_FDCT_ISLOW eating all your CPU. > > Here are a few suggested links: > > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_CPU_usage > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions > > > Brian Weeden wrote: > > Just noticed it really over the last week. I can't > do ANYTHING else > > on my machine while surfing the net with firefox. > Every time I load a > > page or anything it spikes the CPU to 100%, such > that even listening > > to mp3s through iTunes stops. > > > > I know my system isn't the fastest out there - 2400+ > Tbird, 2 GB of > > DDR, nForce4 - but damn I would think you would be > able to surf the > > net and listen to some music at the same time. > > > > Thoughts on what could be causing it? Maybe > something windows is > > doing network wise? > > > > > > > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play > Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > http://sims.yahoo.com/ >
[H] OT Bioshock ctd
Just started playing yesterday and while it's cool I am getting crashes to the desktop every 15min or so. What's worse is that every time it does it loses all configuration settings - I have to go back in and reset the key mappings and audio/video settings. Really annoying. -- Brian Weeden
Re: [H] OT Bioshock ctd
Hello Brian, Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 9:09:38 AM, you wrote: > Just started playing yesterday and while it's cool I am getting > crashes to the desktop every 15min or so. What's worse is that every > time it does it loses all configuration settings - I have to go back > in and reset the key mappings and audio/video settings. Really > annoying. ATI card? -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
Re: [H] OT Bioshock ctd
Hmm I've not had any crashes, but in any case, you do not need to reset all your stuff. Look for bioshock.ini and user.ini where the game saves them.. Mine are under c:\documents and settings\username\applications\bioshock. Make copies of those files, like user.bak and bioshock.ini and you can use those to reset after a crash. Just copy the bak files to ini files before you re-launch the game. >>Just started playing yesterday and while it's cool I am getting >>crashes to the desktop every 15min or so. What's worse is that every >>time it does it loses all configuration settings - I have to go back >>in and reset the key mappings and audio/video settings. Really >>annoying. -- JRS<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please remove **X** to reply... ...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult...
Re: [H] OT Bioshock ctd
Sapphire X1950XT 256MB, upgraded to the latest drivers (7 Oct I think). -- Brian Weeden On 10/17/07, Joe User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Brian, > > Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 9:09:38 AM, you wrote: > > > Just started playing yesterday and while it's cool I am getting > > crashes to the desktop every 15min or so. What's worse is that every > > time it does it loses all configuration settings - I have to go back > > in and reset the key mappings and audio/video settings. Really > > annoying. > > > ATI card? > > > -- > Regards, > joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... > >
Re: [H] OT Bioshock ctd
Actually I just figured out that while the game is running it makes a running.ini file which doesn't get deleted when it crashes. That is what defaults the settings. Deleting running.ini before relaunching the game preserves the settings. Of course it still crashes every 10-15 min, almost always when opening a container. And you gotta sit through all that crap and the Nvidia commerical in the beginning - any way to turn that off? -- Brian Weeden On 10/17/07, JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm I've not had any crashes, but in any case, you do not need to reset > all your stuff. > > Look for bioshock.ini and user.ini where the game saves them.. Mine are > under c:\documents and settings\username\applications\bioshock. > > Make copies of those files, like user.bak and bioshock.ini and you can use > those to reset after a crash. Just copy the bak files to ini files before > you re-launch the game. > > > >>Just started playing yesterday and while it's cool I am getting > >>crashes to the desktop every 15min or so. What's worse is that every > >>time it does it loses all configuration settings - I have to go back > >>in and reset the key mappings and audio/video settings. Really > >>annoying. > -- > > JRS<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Please remove **X** to reply... > > ...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult... >
Re[2]: [H] OT Bioshock ctd
Hello Brian, Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 9:30:21 AM, you wrote: > Sapphire X1950XT 256MB, upgraded to the latest drivers (7 Oct I think). I read about issues with ATI cards and that game... -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
[H] odd file found?
I have a strange file that got installed on my root drive yesterday. I suspect it was created just by viewing the BellSouth "install CD. The file is: c:\BellsouthIW.re~6124KB 10-16-07 10:16 This file is viewable in wordpad and appears to be a simple text file. It also appears to be a complete scan of the registry on the PC I read the "install" CD on. Should I be concerned? I got my xdsl kit. The Westell 6100 modem is really tiny! Can they make these things any smaller? LOL! I rcvd no details, instructions, docs, details, etc. in the kit. I expected this. Did get the "install" CD. I have looked at its' files. Sheesh! What a bunch of stuff! But I suppose it has to cover many bases and user configs. I spent most of yesterday exploring the CD trying to figure out what it does and/or might do when launched. I suspect not being a programmer limits my abilities to determine much. I have not launched the CD and allowed it to do its' thing yet simply because I am concerned about how it will modify the PC I use for the "setup." Am I being more cautious than necessary? This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] odd file found?
Not too cautious to my way of thinking. I have never to this day installed the software or CD pacbell wanted me to for my DSL. I just found the settings pages online and set up windows with the proper DNS and IP settings manually. I refuse to use those install CD's, they all seem to install junk I do not want, like branded versions of IE, etc -- JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please remove **X** to reply... Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. Did get the "install" CD. I have looked at its' files. Sheesh! What a bunch of stuff! But I suppose it has to cover many bases and user configs. I spent most of yesterday exploring the CD trying to figure out what it does and/or might do when launched. I suspect not being a programmer limits my abilities to determine much. I have not launched the CD and allowed it to do its' thing yet simply because I am concerned about how it will modify the PC I use for the "setup." Am I being more cautious than necessary? This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Need help troubleshooting some really weird network problems
First thing that jumps out at me is why your PC is dhcp'ing a routable address (5.159.128.140). Your router should have a public IP and a private IP, and all of your workstations should get private IP's. Brian Weeden wrote: Moved into the new house a couple weeks ago and got my network setup and I'm having some problems that I can't pin down. Mainly, network connectivity between my two windows machines really, really sucks. Can't even stream one single mp3 without hitches and remote desktop loses connection all the time.
Re: [H] odd file found?
Thank you JRS, And why I do follow the counsel of this List! Perhaps I need to update my clients to use the DNS servers of my 'new ISP' bellsouth. I have been using the openDNS servers at 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 in all my machines cmd>ipconfig /all listings. Hmm. I'll try this. I do know what the assigned DNS servers are for me. One is in Atlanta, GA, the other is in Miami, FL. I do suspect that I am using the PPPoE protocol and have admin's the router with my UserID and PW. Have had some use broadband, but it keeps dropping out even though all the LEDS on the modem are proper. I do so love an ethernet challenge! Best, Duncan At 11:16 10/17/2007 -0400, you wrote: Not too cautious to my way of thinking. I have never to this day installed the software or CD pacbell wanted me to for my DSL. I just found the settings pages online and set up windows with the proper DNS and IP settings manually. I refuse to use those install CD's, they all seem to install junk I do not want, like branded versions of IE, etc -- JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please remove **X** to reply... Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. Did get the "install" CD. I have looked at its' files. Sheesh! What a bunch of stuff! But I suppose it has to cover many bases and user configs. I spent most of yesterday exploring the CD trying to figure out what it does and/or might do when launched. I suspect not being a programmer limits my abilities to determine much. I have not launched the CD and allowed it to do its' thing yet simply because I am concerned about how it will modify the PC I use for the "setup." Am I being more cautious than necessary? This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Need help troubleshooting some really weird network problems
Actually, there is another thing I forgot to mention. the 5.x.x.x address is my Hamachi address. I turned off Hamachi to see if that fixes any of the other problems. Tbird has an address of 10.0.1.1 from the router and Media 10.0.1.2 -- Brian Weeden On 10/17/07, Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First thing that jumps out at me is why your PC is dhcp'ing a routable > address (5.159.128.140). Your router should have a public IP and a > private IP, and all of your workstations should get private IP's. > > Brian Weeden wrote: > > Moved into the new house a couple weeks ago and got my network setup > > and I'm having some problems that I can't pin down. Mainly, network > > connectivity between my two windows machines really, really sucks. > > Can't even stream one single mp3 without hitches and remote desktop > > loses connection all the time. >
