Re: [H] Most annoying Office bug ever (track changes)

2010-05-27 Thread Vincent Winterling
I've been stymied by this problem and found that I could eliminate the issue by accepting the changes and then saving the document on which track changes was used. Seems to solve the problem. Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mail

Re: [H] Most annoying Office bug ever (track changes)

2010-05-27 Thread Brian Weeden
Sure, except if I then open the file again it automatically turns track changes on again. And this happens with every doc I open. The really annoying bit is that it defaults to not showing any changes/ comments I think there is a profile or something somewhere on my system that is overrid

Re: [H] SSE Firefox?

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 05:10 PM 26/05/2010, Scoobydo wrote: I'm pretty sure that AMD and Intel both support SSE and SSE2 extensions so what optimization is dude referring to? I'm skeptical there is any speed difference that Mozilla hasn't already taken advantage of. Have you downloaded and tried for yourself? Ok,

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 02:46 PM 16/05/2010, maccrawj wrote: No because just as back then I know of no benchmark that will exhaustively read all files to determine access times. It's not going to affect creating a new file & reading it back unless the drive is so fragmented that 1000's of non-contiguous clusters ge

Re: [H] SSE Firefox?

2010-05-27 Thread Scoobydo
Guess not, figured it was a gimmick for a programmer to drum up business. The world is full of charlatans.. On Thu, 27 May 2010 09:24:59 -0500, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 05:10 PM 26/05/2010, Scoobydo wrote: I'm pretty sure that AMD and Intel both support SSE and SSE2 extensions so w

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Scoobydo
MyDefrag huh? Guess I'll be downloading that myself.. On Thu, 27 May 2010 09:31:55 -0500, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 02:46 PM 16/05/2010, maccrawj wrote: No because just as back then I know of no benchmark that will exhaustively read all files to determine access times. It's not going

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 11:52 AM 27/05/2010, Scoobydo wrote: MyDefrag huh? Guess I'll be downloading that myself.. Good, then the two of us can gang up on maccrawj and get him to give us all his scripts. :) T

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread FORC5
efrag at >>least once every few months to improve overall speed. On a brand new >>machine, it's probably not worth the effort. I can't say how often one >>would need to do a defrag, but I have a hard time imagining more than >>once every 3 months, and probab

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread DSinc
Thane, I will give MyDefrag-431 a try, though I am not a script-maven. I have been testing PuranDefrag on another client due to positive comments here. Otherwise, I just use the MS Defrag utility; even though I seem to believe it is not very good from comments here over the years. I suppose I s

Re: [H] [Bulk] Re: Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Scoobydo
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Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread DSinc
LOL! Yea, like that is likely to happen any time soon! Good try however :) jmaccraw is a very good poker player! And, I appreciate his crustiness! Duncan On 05/27/2010 11:02, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 11:52 AM 27/05/2010, Scoobydo wrote: MyDefrag huh? Guess I'll be downloading th

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 12:12 PM 27/05/2010, DSinc wrote: Thane, I will give MyDefrag-431 a try, though I am not a script-maven. I have been testing PuranDefrag on another client due to positive comments here. Otherwise, I just use the MS Defrag utility; even though I seem to believe it is not very good from commen

[H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
Anyone use this thing? http://www.thetornado.com/backup_files.asp I've written a program to do this, but this looks pretty good. T

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
I haven't used that particular one, but I have two other devices that do the same thing...its great for moving all of the files that aren't hardwired into windows...not so hat for stuff that needs to be installed. I have used something like this to move all of my work from one PC to another...

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Tim Lider
I use Windows Easy Transfer if it is Windows Vista or Windows 7. Its easy mode and free. :) Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -Original Message- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@har

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread DSinc
Thane, Couple of questions please :) I have installed MyDefrag v4.3.1 on two clients (one is c2d; other Barton2500+). Install went well. But, on each install I was prompted via 2 "cmd" windows to give up my UserPassword. Odd? I did, but now I wonder if I've yanked my shorts down??? L

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread DSinc
Thane, OK. I'll consider this a last coffin nail! LOL! Duncan On 05/27/2010 12:05, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 12:12 PM 27/05/2010, DSinc wrote: Thane, I will give MyDefrag-431 a try, though I am not a script-maven. I have been testing PuranDefrag on another client due to positive comments her

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 01:45 PM 27/05/2010, DSinc wrote: Thane, Couple of questions please :) I have installed MyDefrag v4.3.1 on two clients (one is c2d; other Barton2500+). Install went well. But, on each install I was prompted via 2 "cmd" windows to give up my UserPassword. Odd? I did, but now I won

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 01:48 PM 27/05/2010, DSinc wrote: Thane, OK. I'll consider this a last coffin nail! LOL! Heh heh. I'm glad my comments carry weight somewhere. :) T

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 01:41 PM 27/05/2010, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I haven't used that particular one, but I have two other devices that do the same thing...its great for moving all of the files that aren't hardwired into windows...not so hat for stuff that needs to be installed. I have used something like this

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 01:42 PM 27/05/2010, Tim Lider wrote: I use Windows Easy Transfer if it is Windows Vista or Windows 7. Its easy mode and free. :) Does that work when the new PC is 7 and the old one is XP or 9x? Does it do non-MS stuff (like Firefox profiles?) T

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
On 5/27/2010 1:37 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:42 PM 27/05/2010, Tim Lider wrote: I use Windows Easy Transfer if it is Windows Vista or Windows 7. Its easy mode and free. :) Does that work when the new PC is 7 and the old one is XP or 9x? No...I got burned on this one... Does it d

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
On 5/27/2010 1:36 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:41 PM 27/05/2010, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I haven't used that particular one, but I have two other devices that do the same thing...its great for moving all of the files that aren't hardwired into windows...not so hat for stuff that needs

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Wait...now I'm not so sure if I remember correctly or not. There was a 32bit/64bit issue as well. On 5/27/2010 1:41 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: On 5/27/2010 1:37 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:42 PM 27/05/2010, Tim Lider wrote: I use Windows Easy Transfer if it is Windows Vista or Windo

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Tim Lider
Hello Thane, There is a work around to make it work with XP. But it not only copies the Settings your system has , but moves over cookies and documents. Even data you select that are not part of the profiles. It works well and I have used many times. For the work around use Google and use keyw

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Tim Lider
Anthony, It does you need to tell it to copy the Application data folders over. Trust me it worked for me from Windows Vista to Windows 7 and Windows 7 Beta to Windows 7 Ultimate. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -Origin

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread Tim Lider
Hello, I also went from 32-bit to 64-bit with the Windows Easy Transfer and it works. Done the 32-bit to 64-bit 2 times here at work. Works good. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -Original Message- > From: hardware

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread DSinc
Thane, Sadly, I do still run as an admin. I KNOW what this means, but XP is truly bitchy as a non-admin user. I am still evaluating this however. I know, I know; I need to move on to Win7!!! One day; after I win the lottery! $400 x 6 is not something this 'hobby' can handle ATM. Do not underst

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 04:14 PM 27/05/2010, DSinc wrote: Thane, Sadly, I do still run as an admin. I KNOW what this means, but XP is truly bitchy as a non-admin user. I am still evaluating this however. I know, I know; I need to move on to Win7!!! One day; after I win the lottery! $400 x 6 is not something this 'h

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread DSinc
Thane, OK. That makes more sense ATM. Yes, I do understand "scheduled tasks". ATM I have none, yet. Whatever, good ole' jmaccraw always does have pearls of wisdom; once I can do some reading to comprehend the "pearl." LOL! It is all good here. Thanks. Conversions are done. Backups in process...

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 04:14 PM 27/05/2010, DSinc wrote: Do not understand the "6-month" option. I will dig/read. I will report that on 3 of my older clients, MyDefrag ran for quite a time! Lot's of HD activity. OK. When done, these 3 clients popped back to life like I'd injected Geritol! I'm sold. Now, I'll lea

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Joe User
Hello Thane, Thursday, May 27, 2010, 9:31:55 AM, you wrote: > For the heck of it, I did some testing with boot times on computers > before and after MyDefrag (run 6 month script.) > Older machine 1 (XP): > Boot time (from pressing power button until My Computer opens) > Before MyDefrag: 49 secon

[H] Nvidia beta driver 257.15 on my GTX 260 (216)

2010-05-27 Thread Scoobydo
The newly released Nvidia beta driver 257.15 is more stable on my system than the latest official driver. My box has been fold...@home for 3 days straight without the VPU crashing and recovering once. The latest official driver was crashing daily and sometimes several times per day which ne

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread maccrawj
LOL, scripts tend to be a personal thing ya know! Outside of consolidating space I do more folder specific scripting to zone my games, downloads, media, & the rest into their own areas with a large amount of padding between. Games really seem to benefit from full defragging to cut down on lag f

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread maccrawj
Funny thing is that MyDefrag is using the MS defrag API! MyDefrag is just better at making the decisions "what" to move. On 5/27/2010 9:05 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 12:12 PM 27/05/2010, DSinc wrote: Thane, I will give MyDefrag-431 a try, though I am not a script-maven. I have been testin

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread maccrawj
If you set a task defrag, screen saver defrag, or tried to run it as a limited user that might cause this. On 5/27/2010 9:45 AM, DSinc wrote: Thane, Couple of questions please :) I have installed MyDefrag v4.3.1 on two clients (one is c2d; other Barton2500+). Install went well. But,

Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread maccrawj
Reminds me of the serial/parallel syncing thing from the 90's. On 5/27/2010 9:30 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: Anyone use this thing? http://www.thetornado.com/backup_files.asp I've written a program to do this, but this looks pretty good. T