Some of you just knew that I was going to say "Linux"...
Actually it only makes sense for Windows to apply a lot of resources to "house-keeping" when the system is idle so that it gets done and out of the way quickly before you want to use it again.
Linux tells me when updates are available but I decide when I want to do them.
Dusty, I really identify with having a hard time keeping up with tech stuff. There was a time back in the mid 1990's when I very nearly knew what I was doing...
I get really annoyed with today's advertising. All glitz but they don't even tell you what the product is supposed to do for you... Just flashy stuff.
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Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill
I recently had a problem with my computer (4 yr old core two Acer) freezing for a minute or two, then ok.Then sometimes it would not come back and I had to press off and restart. It got worse over a two month period. I tried lots of tricks like defragging, scanning, removing suspect software, and finally after exhausting everything I and my savvy buddy knew, discovered a capacitor located near the memory had a swelled top. I bought a new I7, 8gigs, 2T drive, Win 7 and I am a happy camper again. Moral: take a hard look at your caps! ...........too
Peter
a 510,a Mini, dedicated SS drillpress, SS spt's, home made SS belt grinder, SS piston air system, Southbend 10k lathe, mill/drill, Taig
prmindartmouth wrote:I recently had a problem with my computer (4 yr old core two Acer) freezing for a minute or two, then ok.Then sometimes it would not come back and I had to press off and restart. It got worse over a two month period. I tried lots of tricks like defragging, scanning, removing suspect software, and finally after exhausting everything I and my savvy buddy knew, discovered a capacitor located near the memory had a swelled top. I bought a new I7, 8gigs, 2T drive, Win 7 and I am a happy camper again. Moral: take a hard look at your caps! ...........too
That is too new of a board for the dreaded "bad caps" disease. My old supplier of motherboards, Abit, had that problem, in 2000 and 2001. I've got a couple boards that date from then, and no bad caps. It could be, Acer got a bad batch of caps, though.
I didn't know what a Shopsmith was...
Three days later I owned one...
One week later I was rebuilding one...
Four months later I owned two....
Ok Ok, I'm up to four now...
As I deal with watching the progression (not necessarily progress) of hardware and software I think back fondly to punch cards and how excited we were to us a paper tape for input and then to DOS machines and 64K and machines the boot up in a matter of seconds. At the university the lowly undergraduates had to use a DEC machine where he would flip a series of 8 switches and then a toggle switch to load that line of machine code and we were so excited when we got 20 lines in correctly and the program ran!!!!
We had an instructor who new Andrew Kay (remember Kaypro?) and told us of Kay's idea to someday have a computer that we would hold in our hand (Like the iPad I imagine)/ This was LONG before Osborne had is luggable. Wow, screens that were CRT. I went back a dozen years later to finish my degree and bought a Zenith unit that had a 1200 baud modem (most were sold with a 300) and a orange screen so I could sit in my apartment and do my work rather than have to wait in a line at the University to get in to one of the terminals.
I enjoy DARPAnet and what is has done for us and don't begrudge the tech advances of today, but when I talk to my teenage nephews about the olden days of computers as I knew then they just shrug their shoulders and go back to presuming that the internet has always something everybody had.
benush26 wrote:As I deal with watching the progression (not necessarily progress) of hardware and software I think back fondly to punch cards and how excited we were to us a paper tape for input and then to DOS machines and 64K and machines the boot up in a matter of seconds. At the university the lowly undergraduates had to use a DEC machine where he would flip a series of 8 switches and then a toggle switch to load that line of machine code and we were so excited when we got 20 lines in correctly and the program ran!!!!
We had an instructor who new Andrew Kay (remember Kaypro?) and told us of Kay's idea to someday have a computer that we would hold in our hand (Like the iPad I imagine)/ This was LONG before Osborne had is luggable. Wow, screens that were CRT. I went back a dozen years later to finish my degree and bought a Zenith unit that had a 1200 baud modem (most were sold with a 300) and a orange screen so I could sit in my apartment and do my work rather than have to wait in a line at the University to get in to one of the terminals.
I enjoy DARPAnet and what is has done for us and don't begrudge the tech advances of today, but when I talk to my teenage nephews about the olden days of computers as I knew then they just shrug their shoulders and go back to presuming that the internet has always something everybody had.
It has not been very long since REA was created.(< a century)
We have indeed been observers of tremendous changes.
We still need a 'REA" for the internet!;)
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There is a known bug in windows Xp with auto update turned on that came in with service pak 3.
If the computer turns into a slug look at the processes running if you see WUAUCLT.exe running that is problem. It stresses the HD and drives up CPU utilization. When it comes on makes no sense, like 45 minutes after a power up or in the middle of the day. Also it can run for 2 minutes and be over or run for as long as 45 minutes (all I had patience to watch).
It has been discussed all over the internet and no one seems to have a good fix except go to Window 7 or turn off auto updates.
Also saw a big warning in the paper this morning don't go to Window 8
Ed in Tampa wrote:There is a known bug in windows Xp with auto update turned on that came in with service pak 3.
If the computer turns into a slug look at the processes running if you see WUAUCLT.exe running that is problem. It stresses the HD and drives up CPU utilization. When it comes on makes no sense, like 45 minutes after a power up or in the middle of the day. Also it can run for 2 minutes and be over or run for as long as 45 minutes (all I had patience to watch).
It has been discussed all over the internet and no one seems to have a good fix except go to Window 7 or turn off auto updates.
Also saw a big warning in the paper this morning don't go to Window 8
I'm confused. I have regular contact with three machines that run XP. All have Auto Updates enabled. I run MSE quick scan every day at 4:00 am and once a week (usually on Saturday morning) I run the detailed scan. I start it manually.
I apparently do not know what I am looking for because I would say that I have no memory hog and I do not believe I have anything that consumes 80-90% of CPU time.There are times that MsMpEng sorta takes over but when that happens it only lasts for a couple minutes.
"Making Sawdust Safely" Dusty
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