[Own Kah]

@giggles wrote:

great siggy! :lol:

just for the record I’d love to be eaten alive :P

Hmmmm… :-k

:P

[Own Kah]

I could post the smug grin emoticon right now, but I’m not like that. :lol:
OK lets get to the bottom of the problem if Ellen doesn’t mind.
Ellen go to this site:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/
Press the key symbol at the top, and on the next page press the key
symbol again.
Now press ‘Test Anonymously’, and on the next page press ‘Let’s go!’.
You have to allow the site to instal a ActiveX control on your pc. It’s
perfectly safe, and if you wish I can tell you how to remove it afterwards
quite easily. (If you leave it on your pc you don’t need to instal it next
time you need to run the tests). :wink:
When the tests are completed you will see a screen similar to this,
hopefully with no red or yellow flags.

If you have any red or yellow flags, click on them to receive advice on
how to remedy the problem.
(I have a yellow flag next to ‘Memory’ because they recommend 512MB
of RAM minimum.)
Also on this page click on Windows details page and this will show the
running processes on your pc.
Don’t worry about the ones highlighted in green as they are necessary.
Can you post a pic of the other processes running and hopefully we can
see which program is using your RAM.

I know this is a long winded way to see what might be causing the
problem on Ellen’s pc, but it does no harm to take her pc to pc-pitstop.
This site is very good at troubleshooting. 8)

Alternately you could press:
Ctrl Alt and Delete at the same time to open the Task Manager,
then click Processes and post a pic of all processes here. :wink:

[Own Kah]

@giggles wrote:

@Ow£n Ka$h wrote:

I pasted up your posters every day of my life,
Took the vow of celibacy never knew a wife.
Half the world prays for me, WTF is that about?
If I don’t get in you’re ALL shut out!

very nice Owen…. I do however prefer Green Day though :lol:

It just came into my head when I heard on the news that all these people
were praying for the Pope’s soul. Surely he’s one of the few people that
needs no prayers for his soul, and if he cant get into heaven, we have no
chance! :lol:

[Own Kah]

@superanubistype wrote:

Owen i take it as you did’nt know that XP makes the default setting of the paging file is 1 and 1/2 times the physical RAM installed on the comp and this would make the default paging file exactly 376 mb on Ellens machine with 256mb of physical RAM instaled.
If you dont believe me Google it like you normally do.

It’s exactly 384 MB actually.
What’s wrong with using Google?

@superanubistype wrote:

So now Ellen has a combined RAM of 906 mb, 256 mb of physical RAM, and a 650 mb of (VM) and heavy usage of HDD not to mention changing the settings and performance to Windows 98, and the problems still there LMAO.

The recommended minimum size is equivalent to 1.5 times the RAM
on your computer, and 3 times that figure for the maximum size. For
example, if you have 256 MB of RAM, the minimum size is 384 MB, and
the maximum size is 1152 MB.
For best performance, do not set the initial size to less than the minimum
recommended size under Total paging file size for all drives. The
recommended size is equivalent to 1.5 times the RAM on your computer.
It is good practice to leave the paging file at its recommended size.
However, you may increase its size if you frequently use programs that
use much memory.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417/

I didn’t advise Ellen to increase her VM, I told her where she could find
the recommended paging file size for her pc.
My post regarding performance settings merely turns off the fancy
graphics of XP. It does increase performance, it does not make XP
perform like 98!

@superanubistype wrote:

Thanks Owen for proving you really dont know a thing.

How arrogant you are!

[Own Kah]

The rhythm of the poem was inspired by Greendays’ Good Riddance
(Time of Your Life).
The poem was inspired by the death of the Pope.
And to answer Soulie, yes I was drunk but I make no excuses.

[Own Kah]

@superanubistype wrote:

@Ow£n Ka$h wrote:

Hi Ellen,
try this…
>Start
>Control Panel
>System
>Advanced
Under ‘Performance’
> Settings
Here in ‘Visual Settings’ you can adjust the performance of your pc.
I have mine set to ‘Adjust for best performance’ but you might prefer to
use ‘Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer’.
If you Click ‘Advanced’ you can change your Virtual Memory settings.
It should tell you the minimum size and the recommended size for your
paging file.
The minimum size for my system is 2MB
The recommended size is 382MB
I have it set to 512MB
I hope this helps. :wink:

LMAO a 512mb paging file??? wtf?

I think this is seriously bad advise as your just hiding the problem and causing massive HDD usage :? (This is why Microsoft recommend a 382mb paging file). And while your adjudsting the perforamance settings of Ellens XP, why did’nt you tell Ellen to instal Windows 98, you might just of well of done.

Ellen if your running 256mb of RAM, sure the comps going to be slow but you should’nt be getting paging file errors. I can’t tell you the reasons your getting VM errors but there is something that’s using alot of RAM on your comp and it definatley needs investigating. I’m sure there’s many users on here that use 256mb with XP and have no VM probs.

Until we know the size of Ellens’ paging file BEFORE she adjusted it,
you’re talking out your ass! :roll:

[Own Kah]

Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Suite Judy Blue Eyes 8)

[Own Kah]

Beyonce – Naughty Girl 8) 8) 8)

[Own Kah]

@griff wrote:

4 records at once
:? :?

That’s mad !! :shock: :shock:

Not if you have four ears! :wink:

[Own Kah]

Right now I am listening to Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Long Time Gone 8)

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