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  1. CCCarson

    Windows Cannot Find

    I am posting this here so it just might help a few people searching for an answer to a common glitch in Vista's Windows Explorer. This might work for this particular problem: —The user keys in a partition or drive, intending, for example, to look into his Drive (X). Drive (X) does indeed...
  2. CCCarson

    USB Ports

    Lightning is seen at the speed of light; thunder is heard at the speed of sound. As the speed of sound varies (with altitude) around 750 miles an hour, the thunderclap is heard roughly one second per mile's distance after the (virtually) instantaneous lightning strike. You can count 1001, 1002...
  3. CCCarson

    When is a USB2 port not a USB2 port?

    Yalamo, what you discovered is actually the usual configuration on a computer case. USB 2 at the back; USB 1 at the front. BUT, when I say "is", I really mean "was". Zillions of computer cases of not too many years ago conform to that. I carry an extension cable with my USB stick, which is...
  4. CCCarson

    BIOS ~ Most Basic Question Possible

    Thanks for such a quick reply. I'm pretty sure I can follow your advice. That was something I hadn't thought of doing at all, and it makes sense. (Sounds logically logical.) It will be a few days now before I can get back at it. I'll report back here as soon as I do. Thanks again. :)
  5. CCCarson

    BIOS ~ Most Basic Question Possible

    I have a sweet-running system with an old BIOS, too old to update, and I keep it working pretty well. No problem. But recently I began toying with some very old, "alleyway" computers—P1s and P2s—just to teach myself a few new tricks and have some fun. No matter what shape I put these oldies...
  6. CCCarson

    When Everything is Right, but Runs Slow Anyway

    Yes, igb123, quite right. If you look back over the authors of the postings, you'll see we're all in agreement. The fellows were just making sure they'd covered all the bases, as I was myself. -- I'm not sure where I'll go from here, as I can't afford better; but I did have a multiple-boot...
  7. CCCarson

    I would be lost without Microsoft products!!

    Well, I'm not sure whether you realize it, but collectively you guys have worked as a well-knit team, which most any company would consider an asset, in presenting a pretty three-dimensional perspective of the yin and yang of the computer industry and its evolution. It's slightly amusing...
  8. CCCarson

    When Everything is Right, but Runs Slow Anyway

    Thanks, guys. Linney, that's already in effect. gPalmer, already done were 1 and 2; now I've done 5-Hijack This; removed a few. I'm familiar with Black Viper, but I don't think I've got a lot more room to move on that. I think things are pretty clean. My thinking re Millennium is that it is...
  9. CCCarson

    xp pro slowdown

    Would you get any additional info by running Task Manager, and watching Performance, and comparing what you see between the two computers? If you see one CPU--but not the other--peaking up to 100%, you might be able to establish exactly what is causing the slowdown. Maybe. It's just an idea...
  10. CCCarson

    When Everything is Right, but Runs Slow Anyway

    Having thought about things for a few days, I'm now considering removing my XP Pro SP-1, reformatting, and setting up Millennium again. Before I do, I'd like to hear whether this would make much difference, or just result in a faster slow speed. I have lots of little programs, Internet...
  11. CCCarson

    When Everything is Right, but Runs Slow Anyway

    If you don't mind, I'm going to add this data, which is above my limit of knowledge. I am now inclined to think it is the tech-specs for my having a bargain basement system. If someone would like to interpret the gist of it for me, I'd appreciate it. I ran SiSandra to get the following: <...
  12. CCCarson

    When Everything is Right, but Runs Slow Anyway

    Good morning, fellahs. Thank you for your responses. I'm about to check out your links, Linney. Meantime, for gPalmer and paparazi, oops, this ain't looking good--indeed, I have 479MB of SDRAM, and I'm beginning to think my problems may be simply in that fateful combination, as you suggested...
  13. CCCarson

    When Everything is Right, but Runs Slow Anyway

    I hesitate to place this question here, because I know I'm asking for trouble. So, caution to well-meaning advisors: this really IS a system that SEEMS to have all the tweaks in place. Plus, when I say slow, I mean it takes a second or maybe three seconds to bring up a new window--it is not...
  14. CCCarson

    Challenge: Renaming Boot Drive Letter in Dual-Boot System

    Thanks, Wolluf. I'm going to do some homework and follow up what you said. Actually, it does make a difference to have absolutely no &quot;thought process&quot; required as various drives are accessed from the different locations. That kind of activity should be totally fluid, so it just...
  15. CCCarson

    Challenge: Renaming Boot Drive Letter in Dual-Boot System

    Soaplover, I've downloaded Bart's PE Builder. It looks like fun. Thanks lots! -- There was a spanking new one, October 13th. I guess he's always working on it. -- Had lots of trouble getting it. Most of the download sites seemed to be blocked. Maybe that was my own anti-practically-everything...
  16. CCCarson

    Challenge: Renaming Boot Drive Letter in Dual-Boot System

    Freestone, msybe I can clear up your confusion (or else make things even more complicated). In the beginning, I had ME as C: on a 5-gig HD. If I recall, D: was a CD-ROM. Then I added a 30-gig HD and partitioned it into E: and F:, and I put XP onto F:. Later the 5-gig HD developed heart...
  17. CCCarson

    Challenge: Renaming Boot Drive Letter in Dual-Boot System

    Soapover, I did get that far in my understanding. ME demands C:, but XP is flexible on the issue. So, as you say, ME controls the system in that regard. That's usually the way, I suppose: the weakest link determines the strength of the chain; or, put a different way, the person who loves the...
  18. CCCarson

    Challenge: Renaming Boot Drive Letter in Dual-Boot System

    Wow! Lots of good suggestions! OK guys, I'll behave myself. I've just recently escaped a different tweaking disaster by a hair, so this time I'll read everything you've suggested before I lift a finger! -- I've already re-labelled the volumes, and that is a good idea. Everything is pretty good...
  19. CCCarson

    Removing Right Click Links from Internet Explorer

    Other possibilities might be Spybot and Ad-Aware 6. Spybot loves killing things; I recommend both anyway--plus maybe Spyware Blaster to stop things at the source. (-: ____________ Celeron4 1.7/512 RAM, Primary Master IDE HDD 30 (Parts E,F,G); Slave 80 (Parts C(C:)+D), both 7200 Maxtors...
  20. CCCarson

    Challenge: Renaming Boot Drive Letter in Dual-Boot System

    OK, I know it's not the done thing. But I DO have the time to change lots of file paths, and I'd really like to solve this. I have 2 IDE Drives, 0 and 1. I can boot up to either IDE 0 or 1 and do a dual boot from either; plus I can press &quot;delete,&quot; go into the BIOS, and trade IDE 0...

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