... That looks kinda convoluted, but it probably does something. strcpy needs #include "string.h" I forget what exit requires, maybe system.h. Loren...
Again, thanks to everyone who traded in their model AB1616 AudioBoxes so far! We got a few requests from users of the older 1616HD models to extend this offer...
I have created a Show Control group in LinkIn. To join just go to my profile, scroll down and click on the icon: http://www.linkedin.com/in/charlierichmond...
A while back I asked about a MODBUS utility for doing our firmware updates. The discussion wandered into me writing it myself in Linux but finding out how to...
That's "Sir Edmund Hillary" to you. Not to be mistaken for another Hillary in the news. But that's easy. It's the beast's first name. {O,o} ... From: "Charlie...
I have created a 3D Audio group in LinkedIn. To join just go to my profile, scroll down and click on the icon: http://www.linkedin.com/in/charlierichmond...
Hi Folks I have a box that's still going strong but has a few years under it's belt now. It's getting a bit slower at accessing stuff generally. It was...
Hugh Covill
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Mar 9, 2008 12:47 am
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... I installed a registry app that a trusted colleague rcommended and it was useful for some things but it never really was very successful at getting my...
... I run Registry Mechanic on 7 systems, seems to work well. Hasn't deleted anything that was needed, hasn't crashed. I don't use it resident, just manual...
I have been using Uniblue RegistryBooster2 for the last year. Seems to work for me. I try and run a scan about once a week and then defrag. Of course you have...
... That was one of the ones that I used to fiddle with on a regular basis. It just seems to me that the more updates Windows does, the longer it takes to...
I just did a full reload of this computer recently. That's why I've been quiet for a while. I think I'm going to have to pay again for my old mail reader.....
I have always assumed that the gradual slowdown was a purposely designed-in feature of all Microsoft products. Is it just bad coding? You would think that...
Doug Mobley
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Mar 9, 2008 8:09 pm
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... The feature of planned obsolescence is what I always figured.... And keeping computer techs in business. C...
... I 2nd that -- Registry Mechanic seems to work very well. It finds a lot of junk in the registry related to shortcuts and temporary files. The implication...
Jim, RC4 Wireless
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Mar 9, 2008 9:54 pm
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I think bad coding is probably the main culprit. There's no real difference between Microsoft and a large construction company. They both have excess ...
Hi All, I've never had much luck with registry cleaners, at least not their "free trial versions" anyway. Whenever I've had a really slow PC, I've started...
This is new Engineering Website, called Calculator EDGE, has bunch of Engineering Calculator Tool Online at www.calculatoredge.com this website has several...
Updates are patches to the OS that are loaded separately after the original functionality is loaded, in many cases. That means there is more "stuff" to load....
(And, as a friend just noted to me, an EXCEPTIONALLY bad attitude about women engineers and computer scientists. They also have more H1Bs from India than they...
... So it makes the once-a-month or so update process faster and the every day boot up process slower and slower.... that's certainly what it seems like. C...
... I do. It helps some programs on my computer recover from getting quite sluggish after being used continuously for 18 hours (primarily Firefox and/or IE7) ...
Well, one thing seems clear from all this discussion: Windows doesn't seem to be a very good choice for long-running, long-lived, or high- reliability...
... We ALWAYS recommend that Windows machines that are being used for such applications have an absolute minimum of unnecessary applications installed and ...