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Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 9:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am a very dirty girl. I am a very dirty girl. I am a very dirty girl. I am a very dirty girl.

Yes. My mouse was so neglected that it could no longer scroll. I hang my head in shame. Bring on the vodka!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 11:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
SEE!!! and ya all thought I was being nasty!!!!

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 11:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
you just have to remember to never neglect your mouse's balls!!

ok, I was being nasty on that one LOL

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I always disable system restore before I reboot in safe mode to run scan disk and disk defrag.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok,that is exactly what I need help with. How do I get the puter into safe mode?

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hippyt: click here for instructions on starting in safe mode. Scroll down and expand the version of Windows you are using for specific details.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 12:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Still no clue why my puter takes 2 hours to run scan disk and defrag????????

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 12:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cool,Dra thanks. I think I got it. Annie,I know that the more often you run defrag,the faster it will run.

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie:
What is the run time for each of them individually?
Did they both get slower or is it just one of them?
How large is the hard drive and how much free space does it have?

Either of these programs slowing down is usually a direct result of having less and less free space available on the hard drive. The defrag is impacted the most as the drive gets closer to being completely full.


Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 4:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's about an 1-1.5 for each one! It seems like it's always been this way but getting worse (and it could be getting worse cause i don't do it more cause it takes so long...a vicious cirlce!)
I have 384.0 MB of RAM and it was 33% free when I go to my computer, properties.
When I go to drive space it says 'physical memory available to windows' 392,588 KB, system resources 36% free.
In system summary
total physcial memory 383.39 MB
available phyical memory 131.95 MB
total virtual memory 1.15 GB
available virtual memory 736.14 MB
page file space 826.00 MB

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ack! You gave the hard to find numbers!
But there is something in those that you should change. The virtual memory setting is too high for your 384MB of RAM. I'm guessing Windows is managing it for you and has made that file grow larger than is needed. If you can find the right place under MyComputer->Properties, you should change your virtual memory setting to not be managed by the system but use a custom size of something like 384MB. I would set initial and max to the same values. Here is what it looks like under XP:



Now, what I really want to know is your hard disk space. Open up Windows Explorer and click on MyComputer on the left side. Tell me the total size and free space for your C:\ drive and then we can see if lack of free space could be the problem.

For Windows ME, your 384MB of RAM should be fine, plus you can run another 384MB of application using the virtual memory. If you try to run more than 768MB of stuff, then you will get a message that you are out of memory. You could increase the virtual memory setting at this point, but your computer will run very slow if you are swapping that much stuff into the page file.


Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 6:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't remember the prob, but Dra told me to increase my virtual memory setting to fix it.

used space 9.59 GB
free space 27.6 GB
capacity 37.2 GB

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Windows ME is a strange beast and I have managed to avoid it by holding out and jumping from Win98 to Windows XP. Just googling about ME and virtual memory comes up with many special cases and exceptions (bugs) that advise various settings (many conflicting) for virtual memory. If draHeiD gave you settings to fix a specific problem and they worked, then don't changed them.

I'm guessing he had you set the virtual memory and not let it be controlled by the system. That is most important to me. A large pagefile that is not used will only take up extra disk space, but that does not seem to be an issue on your system since you have about 75% (27.6GB) of disk space available. Since you run these in safe mode, you are probably not using much RAM at that time since many programs are not loaded, so 384MB should be plenty.

Are you running scandisk with the Standard option or the Surface Scan option?
Is scandisk finding and correcting any errors in the file system?

Unfortunately, the easiest fixes seem to be ruled out. If scandisk is finding and fixing file system errors, then it would be a sign that your hard drive is starting to die. Over heating could be an issue, but then you would typically see a slowdown in your normal use of the system.

You can always wait until Juju is back on a more regular basis, since she loves Windows ME.

How often do you run these programs?

With so much free space, fragmentation should not be a big problem at this time and scandisk should not be finding any problems unless you have had a system crash or powered off without shutting down.

So, in the immortal words of George Costanza: "I've got nothing!"


Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I went to ME cause XP blew up my puter! LOL
It seems like this has been going on as long as I have had ME so not sure about it meaning that the end is near. I run scan disk on 'thorough', not finding any errors
grrrr, George! LOL

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
we have windows ME at work, and i have XP at home. if we didn't have to get all new computers here at work because of the network (we don't have the capability to handle XP here), i'd immediately change to XP. my system with XP never crashes, and everytime i have to reboot my computer with the ME, i have to systematically alt-control-delete till i have basically nothing running to be able to run my work programs. i cannot work in quicken and quick books at the same time at work, and have no problem with it at home, along with mirc, and aol, and firefox, etc.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 10:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hmm...don't have any of those probs Landi.

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a weird new problem. I'm trying to organize some of my pictures that I've uploaded to my computer. I usually upload the whole Memory Stick to "My Pictures" and then move things around after the fact. I have a few folders in the "My Pictures" folder, like Work Party, New Years, Golf Tourney, a folder of pics of my bf, etc. Usually what I do is open two separate windows: one containing the pics I want to move, and the other window will be the destination folder for those pics. Then I drag them one at a time. Usually this works without a hitch.

Today, I try to do it, and I drag the pics, but they don't move. They stay "thumbnailed" in their original spot. So then I clicked "go up one level" to go out of that folder, and then I click the folder again, and the pics are there. So the pics HAVE been moved, but are not visually registering the move until I go out and comeback in to the folder again.

Do you have any idea why this is happening? I've never had this trouble before. I also tried to create a new folder in the boyfriend folder, so I clicked New>Folder and it didn't appear. I did it again, and still nothing. But when I went up a level and came back in, the 2 new folders were there. Then I tried to rename them, and I wrote "Rugby Pics" and pressed enter, and it went back to saying "New Folder" as if I hadn't renamed it. But....lo and behold, I went up a level and came back in, and it has registered the name change.



How do I rid myself of this ghost in the machine? I've never had this problem before.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
just click on "refresh" eeyore, your system is just taking a long time to do it.

Crossfire
Member

08-07-2001

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmm, if rebooting and all the other basic voodoo does not make the problem go away, and you get tired of refreshing, and you are using xp, this might be helpful: Link

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 8:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had hoped this day would never happen...not that I don't love all of you computer geeks, but with a new computer, I had hoped.

System: Dell; Windows XP; DSL

Problem? Can't open WordPerfect. Conversion in Progress box opens, but just sits there indefinitely until I ctrl, alt, delete, which opens a error message box to send details of problem to Microsoft, which I do.

Attempted solutions: repeated rebootings, run Spybot, etc., find nothing, check connections...no problem found, defrag...took about 15 minutes.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Have just been on the phone with Dell...not very helpful...an attempt to fix the situation, but it didn't work. I was passed along to the software folks who told me it wasn't their problem. Despite having a Dell warranty through 2006, this problem is not covered since it is a software issue. Guess that means it's Microsoft's problem.

Should I uninstall WordPerfect and reinstall?

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 9:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
word perfect isn't a microsoft product. it is by corel. i would call corel. isn't there a tech number on the documentation for wordperfect?

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vee: I don't have a solution to offer, however I can give you a link to Corel Technical Support site where you will find phone numbers to call for support.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 9:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, working on it now...actually has a FAQ about my very problem right there...now to see if I can follow directions for a successful outcome...

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Nope, it involves hidden files that must be unhidden and if one can't get into the program in the first place, I don't know how to go about doing that...guess it's heading for the shop. Great...

Thanks, landi and Dra, for your help. I knew that I wasn't going to be happy with WordPerfect...wait until I have a chat with my dd! lol