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Warning, there is a bug that causes the following: Setting the swap file to bigger than 768 MB causes Windows to think there isn't enough RAM to initialize the GUI!

Whatever you do, avoid nForce like the plague! But, Nvidia GPU-based video cards are fine.

Yes, I agree! Via has been having better Windows 98 support! I never had a Via chipset be unstable with Windows 98. With the exception of Nvidia video cards, stay away from Nvidia! Even if the Nvidia chipset is officially supported, you still can have random reboots.

May be a bad processor or the Vcore isn't set properly. The STOP: 0x0000007F UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP BSOD has been documented by a motherboard manufacturer's web site to be caused by Vcore issues. You may be required to flash the BIOS for the problem to be solved.

I disagree, somewhat. RAM problems usually are obvious! While the processor not having enough Vcore or insufficient cooling often isn't obvious and most people may not notice a thing, Joe Sixpack won't notice a thing until someone hollers about the PC acting up when he or she is playing Doom III or GTA San Andreas.

Is it the newer generation A7N8X, the A7N8X-E Deluxe or A7N8X-X? I heard bad things about the A7N8Xs that were released before 2004 or late 2003. A common reported problem was BIOS chip corruption and/or just suddenly dies! I have the A7N8X-X, which don't have quite as much goodies as the A7N8X-E Deluxe, but apparently is a new version of the A7N8X.

I agree. The file bugs apparently were fixed.

While it is freeware and open-source, it's nothing spectacular and the basic display view is less than can be desired. I'm not even positive on what sort of file placement (if any) it does after simply defragmenting files. I've recently realized the importance and necessity of having file placement done after a defrag. I have 3 screenshots that prove this, which anyone can do themselves. Disk Analyzed http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9590/ud1dw5.png Disk Defragmented Completely http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3064/ud2ag1.png File Placement (79% of least used data placed on inner tracks and 21% of most used data placed on outer tracks + Consolidation defrag) http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/418/ud3lc7.png As you can see, merely having the files defragmented only does half the job. At this point there is still much room for future fragmentation and access time is nowhere near being optimized. And by optimized, I mean having files related by either last access or modification date placed together at the beginning of the HDD inwards. Having the most used data at the beginning of the disk and the rest of the files out of the way on the slower areas of the disk improves file access time (truthfully by milliseconds, which in reality leads to several seconds of application and game loading). Then comes the Consolidation method which places files sequentially and thus contiguously (no gaps in between any two given files). This creates the largest area of free space after the most used files for new files to be written. The file may or may not be fragmented when written to this free space, but it won't be fragmented nearly as much as it would be had it been written to a severely fragmented (and non-contiguous) drive where there were many gaps to fill. Diskeeper is automatic and does file placement, but not always necessarily consolidated. You can defrag with any defragmenter and use UltimateDefrag to view the disk display and see exactly where and how files are placed. PerfectDisk isn't as automatic, and does do file placement in the same manner, thus future fragmentation is reduced. UltimateDefrag offers the most flexibility and shows a true drive display and is portable (1 EXE and 2 XML files on my flash drive). I hope this helps. There have been a major amount of JKDefrag releases! Apparently, there has been work done on the file placing. The GUI still is the same, but hopefully, that can be improved.

Windows File Protection popping up when installing non-Microsoft drivers when Service Pack 2 is slipstreamed or integrated is a known issue. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO *NOT* SLIPSTREAM OR INTEGRATE SERVICE PACK 2!

Windows File Protection popping up while installing non-Microsoft drivers is a known issue when Service Pack 2 is slipstreamed or integrated! The only way around it is to *NOT* slipstream or integrate Service Pack 2!

You probably didn't get a virus right after connecting to the internet, because you have broadband and the modem has NAT. My ADSL modem has that and it's fine without a software firewall! I tested it with Shields Up! and all of the ports were stealthed.

Appears to require Windows XP, just like Internet Explorer 7! Why did Apple refuse to support Windows 2000? It wasn't EOL'ed.

It actually is called SBMAV Disk Cleaner and it isn't free. Thus I dunno.

You must make sure that virtual memory is enabled! Unless you have at least 1 GB of RAM!

The same thing is occurring today! That's even with a new Ryan VM'ed Windows XP Pro SP2 installed!

JKDefrag has been looking good. http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/

Yep. The front page still won't log in!

I'm having the same problem!

The same here.

I agree!

Sadly, you're forced to use another browser if the copy of Windows is VLK! Microsoft decided to disown them!

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Unfortunately, I heard that Ultimate Defrag acts like an alpha, causes a BSOD to occur, if unable to defrag a certain file for any reason!

Sounds like possibly not enough power. Make sure that you selected the right voltage, if it's a universal adapter. Also, it may required a self-powered USB hub!

Some motherboards won't boot if it doesn't get the correct signals from attached devices -- i.e. a single drive is attached and set to slave but the motherboard expects it to be master. I agree. Especially the old school motherboards! When I gotten an IDE cable on wrong, it failed to even give any video. Thus I freaked out and thought that the PC was damaged!