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BlackViper.com is my favorite web site of the week. More of a resource for Windows users that would like to fine tune their Windows Operating System. We all know about the pesky Windows Services that run in the background in almost every edition of Microsoft Windows, i.e. Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP to name a few. BlackViper provides guides to disable and enable Windows Services in a very professional and easy-to-understand fashion. Why would this be important to Windows users? One word. Performance! How? Basicly, Windows Services run in the background and use RAM (Random Access Memory). RAM is an essential eliment in many ways. When RAM is allocated to running windows services that are not necessary to your configuration then you have a PC that is limited to its performance. The idea is to safely disable specific services and free-up the RAM. The question is "Which services can be safely disabled to free-up RAM and increase system performance?" Enter BlackViper . BlackViper provides a nice list of those services, what they are, and what they do for your PC. Accompanied by guides that explain how-to enable or disable the services safely on a variety of PCs running the Windows Operating System. Click Here and Scroll Down the Page for the Windows XP Pro and Home List. There are a number of programs on the internet that are free and may do pretty much the same thing as those suggestions found at the web site. BlackViper may suggest a few that he has tested and found to be okay in his book. However, his visitors, to include myself, found the do-it-yourself method allows us to tailor our PC to our specific criteria. Also found at this web site is his personal settings for popular games. Ooh, I really dug deep into that section! Hope you enjoy BlackViper as much as I have. Enjoy

Here is a great resource for determining which background services to turn-off: BlackViper.com Scroll down the page for a long list of services that can be turned off. Observe the fourth column from the right, "SAFE" ... http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm Basicly, Windows runs 36 services by default and BlackViper suggests that 8 services are really all that are needed. Removing unneeded services also frees up 12 to 79 MB of RAM depending on your configuration. Worth a look, IMHO.

Brings a new meaning to Fast Food, err ... Frozen Food, ah ... Take Out. Gross.

Right click the task bar and select task manager from the drop down menu. In the task managaer applet you will see a list of applications and processes running. Determine if any applications are running in the background and shut them down one by one till your resolve the conflict. Be sure to turn off Norton AntiVirus if that is your viri software.

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1024x768 on 15 in LCD looks good. Kinda dark though.

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I am with lynchknot. Most of my friends now use incredimail. I have not used it to much myself.

It would have to be as stable as WinXP or better. Half the price of WinXP. It would have to be compatible with 3rd party apps. There are investors and developers and there are programmers and there are marketers for software. No money will be made if the software is not compatible with Windows. Period. That is why Windows dominates the market and that is why investors seek developers that program software to be Windows compatible. Linux will not rule in our life-time for the above reasons, IMHO. Lindows may and thats a big "may" compete with Windows in the area of operating systems, Wallmart PCs for example, but will not rule the mainstream market for the lack of integrated office suites also developed by Lindows, IMHO. So, is Lindows as stable as 2K and XP? Does it cost half as much as XP? Does it have integrated office suites also made by Lindows? Well, 2 out of 3, should make M$ start worrying.

1. Login feature? 2. Enter the Forums Register on the Forum View Control Panel Registered members: 2513 < "Registered" is a hyperlink to the registration page Posts on Forum: 25436 We Welcome: Jeff

Fthr, so what happened to your bike? Lets all have a contest of some sort and buy Tris a new bike with the proceeds.

Fthr, cool movie, that ride is sweet and that guy can ride. Elite, honest, nice car. Reworked right? Filer, you gonna be bad when 16

http://www.msfn.org/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=4397 Maybe this thread could be moved from General Discussion to the Hardware Section where it might get more attention?

Most hard drive manufacturers make available a hard drive setup utility. Visit your hard drive manufacturer's web site for the utility. Look in the download section or support section. Be sure to have your model and/or serial number ready. You want to download the correct utility based on your specific hard drive, okay. Alternately, post the hard drive information here and maybe we can locate it for you. Also, make sure your PC is Windows 2000 or Windows XP compatiable. Visit the Microsoft site, www.microsoft.com for more information. You may post your system specs here and we can sort it out for you. Hope this helps

Download wmvcore.dll : Click Here to Download If your Windows applications and programs are missing the correct dynamic link library files ( otherwise known as DLL files or .dll ) you've probably been faced with either a reinstallation of your software or a non working application. You may also be upgrading from WinX to 2000 or XP with a backup CD. Copy the above file to a floppy disk or CD, during your next installation when prompted for third part drivers select that option, and load the .dll file Hope this helps. If not return to this thread and we will sort it out.

Wow, nice car. Imagine having that car and the bike. Looking good with a black trailer.

Yep, sure is zivan56, good find

Just a suggestion to all of us that use the forum's "View New Posts" feature. As you have noticed, the layout has changed, wherein the itemized list of threads is in a cumlative format. Use "My Assistant" and select Today's Active Topics for the itemized list. Now you have the itemized list again. Hope this helps Me Big Beta Tester w00t

Happy Birthday dude. You are one of my favorites here at MSFN. I read everything you say. Stay tight and have a great birthday

That the most awesome bike I have ever seen! Visited the site and went to galley 1. The all black color screams and creams. HOLLAR IF YOU HEAR ME

Give the word and I can fry his CPU?

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IBM Paying $2.1B In Cash For Rational Software Rational's software-development and -testing tools and 3,400 employees would form a fifth division within IBM's $5 billion software group. IBM is buying Rational Software for $2.1 billion in cash. It's possibly IBM's largest buyout since it picked up Lotus Notes for $3.5 billion in 1995. Rational's software-development and -testing tools and 3,400 employees would form a fifth division within IBM's $5 billion-a-year software group, joining DB2, Lotus, Tivoli, and WebSphere. IBM plans to complete the transaction by March. According to IBM, the Rational acquisition would support its computing-on-demand strategy, which emphasizes building--or at least outsourcing--IT environments that can adapt to changes in business processes and workload demands. The move would let IBM "focus on end-to-end application development and process integration that we hear customers telling us they want," says Steve Mills, VP and group executive of the software group, adding that businesses want to integrate horizontally with customers and suppliers. To do this, IT departments need to have a "strong build environment," he says. IBM plans to retain the Rational name for the company's design tools, testing software, and collaborative application-development products. Rational CEO Michael Devlin would become general manager of IBM's new Rational division and report to Mills. IBM's on-demand marketing strategy requires that it deliver a fair amount of application integration, something that Rational's products make easier to do, says software industry analyst Amy Wohl, president of Wohl Associates. "This is an excellent acquisition for IBM because they have had a long relationship working with Rational, and there's little overlap between what each company does." With the full strength of IBM behind it, Rational might be able to grab more of the application-development market than it could on its own. International Data Corp. says that market will grow from $9 billion this year to $15 billion in 2006. Rational reported a net loss of $19.4 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30 on $154.5 million in revenue. Source: InformationWeek

Michael Jackson Attacked by a Spider, now on Crutches Michael Jackson showed up in court this week with a swollen foot and on crutches after being bitten by a spider at his Neverland ranch. “It’s really bad – if I showed it to you, you’d be shocked,” said Jacko. The pop star, 44, went to court to defend himself from accusations that he broke a $21 million contract when he didn't show up to two concerts in Sydney and Honolulu in 1999. He said he couldn't remember anything about that contract. "That’s administrative work. That’s not what I do. I’m the entertainer", he said. When asked if he had memory problems, he answered "Not that I can recall." Source: www.hellomagazine.com

UK to Escape EC Telecoms Wrath The European Commission is likely to let Britain escape legal action over broadband competition, according to a source familiar with the issue. Claims that Britain could face legal action over the level of competition in its broadband market are wide of the mark, according to those close to the issue. ZDNet UK understands that a European Commission report due to be published on Monday will say that Britain is making better than average progress in many areas of the telecoms market, despite reports that the EC will express deep concern about the amount of competition in Broadband Britain. According to an informed source, the latest EC annual report on the telecoms sector -- to be published on Monday -- will say that the UK is doing better than many other European countries in terms of the rollout of 3G networks, domestic Internet use and take-up of digital TV. The report is also expected to recognise the boom in broadband use over the last 12 months in the UK. The UK, though, is likely to face criticism for the failure of local-loop unbundling (LLU) to make an impact on BT's dominance of Britain's wholesale ADSL market. The EU forced all member states to introduce LLU as a way of bringing competition to the broadband infrastructure market. It allows other operators to install equipment in the local exchange of the incumbent operator -- BT, in the case of Britain -- and provide services such as broadband to ISPs, or directly to customers. Since it came into effect in 2001, LLU has had little effect in Europe. In the UK, fewer than 1,000 telephone lines are thought to have been unbundled. Over 20 companies initially expressed interest but all but a handful have now dropped out -- many accusing BT of deliberately obstructing the process so as to maintain its wholesale monopoly. BT has denied this, but similar charges have been laid against regulators across Europe, and senior figures in the commission are known to be very concerned about the state of LLU. The UK government insists, though, that Britain enjoys a competitive broadband market. "Sixty percent of broadband connections are supplied by NTL and Telewest, and there are over 100 ISPs reselling BT's ADSL," a DTI spokeswoman said, adding that LLU has been generally disappointing across all of the EU, not just in Britain. Source: ZDNet.co.uk 14:20 Friday 6th December 2002 Graeme Wearden