Posts by wiredcyclist82

First I slapped Windows 7 Starter on this thing. Total disaster. It was dragging like a snail—kept hitting me with "not enough memory" errors constantly. So, I ditched it for XP Home. Now? The machine absolutely flies. Honestly, I’d rather just run Linux, but my boss won't let me.

The owner’ll probably have a much easier time offloading this thing if it's running Windows.
Upgrading the RAM? Yeah, smart move.

Just scored an Eminem laptop running an Intel Core i3 with 1GB of RAM and a 160 GB hard drive.
It’s running Windows 7 Home Premium and man, it is painfully slow. I really want to just slap a Linux distro on it, but the owner is dead set on Windows. So now I'm torn between Windows 7 Starter and Windows XP Home. There's a Windows XP Home key stuck on the bottom of the chassis. Whatever, activation is the least of my worries.
Oh, one more thing—which browser isn't going to absolutely murder my resources?

Looks solid and fully loaded. You running liquid cooling too? People are actually picking those up over here now.

Nathan Taylor7 said:Are these temps okay for my rig?

Motherboard 27 °C (81 °F)
CPU 28 °C (82 °F)
CPU Package 35 °C (95 °F)
CPU IA Cores 34 °C (93 °F)
CPU GT Cores 34 °C (93 °F)
CPU Core 1 33 °C (91 °F)
CPU Core 2 34 °C (93 °F)
CPU Core 3 33 °C (91 °F)
CPU Core 4 34 °C (93 °F)
Seagate HDD 24 °C (75 °F)
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB 27 °C (81 °F)

What, you keeping your PC in a fridge?

Everything from my desktop is sitting on an external drive in \Users\Username\Desktop

Did you even bother checking the Event Viewer after trying to swap out that drive letter?

Listen up, anyone looking to get Windows 7 up and running: Microsoft dropped a Convenience Rollup Package. It’s basically every single update since SP1 packed into one file. Makes life easier, right?
Check this page here: just make sure you're using Internet Explorer 6 or anything newer, otherwise don't come crying to me when it breaks.

Check your PM.

Might sound a little crazy, but just grab the free version of Defrag. Go into the program options, hit the disk cleanup section, and check every single box they give you. Then just run the Defrag.
You can even find a portable version if you don't want to deal with a full install.

Anyone dealt with this repair shop in Washington, D.C.?
I've been blowing up their line all day and get nothing but a busy signal.
Is there any other authorized General Electric laptop service center in Washington, D.C.?

rustywalker1 said:I recently set up Windows 7 on a new SSD, and now I'm seeing some unfamiliar folders on the system partition that weren't there before.
(Windows 7 Ultimate x32)
It's these three shown in the image:


The "windows bt" folder is about 500 kB, while the other two are just sitting there empty.

Check this out: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows...my-hard-drive/

BurnAware gets the job done. Plus, it won't cost you a dime. http://www.pcfreetime.com/

Got access to another PC? If you do, grab this and burn it to a CD or throw it on a thumb drive. Run the wizard, wipe every single partition, and then just dive straight into the Windows installation.

Just wipe every single partition and let Windows handle making new ones during setup. Basically, start with a totally blank drive and just hit "new" when the installer asks.

Joshua Chavez28 said:When I start the install, it’s asking me to pick a destination folder. Which one should I use?

Tried putting it in System32 and SysWOW64, but it keeps throwing errors saying no.

It's asking for a temp folder to unpack the files. Just let it unzip there, then head into that folder and run dxsetup.exe. Simple enough, right?

Same exact thing happened to me. My old laptop started overheating the HDD like crazy. Took it to a local repair shop, they cleaned out the fan, but it didn't do squat. Fast forward two months later? The motherboard kicked the bucket.

Just grab WinDirStat. It'll show you exactly which folders are hogging all your space.

Mkvtoolnix.

Not my laptop, but I'd tell the lady to just take it to a repair shop for a deep clean. I'm a software guy; hardware isn't really my scene.