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Living Room / Back to basics : virtual memory and page file ...
« Last post by joiwind on June 15, 2011, 07:03 AM »
This is going back so far that I can't remember so much about this question, so I'm asking for someone's advice. I'm quite aware that it's probably a stupid question, but they're the best aren't they ...

I have virtual memory and page file set up on this PC and for some reason the virtual memory is hardly ever used whereas the page file of course is (see attached screen capture).
I have searched various sites about this and many seem to confuse the two, some even saying it's the same thing, i.e  virtual memory = page file.
So what I'm asking is : as the virtual memory never seems to be used to it's full extent, in fact far from it, should I reduce the size and if so how do I go about it ? The idea being to free up resources.
Thanks.

xp
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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a single timeline task planning tool
« Last post by joiwind on June 13, 2011, 04:40 AM »
uuderzo : this might do some of the things you are looking for, though it may be too simple...
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Living Room / Re: Looking for suggestions for domain name registration
« Last post by joiwind on June 07, 2011, 07:29 AM »
I've been using MonteCarloHosting for many years - they are really friendly and helpful and very reactive when you need help.
Apart from reasonably priced hosting they also register domains : MonteCarloHosting
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General Software Discussion / Re: Cleaning out old dll files - advice needed
« Last post by joiwind on June 05, 2011, 08:45 AM »
Yes, my thoughts too in fact. So why did I want to do this? Well I ran AnalogX's DLLArchive and it found more than 40,000 (I didn't do anything, just checked), and it seems to me that quite some of these dll's are loaded unnecessarily the same way that codecs are loaded even when you don't ask for them. I do install/uninstall lots of apps to test them and during a recent Spring cleaning I began to wonder how many dll's were left over - that was the motivation for this question.

I do use Revo Uninstaller most of the time but it's slowish - more than CCleaner's uninstaller.

So I'll take your kind advice and leaves things alone - thanks.
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General Software Discussion / Cleaning out old dll files - advice needed
« Last post by joiwind on June 05, 2011, 07:47 AM »
I'm looking for a tool that can safely identify and backup then clean out old unused or obsolete dll files.
I am looking at AnalogX's DLLArchive and Nirsoft's RegDllView but I'm not feeling very easy about it, I know that CCleaner can do this to some extent but does anyone have any other suggestions - even to say NO, DON'T DO IT !
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Restore programs that were running at system shutdown (with selection)
« Last post by joiwind on May 27, 2011, 06:57 AM »
@ ath : true - my eyes aren't lined up this morning  ;D
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Restore programs that were running at system shutdown (with selection)
« Last post by joiwind on May 27, 2011, 05:24 AM »
To completely save state and restore on next power up
-MilesAhead (May 27, 2011, 02:02 AM)
Isn't that what's called 'hibernate' in Windows???
-Ath (May 27, 2011, 03:46 AM)

In the OP he says he is wary of it...
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General Software Discussion / Re: windows file manager with single-click navigation?
« Last post by joiwind on May 26, 2011, 11:18 AM »
FreeCommander does too : both for files and folders.
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.
« Last post by joiwind on May 19, 2011, 01:22 PM »
pilgrim-online - another suggestion, though a bit late (especially after skwire's hard work...) : ImageOpen
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by joiwind on May 15, 2011, 04:24 PM »
Sure, straightaway.
If you need any more grey hair just let me know, I've got enough too  :D
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by joiwind on May 15, 2011, 04:17 PM »
I don't know skwire.
The pop-up window has been open on the desktop all day, it is now 23h15 here and the last update noted on the pop-up says 8h29 pm (i.e. 20h29).
Again, don't get grey hair over this !
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by joiwind on May 14, 2011, 05:00 PM »
I have to revise what I said - it does update but not regularly, but no big deal, please don't lose any sleep over this skwire... :D
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by joiwind on May 14, 2011, 10:03 AM »
skwire - it seems to happen only when the pop-up window is open and no difference if the window is in focus or not.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by joiwind on May 13, 2011, 04:33 PM »
v 1.0.9 build 1 : doesn't seem to update the weather automatically...
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by joiwind on May 11, 2011, 05:43 AM »
Perfectly working, thanks skwire.

One thing that has happened before here is that if the 'Start minimized' option is checked when loading the app then the main window appears only as a small vertical slice of the title bar - if unchecked then the window loads normally. But this may well be, and probably is, a local glitch !
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by joiwind on May 10, 2011, 03:49 PM »
Thanks skwire - it works fine.
BTW I only mentioned the problem because it had been mentioned before ...  :P
My opinion is one of, "is it really that big of a deal to manually refresh it?"  :tellme: Furthermore, just because a device comes out of hibernation doesn't guarantee that there is a network connection.
-skwire (May 09, 2011, 04:21 PM)
: perfectly true, it is no big deal but it is less annoying.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by joiwind on May 09, 2011, 05:42 AM »
^ +2  :Thmbsup:
but still problems when coming out of sleep-mode...
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General Software Discussion / Re: Amazon Watcher - Freeware
« Last post by joiwind on May 06, 2011, 06:02 AM »
Nice find masu.
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Living Room / Re: Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading List
« Last post by joiwind on May 02, 2011, 10:50 AM »
Yes, Lewis is one of my heros too (along with JRRT gws ( = goes without saying)), he said somewhere that his trilogy was strongly influenced by Lindsay's book.

There are also the novels of Charles Williams - in particular The Place of the Lion - these novels are even more 'religious' than those of Lewis but that depends how you read them, that doesn't bother me, some might say that they are quite old-fashioned but for me that just adds more charm.

And of course, as most people know, Lewis, Tolkien and Williams were friends and colleagues and members of a club called the Inklings.

- This may be a bit beside the point but in view of very recent events, it could be useful for some to read or re-read A Voyage to Arcturus to help reflect on what is the nature of evil and what we should do, or not do, about it.
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Living Room / Re: Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading List
« Last post by joiwind on April 29, 2011, 04:13 PM »
A Voyage to Arcturus - David Lindsay
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Living Room / Re: Wilderssecurity site down ?
« Last post by joiwind on April 27, 2011, 11:59 AM »
OK, thanks all - it's a problem here then...
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Living Room / Wilderssecurity site down ?
« Last post by joiwind on April 27, 2011, 07:05 AM »
Is it ? Or is it just a local problem on my PC ? It's been on 503 for days.

Wilderssecurity
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Living Room / Re: My beloved illustrated children's story about badgers (What was the name??)
« Last post by joiwind on April 27, 2011, 05:07 AM »
Just some search results :

http://www.wisconsin...t-4-Books-2528.aspx#
http://redwall.wikia...iki/Russano_the_Wise
http://en.wikipedia....ise#Russano_the_Wise
http://www.compassio...s-Parting-Gifts.html
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Living Room / Re: For a good cause, please take a moment to donate some goodwill only.
« Last post by joiwind on April 10, 2011, 12:37 PM »
Done, voted for Quinn.

I must say that some of the others are very good too, they are all of a very high standard.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone testing Daminion Media Manager ?
« Last post by joiwind on March 30, 2011, 12:39 PM »
Well, Daminion seems a good attempt at what I want as a image organizer - I'm not saying it's the best because it's not, but I'll keep it to see how it develops - however it's a bit slow and sometimes takes a while to redraw thumbnails. One thing I like about it is the smallish db size and it not being java-based, also I very much like the ergonomic layout.
I've tried :
exifpro - don't like the layout
IDimager (not free)
and a few others which I won't mention as I find them lamentable. At the moment I'm testing :
Cloudatag which (although it comes from beyond the silk curtain) seems pretty good as a simple tagger and organizer, very fast and apparently stable but of course I don't use the remote cloud option,
and StudioLine PhotoBasic which is more powerful but looks promising.

As for your last question : "other document types...", I use Tag2Find (no longer developed) which is great for my vast collection of letters and docs but not for images as it does not integrate a viewer.

Thanks for your curiosity ...  :)
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