http://www.bootdisk.com/ 0023 November 2007
HouseCall
Welcome to the 23rd Edition of HouseCall
INDEX
1) A: Drive Niggle
2) Spontaneous Rebooting
3) Vinyl To Hard Drive
4) How To Take Ownership
5) View Background Processes
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1) A: Drive Niggle
toshradio asked - Any time I open Wordperfect (or an old version of MS Word) and open folders to start looking for a file to work with, the A: drive activates for a brief moment. If I then quit that document and go back up the directory chain looking for another file to open, it will often make that sound again. I rarely use the A: drive, but do not want to remove it. Is there a way to stop the computer from looking for a disc there when I am looking around for a file within a word processor?
tom said:
Clear RECENT files
Right click on the Start button.. Choose Customize
click on CLEAR
HeyBub added:
16-bit programs, when looking for a file, cause a scan all available devices.
The easiest fix is to put a blank diskette in the drive.
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2) Spontaneous Rebooting
jamie3498 posted - I have a 6-year old P4 1.6 running Windows XP SP2 with 768 MB RAM. For most of its life, this computer has been very stable. In the last few weeks, I have experienced three spontaneous re-boots. In the middle of various tasks (no obvious pattern), the computer does a hard reboot (as if I pushed the reset button). I have a Seasonic S12 power supply that I installed 2 years ago, and I've never yet had any trouble with it.
What are likely causes? Does this sound like software or hardware?
*** Overheating most likely. Perhaps a case fan has gone bad. Or your power supply fan has gone bad. Or your CPU fan has gone bad.
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3) Vinyl To Hard Drive
Bigbri inquired - Looking for a free program to put records on to hard drive any idea's. I have Nero 7 premium it seems to do just about everything but inline recording
meerkat replied:
Try Audacity:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows
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4) How To Take Ownership
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
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5) View Background Processes
Marsha asked - When it sounds like your computer is working in the background. How do you locate what program is causing it to sound like that?
Ed Metcalfe said:
I'd start with Task Manager and look for high CPU utilization. Better still download Process Explorer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx
If nothing is showing high CPU usage then disc usage is the next thing to look for. Process Monitor is my favorite utility for this:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/processmonitor.mspx
Rich adds: Try filemon:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/fileanddiskutilities.mspx?wt.svl=featured
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