http://www.bootdisk.com/ 010 June 2007
HouseCall
Welcome to the 10th Edition of HouseCall
INDEX
1) Is A 64 Bit CPU Worth It?
2) Any Way To Force An Application To Stay On Top?
3) Flash Player Problem
4) Moving Files From XP To Vista
5) Over 900 Sidebar Gadgets
6) Unexplained Rebooting XP
7) Tweak UAC
8) My Computer Clock Loses A Few Minutes Per Week
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1) Is A 64 Bit CPU Worth It?
ian f. asked - Does a 64 CPU actually do anything useful that an ordinary one doesn't?
WhzzKdd responded:
IF you have a 64 bit operating system, and IF you have software written to take advantage of the 64 bit CPU, yes. Otherwise, you might see a small improvement in speed, but not enough to be significant. I don't do Sempron CPUs though - they're the low end of the AMD line (designed to be competitive with the Intel Celeron). I prefer a dual core processor instead.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/127
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2) Any Way To Force An Application To Stay On Top?
Mac wrote - Any way to force an application to stay on top? Like Task Manager can be set to?
Mac answered:
Try: http://www.snapfiles.com/opinions/DeskPins/DeskPins.html
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3) Flash Player Problem
Skeeter posted - I have a problem downloading and working with Flash Player. Any help?
Myweb said:
Here you can find a full download version:
http://www.softwarepatch.com/network-security/flashdownload-security
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4) Moving Files From XP To Vista
vernon asked - Vista comes with some sort of program, but any comments on it or alternatives.
John I. said:
Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:
How to use Windows Easy Transfer to migrate files and settings from one Windows-based computer to another Windows Vista-based computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928634/en-us
Description of Windows Easy Transfer for Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928635/en-us
How to use Windows Easy Transfer Companion to transfer programs from Windows XP with Service Pack 2 to Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931696/en-us
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5) Over 900 Sidebar Gadgets
Frank posted - Over 900 sidebar gadgets.
http://gallery.live.com/results.aspx?c=0&bt=1&pl=1
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6) Unexplained Rebooting XP
Fred 2002 wrote - I leave my desktop on all day long and shut it down overnight. I am running XP Home, SP2. A few days ago, I returned to find that the machine had rebooted itself (I have a few unique things that are on screen at startup). A few days later I saw it reboot while I was at the machine. My guess is that this may be happening once or twice per day. This behavior started within the last few weeks. It never occurred before. I have AVG antivirus and Spybot S&D.
Ken B. answered:
You are presumably blue-screening, and you are set to the default of rebooting whenever that happens. Right-click My Computer, and choose Properties. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery. Under System failure, uncheck the box "Automatically restart.
Now when the problem occurs again, instead of restarting, you will get the blue screen with diagnostic information. Post back with those details for more help.
Also note that this is usually a hardware problem. I'd suspect overheating, flaky power supply, or bad or flaky RAM.
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7) Tweak UAC
Tiberius noted - An easy way is to turn on or off UAC or to tweak it a bit:
What is UAC? See here:
http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=11093
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control
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8) My Computer Clock Loses A Few Minutes Per Week
ealadi inquired - My computer clock looses 2-4 minutes per week. It is set to synchronize automatically, but the sync takes place only once per week. Can I set the synchronization to take place daily - or can I do something to make the clock more accurate? The computer has Windows Vista.
*** Possibly due to your cmos motherboard battery starting to go sour.
Grinder wrote back:
That does seem like a lot of slippage:
http://www.freepctech.com/pc/xp/xp00010.shtml
Pen said:
You can change the auto sync time interval. This one does it for you:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_inet_time.htm
Ken wrote:
Use some of this time synchronizers:
http://www.tucows.com/Windows/Internet/TimeSynchronizers/
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