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Casao posted:I could be misunderstanding, but: It will install everything, even if it requires a reboot. However, the user will need to manually reboot.
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I think you're right about that one stopping the reboots, but it won't stop it from waking up to install updates. To knock that one on the head you need: Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->Windows Components->Windows Update->Enabling Windows Update Power Management to automatically wake up the system to install scheduled updates: disabled. The combination of the setting you posted and that one achieved what I wanted; no auto reboots and no clandestine middle-of-the-night wake-ups.
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Feb 11, 2010 23:25
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Fart Amplifier posted:It will install everything, even if it requires a reboot. However, the user will need to manually reboot. Sorry, got it right the first time, was rushing through it.
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Feb 11, 2010 23:27
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So the office computer sperg just chided me for keeping ANY files on my desktop, explaining that it reduced performance because the Windows Vista/Win7 desktop had a 32K (yes, K) cache. I don't know that much about OS design/architecture but I've never even heard of a "desktop cache" and by my understanding the Desktop in Windows is just a folder in the directory tree. Is this not the case? If so, it sounds like an inane design decision, and I'd be curious to hear the logic behind it. He then went on a rant about how the desktop is for links and links only. Now I'm certainly guilty of not respecting things like home directories, and spewing files all over the root my C:\ drive and (gasp) on my Desktop, but I thought it was just a clutter thing rather than a performance hit. He claims his dad had gigs of poo poo on his desktop, and his performance was massively improved by merely moving it to somewhere in the folder tree and adding shortcuts to those same files on the Desktop. Being that I keep gigs of .isos on my desktop to do my current job, and have never really noticed a performance hit, I really tend to think he is spewing bullshit.
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Feb 12, 2010 00:32
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MrChupon posted:He then went on a rant about how the desktop is for links and links only. Now I'm certainly guilty of not respecting things like home directories, and spewing files all over the root my C:\ drive and (gasp) on my Desktop, but I thought it was just a clutter thing rather than a performance hit. I guess he never heard that you should never put links on the desktop as it will continually run a process that repeatedly checks that the links still have valid paths. If a link is broken, it'll start a system wide search to find ideal candidates that may be compatible with what the link should be connected to in addition to looking for where the target path may have just moved to. For comparison, think about how your computer slows down during a virus scan. Same exact thing.
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Feb 12, 2010 01:03
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chemosh6969 posted:I guess he never heard that you should never put links on the desktop as it will continually run a process that repeatedly checks that the links still have valid paths. If a link is broken, it'll start a system wide search to find ideal candidates that may be compatible with what the link should be connected to in addition to looking for where the target path may have just moved to. I almost always turn "Show Desktop Icons" off. Do you think it would still be verifying the links in this case?
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Anyone know how to make Windows Explorer always show every folder in Details view mode in Windows 7? I thought I had it doing that, but I just accessed an image folder on an external drive and sure enough it's scanning the entire drat thing to get me thumbnails. The My Pictures folder in My Documents is in Details mode, and I did "apply settings for this folder for all folders of this type". Are they inventing a new type everytime there's a new extension found in the folder or something, and applying default settings every time? On a similar note, anyone know which media player DLL I should unregister in Win7 to disable the scanning of videos to get me a thumbnail and length when I open a folder? I'm just trying to navigate my files as fast as possible, without all the froufrou. Can't a brother get a break?
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Feb 12, 2010 01:56
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JustFrakkingDoIt posted:I almost always turn "Show Desktop Icons" off. Do you think it would still be verifying the links in this case? Setting "Show Desktop Icons" to off just changes the "Visible" variable to off. That's why you can still browse to the folder in explorer and see the items are still there. Just to clear something up, everything I said is a lie. That computer guy is an idiot and the guy asking the question knew what he was talking about. He seems to know more than the computer guy.
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Feb 12, 2010 02:36
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chemosh6969 posted:Setting "Show Desktop Icons" to off just changes the "Visible" variable to off. That's why you can still browse to the folder in explorer and see the items are still there. It sounded a little hinky but my CS teacher in high school was always adamant that a desktop cluttered with icons was a system lagger. That was back in the days of Windows 95 and Mac OS 8(?)... so the actual icons in the video memory could have lagged those old 486es or Pentiums. Ah the good old days of 32 whopping megabytes of memory and a screaming fast 4mb 3dfx graphics card. GLQuake, Team Fortress--um, sorry nostalgia derail. Now I feel old.
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Feb 12, 2010 03:42
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I restarted my computer to install some updates, and now the bottom left corner of all my program shortcuts on my desktop are missing. that corner is just transparent now. It doesn't affect files on the desktop, just shortcuts to programs.
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Feb 12, 2010 04:56
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Are any of the recent patches causing the computer to turn off by itself? This isn't the normal bluescreen followed by automatic restart, it's just turning off. In the past week I've come home from work twice to find my PC off, and once after I woke up (I leave it running all day because  )
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Feb 12, 2010 09:03
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MrChupon posted:So the office computer sperg just chided me for keeping ANY files on my desktop, explaining that it reduced performance because the Windows Vista/Win7 desktop had a 32K (yes, K) cache. I don't know that much about OS design/architecture but I've never even heard of a "desktop cache" and by my understanding the Desktop in Windows is just a folder in the directory tree. Is this not the case? 
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Feb 12, 2010 09:53
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I am about to install Windows 7 from my usb drive. This guide tells me to type "clean" in command promt (step 4). Does this clear everything from my usb drive?
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Feb 12, 2010 12:49
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I only have a key for Win7 Ultimate x64. Can I install that and then remove features to free up space or do I need a lesser version?
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Feb 12, 2010 14:57
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Has anyone ever made a widget? I was going through the Widget API and it seems simple enough, I'd like a widget that grabs information from the GPU and shows GPU Usage and Memory Usage along with a brief history, just like the ones for Network and CPU Activity. My only problem is how to grab info from the card, I'm lost on that part. I've also got to make the widget pretty. Right now it's a white box with 16 point text.
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Feb 12, 2010 15:10
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thrawn86 posted:I thought we were done with rebooting for updates anyway? The system will update everything it can without rebooting. Most services can now be updated, then restarted cleanly without having to reboot the system. Occasionally, it still runs up against a service that can't be restarted safely, and it will require a reboot to do so. Anything that touches kernel space will still be in this category, but even some of those services are still safely restartable. Some coders are working on a system that will allow you to restart the running kernel on one (or more) core(s) of a system to apply updates, then bring the other core(s) online with the new kernel completely seamlessly, but that's still probably a few years down the road.
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Feb 12, 2010 16:11
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Tab8715 posted:Has anyone ever made a widget? I was going through the Widget API and it seems simple enough, I'd like a widget that grabs information from the GPU and shows GPU Usage and Memory Usage along with a brief history, just like the ones for Network and CPU Activity. You mean gadget, right? Look at how the other CPU gadgets work. I don't know, but an educated guess says they load an ActiveX dll that loads WMI info, and there'd be a javascript component that loads that info and refreshes it.
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Feb 12, 2010 16:55
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Anyone any good with smart searches or views in Windows 7? I basically want to make a view or smart folder to show the X most recently modified files inside of a folder. Anyone know how to do this? Or even something as simple as "Anything with a modified date of today" would work. Edit: A little more googling and loving around managed to figure out a "modified:yesterday OR modified:today type:folder" to get close to what I wanted, though a "Last X modified folders" would be great. EVGA Longoria fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Feb 12, 2010 |
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Feb 12, 2010 21:51
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Factor Mystic posted:You mean gadget, right? Look at how the other CPU gadgets work. I don't know, but an educated guess says they load an ActiveX dll that loads WMI info, and there'd be a javascript component that loads that info and refreshes it. Thanks! I'll start there, I've looked at the tutorial for Gadgets it seems simple enough. With that aside, how the hell do I make it pretty?
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Feb 12, 2010 22:01
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Which free ISO mounting utility works best with Win7? I googled and came up with PowerISO and Virtual Clone Drive. One of these or something else?
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Feb 12, 2010 22:54
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spasticColon posted:Which free ISO mounting utility works best with Win7? I googled and came up with PowerISO and Virtual Clone Drive. One of these or something else? Daemontools?
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spasticColon posted:Which free ISO mounting utility works best with Win7? I googled and came up with PowerISO and Virtual Clone Drive. One of these or something else? I like Daemon Tools Lite. Just make sure you pay attention during install. You need to uncheck several things, or it will install adware, toolbars, mess with your web browsers, kill your puppy, etc.
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Feb 12, 2010 23:05
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What can I use to copy folders from multiple drives to one destination? Is there an app that lets me add a lot of folders/files to a list of things to be copied to one or more destinations? 
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Feb 12, 2010 23:55
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I think xplorer2's scratch window (a temporary collection of files) feature lets you do that. There's a free, lite edition which should have the feature if it actually exists.
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Feb 13, 2010 00:29
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spasticColon posted:Which free ISO mounting utility works best with Win7? I googled and came up with PowerISO and Virtual Clone Drive. One of these or something else? I use Virtual Clone drive and it works great with Win 7 Ultimate Virtual Clone Drive
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PirateBob posted:What can I use to copy folders from multiple drives to one destination? I sometimes need to do something similar. The caveat is that you have to be able to execute a search for all the files you want to move. Say I want to move all *.jpg files larger than 1MB in all subfolders of "\Dir1". I open Explorer to Dir1, then type "*.jpg size:>1MB" into the search box. This then lists all those files, which I can select and copy/pate elsewhere.
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For those who didn't catch it: ArsTechnica has this to say about memory leaks, hangs and BSODs in Windows 7. I think I may have found my hotfix and for anyone having similar troubles, read the article. I for one have seen the specific BSOD message (after turning off the auto reboot from system crash "feature") on the top of the article. I'm going to try this out and will update my post if it's a noticeable improvement or a total system frag like a few other updates seem to have been.
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Is there an easy way to change the colors of the Windows 7 Basic Theme? I have tried Googling and none of the methods laid out seemed to work. I really just want it to be black instead of baby blue - its really annoying on my second monitor when playing a game or watching a BluRay.
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Feb 13, 2010 04:00
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It's baked into the resource files, so not without downloading a third party style, and patching your style dlls/running a program that lets you load third party styles.
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Feb 13, 2010 05:31
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MrChupon posted:So the office computer sperg just chided me for keeping ANY files on my desktop, explaining that it reduced performance because the Windows Vista/Win7 desktop had a 32K (yes, K) cache. I don't know that much about OS design/architecture but I've never even heard of a "desktop cache" and by my understanding the Desktop in Windows is just a folder in the directory tree. Is this not the case? For XP and below, this was definitely the case - I don't know if they fixed it in Vista/Win7, though I doubt they did. The size of My Documents and the other user folders affected it too (which he should have known) so there isn't much point in clearing off the desktop if you've got a 100gb My Doc's folder.
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Factor Mystic posted:It's baked into the resource files, so not without downloading a third party style, and patching your style dlls/running a program that lets you load third party styles. I have my dll's patched and I've loaded a theme that takes that dumb diagonal "shine" off of title bars. But I need something that will load when Windows goes into "basic mode".
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Tornhelm posted:For XP and below, this was definitely the case - I don't know if they fixed it in Vista/Win7, though I doubt they did. The size of My Documents and the other user folders affected it too (which he should have known) so there isn't much point in clearing off the desktop if you've got a 100gb My Doc's folder. Unless of course you have a redirected documents folder.
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Feb 13, 2010 07:16
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Whats the cool/hip burning software these days? I keep getting errors in my Event Manager due to one of the Prassi Ones DLL files.
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Feb 13, 2010 07:21
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The Faustus posted:Whats the cool/hip burning software these days?
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gibbed posted:What do you want to burn? ImgBurn is probably the best for non-media stuff. Yes I know about img burn. But its not very good all around software outside of its specialty.
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Stark posted:I have my dll's patched and I've loaded a theme that takes that dumb diagonal "shine" off of title bars. But I need something that will load when Windows goes into "basic mode". Then you need a style that's been created with Aero Basic in mind.
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I'm trying to determine the reason behind frequent (a few times a day that I know of) spikes in hard drive activity that go on for a few minutes, and that can come in at the worst of times, such as when playing a game. With Procmon I see svchost.exe doing massive I/O to files located in C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Repository. I also see wmiprvse.exe doing a lot of I/O. So basically the culprit is WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation), a Windows service that acts as MS' implementation of WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management). I won't pretend I know what this actually is, even after reading the Wikipedia article. But basically it's the sort of service you leave alone, if only because the description tells you that most software will stop working when it's disabled. So how can I find out what it's doing and why? I know we're venturing into territory best left for sys admins, but this is in the name of  curiosity. I can't have something raping my hard drive every few hours and not want to know why.
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Tornhelm posted:For XP and below, this was definitely the case - I don't know if they fixed it in Vista/Win7, though I doubt they did. Wait, is that just if there are files on the desktop, or icons or what? I've got a ton of crap on my desktop, but my I set my icons to off and I haven't really noticed any reduced performance? Should I clear up my desktop folder anyway?
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spasticColon posted:Which free ISO mounting utility works best with Win7? I googled and came up with PowerISO and Virtual Clone Drive. One of these or something else? PowerISO worked for me well in the beginning of the RC install. For some reason, DaemonTools wouldn't play nice with Win7. Now, I have Daemontools running, but it seems kind of stunted somehow. If you want just basic mounting capability, it should be fine, but I find myself using PowerISO if I need to manipulate files or burn things. It might be an issue that I'm using Win7 64, though.
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Guerrand posted:I think xplorer2's scratch window (a temporary collection of files) feature lets you do that. There's a free, lite edition which should have the feature if it actually exists. It does! Hooray. That's a great app, thank you! Thermopyle posted:I sometimes need to do something similar. The caveat is that you have to be able to execute a search for all the files you want to move. Thanks for the tip.
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