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Chappy333

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  1. I would agree that this is a driver issue, especially since you say that by changing the amount of memory by 1MB, it will work. That sure sounds like the driver is having issues with memory mgmt.
  2. I never was an AVG fan but that story from The Register has really turned the tables. I did Independent Virus/Malware testing on new variants for over 8 years so I know allot about AV companies & their respective products. Many of the big AV companies used Independents for years to take some of the load off until they grew big enough to hire the xtra staff. AVG up until about 3 years ago was absolute Garbage, even tho many users Raved about it, but the thing with AV is...if your App doesn't catch it..how do you know you're infected, right? So many AVG users went blissfully along thinking they were super OK when in fact they were high risk as AVG failed test after test at the top unsponsored AV Testing Labs. They recently made a HUGE effort to turn that around and seemingly had done so as they now pass these tests regularly and their scanning engine throughputs have increased dramatically , but this new problem will surely throw a wrinkle into things. Personally, I wouldn't use anything but Eset NOD32 (not Esest Smart Security, the Firewall is low grade at the moment), and the Comodo Firewall Pro is free and one of the Highest ranked firewalls for a Windows based product to date, the top 2 are not free. Matousec Firewall Tests for those interested in seeing where theirs stands. Matousec runs the most comprehensive (and toughest) testing suite around.
  3. Seriously, I've never seen registry size be a real issue on any computer ever. Lots (I'd be tempted to go as far as saying most) reg "cleaning" utils are more like "registry mangling apps" than anything. Yes, some might not hose it to the point where you'd notice instantly, but it feels a bit like playing russian roulette (cross your fingers, with some luck, it just might not crash your system!) They sure have the potential to break things pretty badly. And most of the gains make no real-life difference. Getting rid of a couple unused keys won't really shrink things much either. Agreed. Plus any Orphaned keys are no big deal either as they are never accessed by anything anymore so they simply occupy space, and very little at that. So even cleaning out 100 or more orphaned keys will not speed up a system and will only save a few Kb's of space. In 14 years of doing Tech Help sites I've seen far more systems hosed by Registry Cleaners than I've ever seen "Fixed" by one, and none of them make any appreciable difference in performance gains. About the only way you can do that within a registry is to use a Registry Defragger which can optimize the space and put the more often accessed keys in areas that get faster disk head access times. Even that tho is only going to save a second or 2.
  4. Zxian That image on your Fedora box is awesome! Was that done with Twisted Brush Pro? It sure looks like work done with Twisted Brush, very nice!
  5. I thought this was an Awesome picture, so here it is! I love Space shots from Hubble and Chandra..etc, I have some really cool pictures from Space, quite colorful too.
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