Sometimes it sucks with normal programs, though.
My kid got a Linux box recently, and tried Virtual Box on it -- "sucks, can't play games".
Argh.
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WINE stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator. It's actually a windows-like API that converts calls from windows programs into calls to Linux. It looks like Windows to the program, so well-behaved programs run ok. Programs that use undocumented calls and "features" have problems!
-- Mick (Working in a M$-free zone!) Web: http://www.nascom.info Filtering everything posted from googlegroups to kill spam.
Hopefully ReactOS won't be dropped as an XP alternative...
Jim, there is a timer in your BIOS that can turn the system on or off. Insure this isn't set and that no BIOS related power management is active.
Jon
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I found a helper script for Wine. It installs a lot more real Windows components. Load the following page. Then select All and copy. Paste into a word processor to save it as a normal Ascii file on your drive. Set the properties on the file to make it executable from the command line shell. Run it by doing a ./winestuff in the same directory you stored it in.
There is information at the start of the script that should be looked at before running. This script helped to get some Windows programs working but is by no means magic.
I am not responsible if your computer has a meltdown. It is not my script. It has worked for me and has not caused any problems.
A web search is recommended. You may turn up a newer version, I don't know.
mike
Looks like another NAV attack... ccSvcHst.exe using 100% of CPU :-(
Is there some genetic defect that causes all software authors to "improve" themselves into a shit-hole ?:-) ...Jim Thompson
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Obama: A reincarnation of Nixon, narcissistically posing in
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I don't know if this helps or not:
I quit using their software years ago. They refused to honour a rebate offer on one of their packages. It was something like forty dollars. A dozen emails to their head office did NOTHING.
I hate them.
mike
I dunno but if it's genetic then Symantec must be doing DNA scans of prospective programmers to ensure they have it because their products have become progressively more 'shit hole' for half a decade.
And their general 'fix' is uninstall and reinstall, except the uninstall rarely does so they then have to invent separate 'removal' tools which often require uninstalling all Symantec products and reinstalling.
I permanently solved the problem by skipping the reinstall step.
Don't check the second box. It'll take hours to do nothing. For the physical test, just run Everest free version, or smartmontools, which will read out the SMART statistics on the drive.
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Use chkdsk like he said, but without the 'detect bad sectors' option, and also use Everest free version or smartmontools. The drive detects bad sectors itself, and those tools display the SMART stats. Software like chkdsk can't even see the bad sectors unless there are so many that SMART can't reallocate them, in which case chkdsk can't do anything except take a very long time to scan it.
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Yep, I ponder if there's a need for any virus protection at all... I have a hardware firewall that passes "Shields Up" 100%. ...Jim Thompson
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Obama: A reincarnation of Nixon, narcissistically posing in
politically-correct black-face, but with fewer scruples.
Most stuff written using Visual Basic has problems. No surprise there :-)
Also working in an M$ free zone.
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"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence
over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
(Richard Feynman)
Tom, Thanks for your suggestions!
Check out...
I'm guessing -12V and -5V don't exist on my motherboard, so the monitor reads "float" ??
That 0.35V VBAT concerns me!
What should I be looking for in the Drive section? ...Jim Thompson
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Obama: A reincarnation of Nixon, narcissistically posing in
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Why were you using NAV, Jim?
It's notorious for causing problems and has been for a LONG time.
I don't know, just idiocy :-(
Any way to uninstall this crap WITHOUT trashing my ancient, but reliable WinFax? ...Jim Thompson
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Further perusal suggest "VBAT" would be if this were a laptop with battery... other sections say "No Battery Installed". ...Jim Thompson
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Obama: A reincarnation of Nixon, narcissistically posing in
politically-correct black-face, but with fewer scruples.
You are asking a world class, Usenet abusing idiot to provide a computer illiterate idiot with an answer about a POS thrash app.
Real good way to get back on the path of proper computing with a properly working machine... NOT!
Real Problem found... Thanks to Tom Del Rosso
Just quit again... reboot, Everest reports HOT CPU... looks like an intermittent fan :-( ...Jim Thompson
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Obama: A reincarnation of Nixon, narcissistically posing in
politically-correct black-face, but with fewer scruples.
You're welcome.
Mine doesn't show those values at all. It must depend on the chipset.
Mine shows 3.12V so I think it's the watch battery.
Under storage / SMART.
Reallocated sector count Reallocated event count
see
Also, the Read Error Rate is an amalgam of the total reads and failed reads, so you have to split the number and turn it into a ratio. Where to divide the number depends on manufacturer!
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Also, one of the first things to do is always to look at the event log.
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Everything is "normal" or "always passing", so the drive looks AOK.
I'm seeing some speed fluctuation in the CPU fan, so I'll open 'er up this weekend and see what's there. This is on my "communications" machine... E-mail, Newsgroups and web surfing only. My PSpice machine is separate.
In all these years I can't recall replacing a watch battery. Anything touchy to watch out for? ...Jim Thompson
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Obama: A reincarnation of Nixon, narcissistically posing in
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