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1 day ago

why is bing not the default home page on gov's laptop?

I like a blank homepage to be honest... I use bing exclusively, not because I am at MS (I used competitor products even while at MS) but because it really is the better search engine for my uses. It gets me the most relevant results consistently.

6 days ago,Magic​Andre1981 wrote

it looks like the Power Saving feature IES was the cause:

http://www.asrock.com/feature/ies/index.asp?c=Interface

after removing it and using the balanced powerplan, the freezes and bug checks are gone.

Ok, that I haven't seen before... what MB are you using specifically, and what is the overall config? I would like to see if we can repro this.

Jul 19, 2011 at 6:39 AM,RT1138 wrote

I think with all that gear Gov has, he'd be a great subject for a "Show us your tech" video!!

You should see some of my setup at home... I custom built most of my solutions (home entertainment mostly) and because of my very young neice and nephews, I have had to keep it simple enough for them to use, and techy enough to do all the things I want to be able to do. Not an easy task. And I really try to keep it low power usage. Latest thing I got was the 6CC HDHomeRun Prime, which I love.

Also, all of my work related equipment you saw in my office.. the monitors, and my main dev machine... All mine. I built the dev box myself (3TB raid system, 16GB ram, 8 way) and the monitors (4X22") all mine.

4 days ago,Magic​Andre1981 wrote

yes, but afair the power plan is set to use full power by default.

 

btw, the hotfix which caused to display the bootmgr in English was updated and now the language is ok. But I removed the fix, because I don't need it on my PC.

 

I currently have some sporadic bug checks and I see this in WinDbg:

SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (7e)   

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  CODE_CORRUPTION   

PROCESS_NAME:  System   

ERROR_CODE:(NTSTATUS)0xc0000005

nt!KeBugCheckEx
nt!PspUnhandledExceptionInSystemThread+0x24
nt!??::NNGAKEGL::`string'+0x227d
nt!_C_specific_handler+0x8c
nt!RtlpExecuteHandlerForException+0xd
nt!RtlDispatchException+0x415
nt!KiDispatchException+0x135
nt!KiExceptionDispatch+0xc2
nt!KiGeneralProtectionFault+0x10a
ndis!NdisMCreateLog+0x286b
ndis!NdisMPauseCo}plete+0x4364
ndis!NdisMQueueDpc+0x7f5
ndis!NdisAllocateNetBufferAndNetBufferList+0x2233
ndis!riteLock+0x925f
ndis!NdisFOidRequestComplete+0x5a8
ndis!NdisFOidRequest+0xc9
nm3!NetmonOidRequest+0x109
ndis!NdisMSynchronizeWithInterruptEx+0x842
ndis!NdisAllocateNetBuffer+0x177c
nt!ExpWorkerThread+0x111
nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x5a
nt!KiStartSystemThread+0x16 

CHKIMG_EXTENSION: !chkimg -lo 50 -db !ndis  3393 errors : !ndis (fffff88001649048-fffff88001717fe0)   

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  memory_corruption   

MEMORY_CORRUPTOR:  STRIDE 

so the ndis.sys is corrupted in RAM and differs from the file on the symbol server, but I used the Windows Memory tester and memtest86+ and both didn't detect any errors. chkdsk and sfc also didn't detect anything.

Currently I have no idea other than removing Network monitor 3.4 driver from the network adapter and watch if it happens again the next days.

Regarding the bugchecks, I will have to check is nm3 modifies ndis, but you should also check any AV/antimalware software that may be installed.

Jul 29, 2011 at 7:43 AM,Magic​Andre1981 wrote

For the malware and the sound issues I would run ProcMon from Sysinternals to see what is going on there. Mark shows in his blog how to get the cause of a playing sound:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2011/07/18/3439288.aspx

And Windows 7 uses less power because it runs by default (like Vista) in the power plan "balanced" instead of full power/high performance like XP did. So if the PC is idle the power saving features are active and can reduce the CPU speed and park CPUs (Core parking) to reduce the power consuming compared to XP.

@Gov

enjoy your vacation and come back and feel rested

XP also had power saving features based primarily on APM, but were not nearly so advanced as that based on ACPI, and of course added hardware benefits in the CPU, ram, etc that Win7 really takes advantage of.

7 hours ago

I like seeing that Gov is a fellow Diet Dr. Pepper drinker!

It is probably the best diet drink that doesn't taste diet. I also like coke zero. But I am trying to drink less pop in general, sugared or not.

1 day ago

Agree that an SSD does not need to be defragmented. However, write performance WILL improve if the free space has been consolidated. A tool like PerfectDisk (www.raxco.com) optimizes/consolidates free space of SSDs.

True, but it isn't as dramatic as with spinning media, as there is really no seek time or wait time to position a read head to, you know?

@IRB:

LOL... I am hoping people go out there and start hacking their lives to make it better. This is a great tool in the arsenal. The only gripe I have with it is the shelf life of the new package. Only 6 months. It would be nearly perfect if you could just throw this in with camping/survival gear and be done with it.

I have used it for a few repairs around the house, and personaling some equipement. Another cool thing to do with it is to "mark" cables or ports so you can find it in the dark, or if you have to reach behind something blind. Like a braille-type marking.

1 day ago,martinmine wrote

Why do you allways click "Apply" then "ok" Y U NO JUTS CLICK OK? =D

Just habit. There were changes historically that would only commit with "apply" and ok wouldn't commit them. So it is just me being paranoid.

@MagicAndre1981:

Wow, ok, I have not seen this before. I am assuming you are using the latest MSE, right, and no other AV at the same time? Does the service quiet down after some time or is it always pegging the CPU?

6 days ago, Magic​Andre1981 wrote

yes, MSE = Microsoft Security Essentials. Sorry for the confusions . I expected such an answer.

The PC is fast if I use NOD32, but if I remove NOD32 and install Microsoft Security Essentials instead, the Explorer is extremely slow to browse trough all folders. The service of Microsoft Security Essentials is causing 100% CPU usage. I run Procmon next to see more.

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