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How do you maintain your Computer??

Gee...for a lounge...this place doesn't seem very relaxing!!! :dance:Just kidding, guys! Some good stuff, here! Anyway, I already mentioned way back when about my maintenance habits, but all that talk about msconfig "not being a startup manager" yesterday gave me the urge to put my inspiron...
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- Post #121
- May 1, 2015
- Forum: The Lounge
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How do you maintain your Computer??

There's a lot of love in this room! :hysterical: I think we should hire a referee!
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- Post #79
- Apr 30, 2015
- Forum: The Lounge
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How do you maintain your Computer??

I think what Donetao is saying is that if you are in msconfig and you go to the startup tab to make changes, when you return to the general tab you will see that it has switched from "Normal Startup" to "Selective Startup". If at some later time you go back to msconfig>general tab and click...
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- Post #76
- Apr 30, 2015
- Forum: The Lounge
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How do you maintain your Computer??

Now you went and got me all curious again!! :banghead: I did some Googling because I was sure that NTFS in Vista did this as well. I found that it does incorporate a "self healing" feature, but I don't know if has the same functionality if enabled. ["NTFS in Vista has a self healing feature...
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- Post #72
- Apr 30, 2015
- Forum: The Lounge
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How do you maintain your Computer??

I think modern Windows does a pretty good job of marking sectors as 'bad' on its own. if you are correct, wouldn't the more efficient option be to run CHKDSK /F as a rule, and only use the /R switch when necessary? While in school as well as several times since, I've questioned these switches...
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- Post #62
- Apr 30, 2015
- Forum: The Lounge
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How do you maintain your Computer??

I run Chkdisk /f every month or so, but almost never use the /r switch. /f always finds some filesystem errors, and I do sometimes get disk space back that was marked as allocated. As for /r, it also scans for and tries to recover/repair bad sectors, which takes forever and in my opinion...
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- Post #58
- Apr 30, 2015
- Forum: The Lounge
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How do you maintain your Computer??

Lots of good info on this thread. As an add on to the above, Vista and 7 don't have a "configure" button in the system protection tab (at least in the home versions), so you must use disk cleanup. CCleaner can also remove selected restore points, and I've used it occasionally when I wanted to...
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- Post #51
- Apr 30, 2015
- Forum: The Lounge
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How do you maintain your Computer??

I use CCleaner pretty regularly. I also run Secunia PSI 2.0. It's a terrific program to keep your software up to date. (3.0 has been out for ages, but I had nothing but problems with it.) I don't allow anything to update automatically, just let me know and I'll do it myself. I also do manual...
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- Post #12
- Apr 28, 2015
- Forum: The Lounge
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Defender error code 0x8007007e.

Yes Aura, best to take care of any issues as they come up. I admit, I've used restore points several times, but I've never done a reinstall either, except when I replaced my HDD. I consider my system my lifeline, so I keep it clean and up to date, as I see you do as well. :thumbsup2:
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- Post #54
- Apr 28, 2015
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Defender error code 0x8007007e.

Yes Corrine, I think you're right.... it's all Oneman's fault! We should take him to the Town Square and stone him! :dance: On a more cheerful note, I'll probably continue my occasional forays into the registry, but I've learned to control my urges and stay away from regedit as much as...
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- Post #50
- Apr 28, 2015
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Defender error code 0x8007007e.

I appreciate all the links you guys (and girls!) provided about these "pc boosters" "reg cleaners" and "driver updaters". I will read them. Many thanks! As a rule, I steer clear of them. I do sometimes go into the registry and delete items manually when I feel the need, and I prefer that to...
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- Post #44
- Apr 28, 2015
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista

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