When anyone reports a problem with delayed startups and shutdowns the first suggestion is to check that "Administratitive Logs" Under Event Viewer / Custom Views
These logs show errors with drivers and hardware.
Atikmdag Error FINALLY resolved.
I've been pestered by this error in my Administrator log under Event Viewer for 3 months and I FINALLY found the Ati drivers that fixed it:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ati_catalyst_vista_64/tech/
http://uploadbox.com/files/ab1b846f50/
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I always had this warning about Wireless Lan Autoconfig
"WLAN AutoConfig service has successfully stopped"
What happens is when the WLAN Autoconfig service is on? It automatically searches for a better wireless connection every 60 seconds. If you are a gamer you will SEE the delay... and probably get KILLED... during the freeze that is temportarily encountered.
I don't use a wireless router so I disabled this service under Administrative tools / services However....
It still logged the error message so I found this utility and made sure it wasn't starting turned off the background scans and it seems to have resolved that problem.
http://www.martin-majowski.de/wlanoptimizer/
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Microsoft Free Download
Deploying Windows® 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=ee2a1d38-88a9-43b3-95bc-7e962f0b6030
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"Buy Windows 7: Get Six Weeks of Your Life Back."
Pretty good agrument for upgrading to Windows 7
Let's see if I can sum up the article.... the author spends 54 hrs a week on his computer -- at least four minutes per hour on average was spent unproductively waiting for Vista to do something -- to regain its Wi-Fi connection, to clear me as an administrator for some critical process, to refresh a directory listing, to reboot a crashed Internet Explorer, to cancel a search that became lost in a forest of meaninglessness, or to decide again that the monitor on my laptop was the only monitor on that laptop.
He sez: I've gained back some 385 hours of productivity per year.
That's over six weeks of work.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Windows-7-Vista-without-the-crap/1256137973
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My argument for runnig Windows 7
Do this... open a command prompt and run this command:
Winsat mem
I got 15427.87 MB/s with 3 GB DDR3 and I7 processor.
I don't know what it reports under Vista but Win 7 is better designed to take advantage of multi-core multi-thread processing. Device Manager / processor show I have 8 processors running. That's why video editing is done in less than half the time under Win 7 with I7 processors.
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However, it looks like we have plenty time to waste:
8 Billion minutes DAILY are spent on facebook
8 billion minutes = 15,211 years
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Windows 7 Freebies: Where to Get Giveaways
Roundup from: CompUSA, Office Depot, Staples and Microsoft
http://www.pcworld.com/article/174072/Windows_7_Freebies_Where_to_Get_Giveaways.html?tk=rss_news
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Be dazzled
Hitler woule be amazed
Speaking of Hitler... it seems he got worked up
Hilarious and clever. Well done.
Balloon Boy Hoaxes Hitler
These logs show errors with drivers and hardware.
Atikmdag Error FINALLY resolved.
I've been pestered by this error in my Administrator log under Event Viewer for 3 months and I FINALLY found the Ati drivers that fixed it:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ati_catalyst_vista_64/tech/
http://uploadbox.com/files/ab1b846f50/
~~~~~
I always had this warning about Wireless Lan Autoconfig
"WLAN AutoConfig service has successfully stopped"
What happens is when the WLAN Autoconfig service is on? It automatically searches for a better wireless connection every 60 seconds. If you are a gamer you will SEE the delay... and probably get KILLED... during the freeze that is temportarily encountered.
I don't use a wireless router so I disabled this service under Administrative tools / services However....
It still logged the error message so I found this utility and made sure it wasn't starting turned off the background scans and it seems to have resolved that problem.
http://www.martin-majowski.de/wlanoptimizer/
~~~~~
Microsoft Free Download
Deploying Windows® 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=ee2a1d38-88a9-43b3-95bc-7e962f0b6030
~~~~~
"Buy Windows 7: Get Six Weeks of Your Life Back."
Pretty good agrument for upgrading to Windows 7
Let's see if I can sum up the article.... the author spends 54 hrs a week on his computer -- at least four minutes per hour on average was spent unproductively waiting for Vista to do something -- to regain its Wi-Fi connection, to clear me as an administrator for some critical process, to refresh a directory listing, to reboot a crashed Internet Explorer, to cancel a search that became lost in a forest of meaninglessness, or to decide again that the monitor on my laptop was the only monitor on that laptop.
He sez: I've gained back some 385 hours of productivity per year.
That's over six weeks of work.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Windows-7-Vista-without-the-crap/1256137973
~~~~~
My argument for runnig Windows 7
Do this... open a command prompt and run this command:
Winsat mem
I got 15427.87 MB/s with 3 GB DDR3 and I7 processor.
I don't know what it reports under Vista but Win 7 is better designed to take advantage of multi-core multi-thread processing. Device Manager / processor show I have 8 processors running. That's why video editing is done in less than half the time under Win 7 with I7 processors.
~~~~~
However, it looks like we have plenty time to waste:
8 Billion minutes DAILY are spent on facebook
8 billion minutes = 15,211 years
~~~~~
Windows 7 Freebies: Where to Get Giveaways
Roundup from: CompUSA, Office Depot, Staples and Microsoft
http://www.pcworld.com/article/174072/Windows_7_Freebies_Where_to_Get_Giveaways.html?tk=rss_news
~~~~~
Be dazzled
Hitler woule be amazed
Speaking of Hitler... it seems he got worked up
Hilarious and clever. Well done.
Balloon Boy Hoaxes Hitler
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