BM>Hi Daryl!
Hi, Barry...
BM>Another 'bad' pun! I'm not sure what is causing the lockups; nothing
BM>consistent: can run several open windows (meaning applications, some
BM>with multiple instances as with running three or four OpenOffice BM>documents
at a time) and no problem, then run only a couple and things BM>all of a sudden
come to a screeching halt. Have watched the memory and BM>CPU usage via System
Monitor and no clues there.
So many times, Windows is a real pain in the glass for an OS. <G>
It's rare I have lockups anymore, but when I first open Google Chrome,
it takes seemingly forever and a day to load.
BM>Found a thread with similar probalems as I'm having and it was suggested
BM>the video driver was corrupted. ...Haven't fiddled with that as in the
BM>same thread a couple of programme monitoring utilities were suggested
BM>and using one currently. So far no lockups, which isn't unusual, but
BM>could also mean the 'keep alive' fromt he constant readings is doing
BM>something. ...Gotta build that new system!
I use several of the IObit utilities, including Advanced System Care,
IOBit Malware Fighter, Driver Booster, and Smart Defrag. You can use
them without paying for them, but you have to run the updates manually.
But, to me, the yearly registration fees (commercialware) are worth it.
That's how I keep the drivers up to date...outside of when Windows 7
decides to do it...and I've noticed it does that more than just on the
second Tuesday of the month. So, I manually run Windows Update sometime
during the day, or late afternoon. That way, I don't come out in the
morning, and the system has been sitting there after a reboot after an
update, waiting for me to enter the password, and start everything.
BM>Of course! It's the plug-in to the electrical system that's the
BM>attraction!
And, lightning gives very few secrets of where it will strike next.
The joke is "when you feel the electrical charge, bend over, and kiss
your @$$ goodbye"!! In a way, that's true...by the time you feel the
charge, it's too late.
BM>Right: there have been clear-weather lightening strikes. Probably the
BM>source is one of those 200 mile away clouds. ...Here I installed a whole
BM>house surge suppressor plus some protected power devices for the
BM>electrical. Phone line as a suppressor -- knocked my DSL speed slightly
BM>but better slow than no! Television antennae are weakly protected.
Ah, yes...a bolt from the blue. I've seen soccer teams on the field,
and one of those bolts from the blue hits, and everyone is now on the
ground on the field. The 200 mile away storm was noted in Oklahoma.
BM>So did they decide having the main and backup power stations in the same
BM>area was not a good idea?!
Your utility bill payments (never mind tax dollars) at work. <G>
BM>Initial thought on the going to bed at 6:30 p.m. was !!, but then if not
BM>feeling good sleep frequently helps. And some people's sleep cycle is
BM>off, or at least according to what society considers normal, In my
BM>early 20's I used to get up at 11 a.m., get showered and go out with Dad
BM>for lunch. Don't recall why but occasionally get asked why I looked a
BM>little sleepy and/or get up so late by strangers -- usually accompanied BM>by
a smug undertone of you young folk are so lazy. Got to set them back BM>a bit
by replying I work from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. at <a large locally-based BM>company
that built computer systems and counter-intelligence devices for BM>the U.S.
government>. And I'd go back to what I was doing.
When I worked for the Arkansas Office Of Emergency Services, doing
NOAA Weather Radio at the National Weather Service in North Little Rock
(all of that is automated now), my favorite shift was the graveyard (overnight).
I could enjoy my hobbies in the evening, go work, and after
I got off, take care of any doctors appointments, etc. -- and not have
to worry about taking off work. Plus, when I was heading to work, there
was hardly any traffic, and on the way home, I was going in the opposite
direction of morning rush.
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