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Indeed. That's an i3 with a smaller cache (2 instead of 3MB) and no hyperthreading. It also shows as zero quantity available. Sorry.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far. I booted from a different copy of Windows and deleted the file. I then used this brilliant hack to prevent the file from being recreated. When I restarted, Windows complained about the page file and created a temporary one (pagefile.sys). The size (you...

The Security tab of the file's context menu: "The requested security information is either unavailable or can't be displayed." I can't take ownership because it's in use. This is completely nuts.

For what it's worth, NOD32 thinks it's "INF/autorun.SZ". I can even boot from another Windows drive and delete it, for all the good that it does me. So far, I can't work out how to disable Autorun for sure in Windows 7 - according to Microsoft, it's already a done deal. Perhaps it is, but I'd...

Every chance: http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001575.html The critical difference with what I have is that the damn file is invincible. I'm going to try disabling Autorun and see what happens, but this looks terrifyingly sophisticated.

As I said, I ran Handle and it said System (PID 4). I just ran Process Explorer and it's confirming it: Process: System PID: 4 File: C:\autorun.inf References: 3 Handles: 1 When I try to close the handle, I get "Error opening process: The handle is invalid."

Um, isn't that on my list of things that I tried? :scratch:

I'm cursed. This PC from hell has an Autorun.inf file in the root of C drive. It's 8 freaking gigabytes in size. And I absolutely, positively, cannot delete it. I've tried: Deleting it - it says it's in use Changing the attributes (it's system and hidden) - they refuse to change. Booting in...

No really, what are the circumstances that would make you (or your organization) seriously consider using blade servers? I have my own prejudices, I'm interested in what other people have to say.

7,000 unlost posts! Congratulations, may your malapropisms adorn these pages forever. :)

I'll see your SL410 and raise you an L412 for $454. According to Lenovo, "refurbished" means the box was opened and then returned by the customer intact, it's not "scratch & dent". You still get 12 months warranty. That link may well be broken by the time someone follows it. I was going to link...

BBB, there's a review of a variant here. Obviously the BestBuy variant doesn't have the Nvidia graphics or the digital display ports, but it otherwise seems identical. My takeaway is that battery life (at least with the battery supplied in Europe) is better than expected (just under 3 hours if...

LiamC: +1. 14" is really the limit to get a form factor that's truly portable. For most females, 13.3" is more realistic. If that doesn't sound acceptable, then I'd ask why you're getting a laptop at all? And to those who criticize netbooks, you obviously haven't tried to carry a laptop...

So I took this experiment further in an effort to test the software that created the situation, CMS Bounceback. It backs up your main partition to another drive (in this case internal, but it can be an external USB), which you can then use to boot from if the primary drive fails. Very cool and...

I went through quite a few tools in this quest to assert control over Windows 7 x64: PartedMagic 6 - fatal graphics problem with either the Radeon card or the Sandy Bridge chipset PartedMagic 5.10 - bootable disc that includes GPartEd and Clonezilla (although this version of Clonezilla was...

Tried EasyBCD; seems like yet another handy tool that would be standard in a Linux distro but M$ couldn't care less about. Unfortunately, I hosed my boot completely with it, so it's definitely not idiot proof. :oops: The fact that you have to mess about yourself putting it on a WinPE disc...

Did that. See my second post.

I believe it affects write speed and longevity more so than read speed.

I'm only aware of a single new entrant to this market in the last 20 years: Samsung. There is absolutely, positively no chance whatsoever of anyone else investing in this market. If it reduces to one player, it will stay as one player. It could even reduce to none - even then there's no...

Where's your evidence? SSD pricing is much the same as it was nearly a year ago. Larger capacity needs higher density flash, and the smaller the process, the shorter the life and the poorer the performance and reliability. I think this whole debacle is driven by half-assed analysts who don't...

Steady on, I have one in the desktop in front of me. I don't know whether it's the Hitachi 1TB or the Samsung 500MB, but the two together emit a highly unpleasant droning 'beat' of about 0.5Hz that really gets into my skull. I've never been able to single out the main offender.

It makes a lot more sense to just buy a separate gigabit switch and a standard router (is this for DSL, cable, or what?). Unless you live in Sweden and have gigabit internet access.

When I disconnect the HDD and boot from the SSD, Windows complains that it's missing an object(?), presumably meaning there are links to the HDD.

I have a PC with a hard disk drive partitioned into 100MB Windows 7 system boot, 120GB C drive, and 1.7TB D drive. I need to move the Windows 7 boot and C drives to another drive, a 120GB SSD. I'm really not having fun, and can't seem to find tips that I suspect other people have left here. In...

At the risk of attracting 'secret police' to this thread, +1.

Lunar, you might want to be a bit more careful with your manglish. Most people and organizations would not want to be associated with Hubbard's creation.

In no particular order of cliche: Music: Abba, Roxette, Ace of Base Cars: Saab, Volvo IT: Ericsson Air defense: Saab (radar & airplanes) Furniture etc: Ikea Drinks: Absolut vodka, Rekorderlig & Kopparbergs pear (& other) ciders Internet: Home of The Pirate Bay & Wikileaks Also infamous for...

Can't you just use the iPhone theme, Quote, but then delete the text? Or just get a real SmartPhone? (ducks, weaves, runs fast for the hills)

It wouldn't work with lions - they hunt in groups.

He's the head brewer.

Which I guess is why you started this thread ... What sort of phone do you have, anyway?

That was with the Default theme. iPhone theme also works, but Mobi-style-2.10a doesn't have a Quote button or Edit button.

Got the default browser working, but it's really sh*tty.

My default browser is currently broken in android 2.1, but all the icons look ok in Opera Mobile. And as you can see, I have Quote functionality.

Two months: bottled 15th February 2011, best by 15th February 2012.

It's the bridge of the Starship Enterprise.

Tannin's mobile phone (courtesy Wikipedia)

Tried some Thai beer, Chang, because it was on special. There's a reason it's on special: it tastes like pond slime.

Sorry, the article was ludicrous to any sensible person - I linked it for the irony. 1. Sweden has incredibly fast yet cheap Internet, no doubt government funded. It's bound to boost productivity in the economy. 2. Despite a society that even today many in the US would consider hopelessly...

Just to clarify, HDDScan and SpeedFan allow you to run 'offline' self-tests on the drive. It seems to work with most drives, although on the Corsair Force SSD I tested yesterday, only SpeedFan launched the tests successfully. With SpeedFan, pressing the Refresh button queries the drive about...

Yep, that looks like it alright. 53kg, phew! Would 4 years old sound about right? Did battery life expectancy some up as part of this thread somewhere?

I had a similar call a few weeks back. My recollection is that the caller sounded Indian. The jig is up as soon as they say they're calling about your Windows system. I fumed quietly until I could get a word in; then gave them an earful about how I was on the 'do-not-call list', so how the hell...

I see that an American think tank has criticized Sweden for making money. :roll: theSwede: that is, as I'm certain you know, totally f*cking awesome. I don't know which I'm more jealous of; stupendous download speeds, frankly unbelievable upload speeds, or single digit ping times :o

I think I'll just hijack this somewhat long-winded thread. ;) A client has a UPS that I don't know anything about. I can't get to see it in the flesh, but the label says APC Smart UPS 3000 and it's about the size of a mid-tower PC. The top of the front is angled back, and it appears to have 4...

Great result. It sucks that we have to spend time proving stuff is bad. How about manufacturers have to pay you for your time doing their QA work for them? Any reason you couldn't just use HDDScan/Speedfan etc instead of Hitachi DFT?

Greg, did you read post 2149?

I re-read what he had to say, and I can't see anything "wrong" with Stereodude's points. For instance, he pretty much quoted Wikipedia with the mortality estimates; whereas Tannin pulled the 400,000 number (2 orders of magnitude) out of his ass. The radiation exposure of the wider population...

You should try it with Tannin on ignore. It made me realize that Tea is actually Tannin's concept of what a wife would be like.

iGary: 3 years between posts? I'm impressed. Thought we'd lost you - have you been incognito as a new sock puppet?

Yes, it can show any two apps (or two instances of the same app, eg two different web pages), or it can bridge them across both screens. As the review says, that's a huge help with maps, etc. Not sure that the line down the middle is the issue that some seem to think - have you looked at a...