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Orion PC HELP DESK and Programming Help

Sep 08 2003 06:06am

Orion
- Retired

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Your PC not acting well?
Is your PC Making you pull out your hair?
Do you want to learn more about computers?
Well have no Fear!
Welcome to the Offical, yes thats Right I said Offical Orion PC Help Desk!

Ask any question you wish!
Noo question will be ignored! No question is to "dumb." (trust me I've heard them all)
If your having PC troubles ask away, please note I need as much info as possible to help diagonose or solve the issue.
Want to learn some PC tips? Go and ask away!
I will try to respond to your problems and questions as soon as possble.

Sorry I cannot answer any Mac question I haven't touched a Mac in years..

Edit: I have now expanded into helping with programming issues too

(C++ stuff only though)

(This has been a Paid Service Annoucment.)
(Please Note any "dumb" question from Jello and Jacen Aratan will NOT be answered in a timley manner :p .)
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This post was edited by cHoSeN oNe on Oct 27 2003 12:31am.

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Oct 24 2003 04:46am

Orion
- Retired

Ok Here's a post with some usefull links. I will keep updating this as needed.

If you don't know about this site and you are a Windows User you need to know about this. This site will patch your os with any of the bugs in any Windows OS.
http://www.windowsupdate.com

A good piece of software to have. This will scan your computer for any kind of spyware that any freeware or shareware program that you download and install.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com or you can try spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
*NOTE* Don't have both installed or they will say each other is spyware. I like spybot better.

A good free anti-virus program.. If you don't have a anti-virus I recommend you do.
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php

This site is good for information on ISP's(Internet Service Providers). It alos has a great little toolset for testing your internet connection and the forums are helpful for tweaking your pc to get the most out of your connection.
http://www.broadbandreports.com

Do you have windows XP or 2000 and a great video card? Seem to be stuck at about 60FPS, even though you say like com_maxfps 120? Simple fix http://www.ryanmh.com/files/reforce.zip is a fix for a Windows Bug that locks your frame rate at 60 fps when you can get higher. All you do is unzip that run it, click auto populate, hit Apply and reboot and boom FPS allover the place

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When a Man lies he murder's some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men misscall there lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home? -Cliff Burton Owner of Smily's 1900th comment | <Lady_Catherine> i love your sexy white socks! | (Lady_Catherine) i adore u! | (Lady_Catherine) onion (Lady_Catherine) i lub u

This comment was edited by Orion on Sep 25 2004 01:44am.

Jan 14 2007 05:42pm

SaZ
- Student

looks like google was my best friend lol
this thing helped:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
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Dec 03 2006 08:21am

Smilykrazy
- Retired

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I have a question! For some reason whenever I have my firewall on, the internet doesnt work. I have EZ trust armor for a firewall. It is part of optimun online I believe. I ran spybot and Ad-Aware and got rid of some spyware, but I still cant use the internet with the firewall on. Any ideas? If I keep the firewall off, I keep getting more and more problems with spyware. So I am not sure what to do.

Any ideas are most appreciated!!

Hi, Smily.
Have you checked the settings for the EZ Trust Armor, to check that it doesn't block the internet altogether? I've read that Ez Trust uses the same engine as ZoneAlarm, so try making sure that your browser is allowed to access the internet. (Probably shown by a green V when allowed)

Cool thanks for the advice. The internet isnt blocked. Koyi and I went through the options to make sure of that. Somehow Koyi got things working again. He spent a lot of time working on it and it seems better now. What he did, I have no clue!!

So thanks Bail and Tarp for the help! I really appreciate it!

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This comment was edited by Smilykrazy on Dec 03 2006 08:22am.

Nov 26 2006 02:37pm

[Jawa][Obi-Wan][SW]
- Student

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im pretty mad, because i was tring to uninstall the game, and i did, but then when i tried to reinstall it three times, it froze after it got to 1% each time, if u guys could give me some suggestions i would appreciate it, and if it makes any difference my game is the old 1.00 version when i install it, and i need to get the 1.01 if i can install it again, i just thought that might help if u know something about it? i would appreciate it thx guys

What's the condition of your CD like? Are there any big or deep scratches?

nope it is in prestine condition

i make sure of that!
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Monday September 4th, 2006 R.I.P. Steve Irwin"The Crocodile Hunter" "Rejoice for those around you that transform into the force, morn them do not, miss them do not, death is a natural part of life"-Yoda "Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?"-Ben Kenobi "Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious"-Ben Kenobi
Guided Specially, by Maher Dakari Sparring partner to Sho Koon, "Spared no expense"-John Hamond Jurasic Park, Padawan of RoseRed, "The oppression of the Sith shall never return, u have lost my lord"-Mace Windu, Owner of Pink Floyd Mintaka's 3700th comment! "Only Two there should be, One To Crave the Power and one to Embrace it" - Darth Bane: Path of Destruction

Nov 26 2006 02:36pm

[Jawa][Obi-Wan][SW]
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Err, weird problem.
First of all, I assume you're talking about a Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy?
I've had problems installing this game as well, when I try to install it through my DVD-drive. If I use my CD-writer to install it though, there seems to be no problem. I always get some weird funky error saying that something overrun, and the error does not occur when I install via my other drive.
So if you have two drives, I first advise you to try both of them.

If that didn't work, it's always worth checking the background programs, try shutting down everything you're not using.

Also, does the installer actually freeze up or stop responding (and has to be closed by CTRL+ALT+DELETE or a reboot) or does the progress bar just stop at 1%?

thx for the suggestions, and on my computer i have a combo drive, so i cant do choice 1, but choice 2 is that after 1% on installation, it freezes and i try to close the install, but then it says not responding and the only thing i can do to escape the freeze is to manually shut off my computer

, thx for the help, if u know y this happens, could u let me know. thx
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Monday September 4th, 2006 R.I.P. Steve Irwin"The Crocodile Hunter" "Rejoice for those around you that transform into the force, morn them do not, miss them do not, death is a natural part of life"-Yoda "Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?"-Ben Kenobi "Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious"-Ben Kenobi
Guided Specially, by Maher Dakari Sparring partner to Sho Koon, "Spared no expense"-John Hamond Jurasic Park, Padawan of RoseRed, "The oppression of the Sith shall never return, u have lost my lord"-Mace Windu, Owner of Pink Floyd Mintaka's 3700th comment! "Only Two there should be, One To Crave the Power and one to Embrace it" - Darth Bane: Path of Destruction

Nov 20 2006 06:13am

SaZ
- Student

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If you watch the CPU usage in Task Manager, is there a brief spike in CPU usage between a right-click and the menu appearing?

well the spike happens at the moment menu appears.

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Does it happen anywhere that right-clicking brings up a menu (Photoshop, Windows Explorer, the desktop, etc...), or only in some programs/places? If so, do these places have anything in common?

well in windows explorer and desktop i think.

it also has the same type of delay when trying to sort files in right click menu and doing the copy-paste thing (doesnt lag after pressing copy, but there is a long delay after pressing paste).
i can go around the last one tho by draging things with right click and pressing 'copy here'. no delay this way.

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Nov 20 2006 04:07am

tarpman
- The Tarped Avenger

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Does it happen anywhere that right-clicking brings up a menu (Photoshop, Windows Explorer, the desktop, etc...), or only in some programs/places? If so, do these places have anything in common?

Do you have any programs installed (f.ex. archive utilities) that add entries to the default right-click menu? (f.ex. 'Add to ZIP Archive')

If you watch the CPU usage in Task Manager, is there a brief spike in CPU usage between a right-click and the menu appearing?
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Nov 20 2006 04:04am

tarpman
- The Tarped Avenger

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Look in the firewall configuration. I'm not familiar with EZ Trust, but there should be an option somewhere to add programs that should be allowed unrestricted access to the internet. You want to add 'iexplore.exe' to that list.
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Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time.

Nov 20 2006 04:03am

tarpman
- The Tarped Avenger

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What's the condition of your CD like? Are there any big or deep scratches?
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Nov 18 2006 02:13pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
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I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion

Want to know Vladarion? Read the Article about his life here.

Nov 18 2006 02:08pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
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Want to know Vladarion? Read the Article about his life here.

Nov 17 2006 04:51pm

[Jawa][Obi-Wan][SW]
- Student

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Monday September 4th, 2006 R.I.P. Steve Irwin"The Crocodile Hunter" "Rejoice for those around you that transform into the force, morn them do not, miss them do not, death is a natural part of life"-Yoda "Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?"-Ben Kenobi "Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious"-Ben Kenobi
Guided Specially, by Maher Dakari Sparring partner to Sho Koon, "Spared no expense"-John Hamond Jurasic Park, Padawan of RoseRed, "The oppression of the Sith shall never return, u have lost my lord"-Mace Windu, Owner of Pink Floyd Mintaka's 3700th comment! "Only Two there should be, One To Crave the Power and one to Embrace it" - Darth Bane: Path of Destruction

Nov 17 2006 03:58pm

[Jawa][Obi-Wan][SW]
- Student

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hey i dont really have an answer, but i just wanted to say i have ez to and it does the same thing sometimes, i just have to wait it out or turn it off

hope u get it fixed
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Monday September 4th, 2006 R.I.P. Steve Irwin"The Crocodile Hunter" "Rejoice for those around you that transform into the force, morn them do not, miss them do not, death is a natural part of life"-Yoda "Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?"-Ben Kenobi "Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious"-Ben Kenobi
Guided Specially, by Maher Dakari Sparring partner to Sho Koon, "Spared no expense"-John Hamond Jurasic Park, Padawan of RoseRed, "The oppression of the Sith shall never return, u have lost my lord"-Mace Windu, Owner of Pink Floyd Mintaka's 3700th comment! "Only Two there should be, One To Crave the Power and one to Embrace it" - Darth Bane: Path of Destruction

Nov 17 2006 06:37am

Smilykrazy
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Nov 09 2006 03:42pm

SaZ
- Student

defragmentation didnt help :/
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Nov 08 2006 12:00pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
- Student

So, did it make a big difference?
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Nov 07 2006 07:48pm

SaZ
- Student

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five columns or more.

>.>
<.<

hmmm ill try defragmenting, didnt do that for some time.
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Nov 07 2006 07:45pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
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Oh right. I'm sorry, I misread your question a bit.

I've just done some comparing with my two computers and it does definitely take longer to right click on the desktop for some reason, with both computers. Nothing like waiting 5 to 10 seconds though. Also, it only takes long to right click when I haven't right clicked for a while or when it's my first time to right click on the desktop.
For a second time it always appears faster.

Do you have a lot of icons on your desktop, because I know for a fact those can slow down the desktop in its entirety as well.
I think you can describe 'a lot' of icons by five columns or more.

Otherwise I can't really see what the problem might be anymore besides a bit of a sluggish computer, but that's nothing you should worry about. Every computer gets it after a while. When I see my computer get sluggish, I uninstall programs I don't use anymore or games I haven't played in a long long time. And when the OS recommends it, I defragment my hard drive and check it for errors. You can do this by going to: My Computer, right clicking on the harddrive, choosing the tab Extra, and then click on defragment. In the new window, click Analyse first. It takes some time and afterwards you get a report. If it says you should defragment, then I advise you to do so overnight, as it can take a few hours to complete. Make sure there isn't a screensaver or anything of the like activated though, because every time some sort of data is written to the harddrive, the defragmenting restarts. Also try checking your harddrive for problems (the button above defragment in the Properties tab).
Beyond that, I have no idea what else it could be.

But it seems to me you're only having the first signs of a sluggish computer, so it's not really necessary to perform these steps yet.
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This comment was edited by Bail Hope of Belouve on Nov 07 2006 07:47pm.

Nov 07 2006 06:17pm

SaZ
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cpu usage is 5% max when idle.
and like i said everything else works just fine...
including playing games, having lets say mozilla, photoshop and winamp running at the same time doesnt cause any problems.
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Nov 07 2006 02:28pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
- Student

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It is possible that your computer is getting sluggish because of low memory or a huge cpu load. When you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, does it show you're running out of memory or your computer is suffering from a large cpu load?

(Should you be running any Distributed Computing project, such as Folding@Home or, World Community Grid, check if these programs are causing the CPU-load. They won't slow the computer down, however because they release the cpu as soon as other programs need to use it. They do tend to taking a lot of memory sometimes)

Also worth checking is what program it happens in. Does it happen in only one program, or does it happen everywhere?

It also doesn't hurt to check your computer for Adware and Spyware as these too can cause quite a load on memory/cpu usage. I advise to use Lavasoft's Ad-Aware (free) and Spybot Seek&Destroy.

If it doesn't make a difference, then post again and I'll try to get back to you asap!
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This comment was edited by Bail Hope of Belouve on Nov 07 2006 02:29pm.

Nov 07 2006 12:59am

[Jawa][Obi-Wan][SW]
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It has the right ammount it isnt a big prob it say 1024 and the computer runs very fast and all but i was just wondering y i might be getting the messages more now than i did be4 thx for the help though!

Virtual memory has nothing to do with your RAM. It's a part of your harddrive committed to keeping data much like RAM does.
If the virtual memory size is not handled by the Operating System, it is possible that too many files are written to the virtual memory, making it almost full. You'll get that message when there is almost no room left on your virtual memory.

There's a nice way to fix this.
Go to Start (or Run, or whatever it says in the English Versions) => Control Panel => System => Advanced => then you click the button "Preferences" under Performance.
In the new window you click the tab advanced, and then "modify" nearly the end of the screen.
In the new window you say that the virtual memory size should be controlled by the Operating System.thx for the help man but on my computer there is start then control panel, but then there is no system or advanced tab/part, and there is a performance thing but it is not anything other than a graph of the proccessors tasks the message hasnt been coming up anymore, since i posted this comment before, but thx for the help matey, if u think of anything else i would appreciate it
It's the second bulletin.

Nov 05 2006 03:24pm

SaZ
- Student

for some unknown reason the 'right-mouse-click menu' appears only after 5-10 seconds when used on desktop and when doing the 'copy-paste' routine.

what could be the problem? it really doesnt feel right.

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playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Zï¿½diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana

Oct 27 2006 04:09pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
- Student

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Virtual memory has nothing to do with your RAM. It's a part of your harddrive committed to keeping data much like RAM does.
If the virtual memory size is not handled by the Operating System, it is possible that too many files are written to the virtual memory, making it almost full. You'll get that message when there is almost no room left on your virtual memory.

There's a nice way to fix this.
Go to Start (or Run, or whatever it says in the English Versions) => Control Panel => System => Advanced => then you click the button "Preferences" under Performance.
In the new window you click the tab advanced, and then "modify" nearly the end of the screen.
In the new window you say that the virtual memory size should be controlled by the Operating System.
It's the second bulletin.
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Aug 27 2006 11:17pm

[Jawa][Obi-Wan][SW]
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Aug 26 2006 12:07am

tarpman
- The Tarped Avenger

There may be a problem with your new memory, your motherboard may not be able to take that much, or your new stick may simply not be compatible with your old one. Check with Windows (right-click My Computer -> Properties) and see how much RAM it says you have - make sure it has the right amount.
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Aug 23 2006 12:58am

[Jawa][Obi-Wan][SW]
- Student

well i do got 1 quick question it aint a big prob but it is wierd, i got a new computer about 4 months ago with 512 mb of ram and i got a memory upgrade installed that was another 512 and now when i play ja sometimes it says virtual memory low, it never said this befor i got the new memory installation, isnt that wierd that with more memory i get the memory to low pop up more than i did with less ram?
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Monday September 4th, 2006 R.I.P. Steve Irwin"The Crocodile Hunter" "Rejoice for those around you that transform into the force, morn them do not, miss them do not, death is a natural part of life"-Yoda "Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?"-Ben Kenobi "Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious"-Ben Kenobi
Guided Specially, by Maher Dakari Sparring partner to Sho Koon, "Spared no expense"-John Hamond Jurasic Park, Padawan of RoseRed, "The oppression of the Sith shall never return, u have lost my lord"-Mace Windu, Owner of Pink Floyd Mintaka's 3700th comment! "Only Two there should be, One To Crave the Power and one to Embrace it" - Darth Bane: Path of Destruction

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