Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Sat Jun 21 12:12:17 CDT 2008
I just found out the AVG 8.0 using the Resident Shield was virus scanning my mdb while I was developing it. Slowed everything to a crawl. Found some info on the web that led me to the dialog box where is shows what file extensions it checks and I took out md*. Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 9:55 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Determine the hard drive type without opening the box Guys: This is an excellent product for finding problems on your home business servers. The amount of information that it gives back can be a bit overwhelming so, if you do not have to, do not allow it to run more than a few minutes. If you are hunting for an intermittent problem make sure you have a few GB free for the log file. The app did point out, that in certain condition both MS Outlook and IE6 bleed like stuck pigs and have to be terminated using Task Manger. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:34 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Determine the hard drive type without opening the box Tine: I just found this one yesterday, but it looks like maybe a sub-set of yours. I had a svchost process taking 50% of the CPU cycles and came across this trying to google what was going wrong. It's a bit too technical for me but maybe somebody will like it. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 4:30 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Determine the hard drive type without opening the box Bill, The site is www.gtopala.com. You have an extra "r" in there. Tina Bill Patten wrote: > Arthur, > > Download a free program called SIW from www.gtropala.com or Google > SIW. Run the program and then on the left tree click on > Hardware/storage devices. > Then highlight the hard drive on the top of the right hand window and > you will find more information about the hard drive than you can ever > want to know in the lower pane. > > You will then find that SIW will give you all kinds of data about your > computer including some passwords, license codes and on and on. > > If you are using Vista you will get can't load a dll but most things > work anyway if you keep on going. > > > HTH > > Bill > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com> > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:41 AM > Subject: [dba-Tech] Determine the hard drive type without opening the > box > > > A while back I started a thread about determining the CPU type without > opening the box, and received several good answers. Now I'm wondering > whether I can determine the type of hard drive(s) installed -- maker, > size, rpm, IDE or SCSI or SATA, etc. > > Anyone know? > > TIA, > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com