Geoff=2C

=20

I wish the stupid software designers (Microsoft=2C Vista=2C etc.)

had a copy of your interesting e-mail=3B or the Mac guy's=2C

to help them beat Microsoft.

=20

Best regards=2C

=20

J. F. L.=20
=20
> From: gmvoeth@...........
> To: psn-l@..............
> Subject: Re: Dropouts with Vista
> Date: Thu=2C 27 Aug 2009 17:07:18 -0700
>=20
> Jolly Good Show=2C old man=3B
>=20
> Most probably=2C THIS=2C is not in the right order.
>=20
> It has taken me years through all the variations of windows
> to learn these ideas.
> If you wish the recorder to have limited competition
> for processing time.
>=20
> If you open up the TASK MANAGER you will see
> all kinds of running processes in the background.
> control alt del when in the desktop
> The trick is to identify ({[all]}) unnecessary tasks
> then go into the administrative tools SERVICES area and
> disable ({[all]}) unnecessary services.
> But that's not easy to know unless someone
> else has already done so.
>=20
> Then you go into RUN: MSCONFIG and disable all startup
> items and the services area disable all but the
> Microsoft services.
>=20
> Then you restart your machine without the
> unnecessary stuff running in the background.
>=20
> It will take you a week of 8 hr days to do this if
> you are lucky and can properly ID
> everything running.
>=20
> Then you should keep a record or a restore point
> so you can restore things as they originally were.
>=20
> Make a restore point before playing with any of this
> because with the memory of a human being it is
> practically impossible for a normal IQ person
> to remember all this.
>=20
> You can also locate and start using the recording program
> as a process from the task manager and if WINDOWS
> WILL ALLOW IT set both the priority and the affinity
> but you must do that every time you start the process
> because I know no way to make those settings be the default.
>=20
> You need administrative privileges to do any of this
> so have a user account with administrative privileges
> as well as the security settings correct for NTFS
> partitions if that's what you are using.
>=20
> The security stuff is a nightmare in NTFS so I just
> make it for EVERYONE=2C SYSTEM=2C with FULL PRIVILEGES.
> But do not do this if any strangers are using your system.
>=20
> ""Make a restore point before doing any of this.""
>=20
> Why did I say that twice=2C
>=20
> hea hea hea hea hea... because I LIKE restore points.
>=20
> If you are successful=2C PLEASE SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD
> ON YOUR BLOG in the greatest of detail.
> You will make friends of most good peoples
> who need this info.
>=20
> Gud Luk Comrade ( even if you don't think your a comrade )
> geoff :-)
>=20
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Brett Nordgren" 
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday=2C August 27=2C 2009 10:03 AM
> Subject: Dropouts with Vista
>=20
>=20
> Hi All=2C
>=20
> Particularly for Vista/WinSDR users.
>=20
> I recently moved my operational WinSDR to my wife's Vista computer=2C whi=
ch=20
> has 3Gig of RAM and a fast processor=2C and never=2C or hardly ever=2C ha=
s any=20
> other applications running.
>=20
> The data I was collecting over the Internet at 200SPS continued to show=20
> dropouts even though nothing else was running.
>=20
> This morning I discovered by going into Vista's Task Scheduler that=20
> something called "Gadget Manager" ran for a minute or so maybe once an=20
> hour=2C and it was running at exactly the same times as I was seeing the=
=20
> dropouts. I set it to not run and so far I haven't had any more=20
> dropouts. But time will tell whether that was really the problem.
>=20
> It is possible that the Gadget Manager was a leftover from the "Google=20
> Desktop" which had been on that machine and which I had previously disabl=
ed=20
> (I thought). Or it might have been from an entirely different source.
>=20
> I'm hoping that this might help someone who is seeing the same problem.
>=20
> Regards=2C
> Brett
>=20
> Watch our wiggles (maybe with no more dropouts)
> http://bnordgren.org/seismo/gif_images.htm
>=20
> or watch some very very good wiggles
> http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/ANMO_24hr.html
>=20
>=20
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Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites.=20
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Geoff=2C

 =3B

I wish the stupid =3Bsoftware designers (Microsoft=2C Vista=2C etc.)
had a copy of your interesting e-mail=3B or the Mac guy's=2C

to help them beat Microsoft.

 =3B

Best regards=2C

 =3B

J. F. L. =3B
 =3B
>=3B From: gmvoeth@...........
>=3B =
To: psn-l@..............
>=3B Subject: Re: Dropouts with Vista
>=
=3B Date: Thu=2C 27 Aug 2009 17:07:18 -0700
>=3B 
>=3B Jolly Good=
 Show=2C old man=3B
>=3B 
>=3B Most probably=2C THIS=2C is not in=
 the right order.
>=3B 
>=3B It has taken me years through all th=
e variations of windows
>=3B to learn these ideas.
>=3B If you wi=
sh the recorder to have limited competition
>=3B for processing time.<=
BR>>=3B 
>=3B If you open up the TASK MANAGER you will see
>=3B=
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>=3B control alt de=
l when in the desktop
>=3B The trick is to identify ({[all]}) unnecess=
ary tasks
>=3B then go into the administrative tools SERVICES area and=

>=3B disable ({[all]}) unnecessary services.
>=3B But that's not=
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>=3B else has already done so.
>=3B =

>=3B Then you go into RUN: MSCONFIG and disable all startup
>=3B=
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>=3B Microsoft servic=
es.
>=3B 
>=3B Then you restart your machine without the
>=
=3B unnecessary stuff running in the background.
>=3B 
>=3B It wi=
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>=3B you are lucky and c=
an properly ID
>=3B everything running.
>=3B 
>=3B Then you =
should keep a record or a restore point
>=3B so you can restore things=
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>=3B 
>=3B Make a restore point before =
playing with any of this
>=3B because with the memory of a human being=
 it is
>=3B practically impossible for a normal IQ person
>=3B to=
 remember all this.
>=3B 
>=3B You can also locate and start usin=
g the recording program
>=3B as a process from the task manager and if=
 WINDOWS
>=3B WILL ALLOW IT set both the priority and the affinity
=
>=3B but you must do that every time you start the process
>=3B beca=
use I know no way to make those settings be the default.
>=3B 
>=
=3B You need administrative privileges to do any of this
>=3B so have =
a user account with administrative privileges
>=3B as well as the secu=
rity settings correct for NTFS
>=3B partitions if that's what you are =
using.
>=3B 
>=3B The security stuff is a nightmare in NTFS so I =
just
>=3B make it for EVERYONE=2C SYSTEM=2C with FULL PRIVILEGES.
&=
gt=3B But do not do this if any strangers are using your system.
>=3B =

>=3B ""Make a restore point before doing any of this.""
>=3B >=3B Why did I say that twice=2C
>=3B 
>=3B hea hea hea hea he=
a... because I LIKE restore points.
>=3B 
>=3B If you are success=
ful=2C PLEASE SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD
>=3B ON YOUR BLOG in the greates=
t of detail.
>=3B You will make friends of most good peoples
>=3B=
 who need this info.
>=3B 
>=3B Gud Luk Comrade ( even if you don=
't think your a comrade )
>=3B geoff :-)
>=3B 
>=3B ----- Or=
iginal Message ----- 
>=3B From: "Brett Nordgren" <=3Bbrett3nt@bnord=
gren.org>=3B
>=3B To: <=3Bpsn-l@..............>=3B
>=3B Sen=
t: Thursday=2C August 27=2C 2009 10:03 AM
>=3B Subject: Dropouts with =
Vista
>=3B 
>=3B 
>=3B Hi All=2C
>=3B 
>=3B Partic=
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>=3B 
>=3B I recently moved my ope=
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>=3B has 3Gig of=
 RAM and a fast processor=2C and never=2C or hardly ever=2C has any 
>=
=3B other applications running.
>=3B 
>=3B The data I was collect=
ing over the Internet at 200SPS continued to show 
>=3B dropouts even =
though nothing else was running.
>=3B 
>=3B This morning I discov=
ered by going into Vista's Task Scheduler that 
>=3B something called =
"Gadget Manager" ran for a minute or so maybe once an 
>=3B hour=2C an=
d it was running at exactly the same times as I was seeing the 
>=3B d=
ropouts. I set it to not run and so far I haven't had any more 
>=3B d=
ropouts. But time will tell whether that was really the problem.
>=3B =

>=3B It is possible that the Gadget Manager was a leftover from the "=
Google 
>=3B Desktop" which had been on that machine and which I had p=
reviously disabled 
>=3B (I thought). Or it might have been from an en=
tirely different source.
>=3B 
>=3B I'm hoping that this might he=
lp someone who is seeing the same problem.
>=3B 
>=3B Regards=2C<=
BR>>=3B Brett
>=3B 
>=3B Watch our wiggles (maybe with no more =
dropouts)
>=3B http://bnordgren.org/seismo/gif_images.htm
>=3B >=3B or watch some very very good wiggles
>=3B http://aslwww.cr.us=
gs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/ANMO_24hr.html
>=3B 
>=3B 
=
>=3B __________________________________________________________
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