In my case, Nick, I am a person who doesn't do Windows. Linux, baby.
But that does not mean I am not fascinated by the tribulations of those who do, because I am, in much the same way as being unable to take my eyes off of a train wreck. So the lack of response from me is thus explained. --Doug On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Nicholas Thompson < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks owen. I did lots of stuff LIKE that, but may not have recognized a > helping hand when it was proffered. With your reassurance I will plunge > back in. **** > > ** ** > > The response to this inquiry has led me wonder some wonderings about the > folks on the list. Is it the case that:**** > > ** ** > > **(1) **I am the only person on this list that owns a PC**** > > **(2) **I am the only person on this list that owns a PC who has had > this sort of problem (=”resource leakage”?).**** > > **(3) ** I am the only person on this list that owns a PC who is too > cheap to pay the 200 bucks to get it fixed by an expert. **** > > **(4) **I am the only person on this list that owns a PC who is too > cheap to pay the 200 bucks to get it fixed by an expert *and* who also > too dumb to know how to use the resource monitor to fix it, myself. **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > N**** > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Owen > Densmore > *Sent:* Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:25 AM > > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor**** > > ** ** > > Nick: did you google: **** > > how to use the windows resource monitor**** > > .. it turned up lots and lots of info.**** > > ** ** > > However, the classic solution to a clean machine is to literally start > over: wipe the disk *after* making a complete copy of its contents to a > cheap disk, and drag stuff back aboard as you need it.**** > > ** ** > > This is augmented by Dropbox: if you don't have it now, you may want to > consider it as a backup of your working stuff, stuff that you can't replace > from other sources and is data you actually created. It also makes it > trivial to see/work on the files from any of several computers.**** > > ** ** > > Then the "lets start over" approach is much much easier. Clean system > with one folder of your working repository.**** > > ** ** > > I'm always amazed just how zippy a new system is.**** > > ** ** > > I keep a log of all installs I do, you may start doing that .. it makes it > easy to know what you may need to reinstall if you go the clean install > route. And what may need removing 'cause you don't use it anymore.**** > > ** ** > > -- Owen**** > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Nicholas Thompson < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > Thanks for all your suggestions. Most I actually understood, for which I > am enormously grateful. **** > > **** > > I have the habit of burying my most important question under a lot of > verbal rubble, so I want to ask it again in case you missed it*. Is > there any guide to the Resource Monitor that is more forthcoming than the > help files that come with it?* Stuff like what the various charts and > graphs and numbers are telling me. **** > > **** > > N**** > > **** > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts [email protected]* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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