Andyb, if you look on the Applications screen, you should be able to find the one that was asking you, then set it to denied or allowed.

Disabling write-caching can result in plenty more thrashing. The noise-penalty might not be worth it.

Disabling the sound scheme is probably a good idea.

I don't need trial software to be fully capable, I would only buy it for the specific functionality I required, and I wouldn't buy it blind so as long as the functionality I need is in the demo, that's great.

I use Sygate Personal Firewall, it seems to work well enough. The only problem is that there is no firewall protection before it loads, which could be a risk.

Sounds like ReadyBoost reduces the greater amount of seeks that Superfetch will incur...

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We all know the tremendous benefits four cores will have over two.

I laughed reading that comparison chart. The first item is 'the most secure Windows ever'... if only that was worth something.

Ok, I think I read a bum review. No excuses though.

Vista's "Superfetch" feature fills a portion whatever ram is unused at that moment with whatever it thinks you are going to ask for next off the HDD. (It leaves some space empty in case it guessed wrong) But if it is wrong, that superfetched data in RAM doesn't get written into the swap on the HDD....

is that this post looks suspiciously like spam intended to boost the page rank of the poster's website.

Except I don't see a link there. But certainly it looks like a failed spam attempt.

I haven't looked at the 5.1, but the Klipsch Promedia 2.1 has its crossover frequency set at 5kHz. In other words, everything below 5kHz is mono. At least they are honest, the sorry excuses companies call satellite speakers probably can't go much below that... :) But seriously, that would probably s...

Vertigo.... have any alternatives in mind in the $100-150 price range that you could suggest? I don't, I don't like the look of any of them. I'm not too useful... I've looked and the closest I saw was the Abit DS500 (without sub, the sub looks like it sucks completely) but they are ridiculously ove...

Long story short: vista has a very, very different approach to memory management, and attempts to pre-emptively populate every byte of system memory with what it thinks I might need next. This makes sense; Hmm, I don't know much about Vista but I don't like the sound of this. If we look back to Win...

I'd have to listen but small subs I've heard either have boomy bass or laggy bass (or no bass), to the degree that I won't buy computer speakers with a subwoofer. My wharfedale diamond 8.1's don't sound too bassy and are rated to 55 Hz which is why I don't trust frequency ratings too much. However, ...

incredible driver/device support...

What's wrong with WDM?

Edit: Oh, sorry, thought you said "device driver"...

They want you to rant about Vista. Why do you think we've heard about the next two versions of windows?

Vista is the next millenium, bud. Can you say "planned obsolescence"?

the subwoofer provides usable output to 32 Hz

If companies like Wharfedale insist on simple vented designs with no fancy filters, there must be a reason for it.

Thankfully, Altec Lansing seems to have tuned their enclosure well enough to support the drivers' low extension.

Ok, so they use filtering to lower the 'hump' and thereby get a lower response more cheaply, but how does that affect the phase of the signal? I hate laggy bass.

This sub is capable of generating a lot of air movement, but if you push it too far, you'll get both the Wubba-Wubbas and "Chuffing" from the port. But the driver excursion is pretty crap no doubt which is why you get the "wubba wubbas". And your nicely marketed speech didn't mention driver excursi...

Altec Lansing notes that due to the "isobaric" woofer design, the bass output is deeper than that of a woofer twice it's size. I am highly suspicious of this claim. As far as I know, isobaric enclosures allow you to reduce the box volume, not make the sound deeper. Also, what do they mean by a woof...

Let it blink. What does it matter if a light blinks?

I appreciate that you wear a seatbelt, but why would you not force people to wear one.??? I just cant understand that at all. You would not force them to because they could only harm themselves. You would motivate the case for seatbelts and leave them to choose. However, it is different for things ...

It's moral cowardice to dub things you don't like as illnesses. This goes for people who call homosexuality an illness and those who call religion an illness. If the APA removed their listing, I would think it would be because it has become something almost normal, and therefore not a disorder, beca...

They won't go against Muslims. I don't know why it is, but this seems to be a common sentiment in the UK. Christians are out of favour, Muslims are in.

So if that were turned around, you would argue that it's only fair that any woman who goes to a predominantly muslim country should show some respect, and cover her face and body and be escorted around in public, because that's the predominant custom of the country?

When in Rome...

The man thumbed his nose at the USA judicial system, and at USA society in general, and he remains a threat to everyone, as long as he is not behind bars...... O J Simpson, a now confessed two-time murderer.

The greater threat is corrupting the system.

I dont think it is disengenious to look to "gay animals" to give an indication that homosexuality occurs naturally.

I think it is stupid to say "hey look, the animals do it so its okay". Do the animals go to university? Do they go to work?

I think that Matrox is slower than my card(16mb vs my 128mb, etc etc). =P So I might as well save that $12 for my next video card. =)

It seems Byakko's priority is speed before all else. I guess he'll buy a new card and hope it works better.