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Word 2002 insert picture problem
I've been using the insert picture facility in Word 2002 for a long time, but recently when I try to use it the CPU usage jumps to 100% and the disk activity leaps up - using Task Manager & process activity shows massive disk activity. I can't think of...
Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, E-mail, cjknight@..., disk activity, Microsoft Word, disk, Microsoft Word 2002
Discussion threads 2007-06-21
xp home hard disk constant access slow performance
Hi,After starting up my laptop from hibernation one day, the CPU was running non-stop on "explorer.exe", so I did a hard shut down (hold the power button down for 5 seconds). When I booted the computer back up, the hard disk was constantly accessed - I can see the...
Tags: performance, robert_uang@..., hard drive, disk activity, disk
Discussion threads 2007-05-23
Win XP on Older hardware
I have installed WinXO Pro on a machine that does not recognize the power down instruction from Win XP. Is there a way to make WinXP display the old message - It is safe to shut down -Thank youBob McBirneyWhat exactly do you mean here?That you can not shut down...
Tags: bobmcb@..., hardware, light-emitting diode, Microsoft Windows XP, monitor, windows, windows shutdown
Discussion threads 2005-07-31
Disk Activity Monitor
I have a workstation that very frequently has disk activity occuring even when essentially idle with only Outlook and IE open. Task manager doesn't shed any light on the matter. Is there a utility or tool that I can use to monitor exactly what the drive is doing and which...
Tags: archiving, disk, disk activity, Microsoft Outlook, nschloss
Q&A 2005-02-14
What processes should be running?
I have a PC that is showing a lot of disk activity when nothing is running. I have run my anti virus program and it found no infections. Is there a list of "normal" processes that are expected to be running so I can see if there is something running...
Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, dbergesen@..., disk activity, disk
Q&A 2004-12-20
Don't let constant restarts stop you from defragmenting your drive
Constant defrag restarts can be exasperating. Don't let these errors aggravate you any longer. Find out how to keep disk activity and low system resources from interrupting the disk defragmentation process.Nearly every techie knows how to defragment a hard drive. What's not so well known is how to respond when...
Tags: Brien M. Posey MCSE, disk, disk activity, Atvnut, Safe Mode, defragmentation, system resource
Technical articles 2002-07-11

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DiskMon (zip)
DiskMon is an application that logs and displays all hard disk activity on a Windows system. You can also minimize DiskMon to your system tray where it acts as a disk light, presenting a green icon when there is disk-read activity and a red icon when there is disk-write activity.
Tags: Hard Drive, Activity, DiskMon, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
Software downloads 2007-03-07
HDD Activity Widget (widget)
HDD Activity Widget indicates the read and write accesses to the selected local disk via WMI graphically and as percent count. Available in German and English. The language depends on the country setting of your widget engine. The query interval of the WMI Data can be modified in the widget...
Tags: Hard Drive, Disk, Yahoo! Inc., WMI, Language, HDD Activity Widget, Network Administration, Networking
Software downloads 2007-11-06
Disk Password Protection (zip)
Disk Password Protection 4.8: a comprehensive suite of hard-drive protection/access restriction tools. Protect your disk/partitions with a password, ban all reading/writing activity, and limit launch of specified files to authorized personnel only. Version 4.8.930 the interface has been improved.
Tags: Disk
Software downloads 2007-02-20
Soft191 Cleaner (exe)
Maintain privacy and keep your system running smoother by deleting your computer activity. Remove Internet history (IE, Opera and Firefox), recent file lists including Office, empty out temporary folders to regain disk space. Such files may include those created by Internet activity, installation programs or by applications for storing temporary...
Tags: Disk, Internet
Software downloads 2007-05-17
Activity Exchange Widget (zip)
Stay up to date on the latest additions to the IntelliShare Classroom Activity Exchange with the Activity Exchange Dashboard Widget. This widget will check the Activity Exchange every few minutes for a newly uploaded activity and displays the name and a short description of the 15 most recently uploaded activities.
Tags: Activity
Software downloads 2005-09-28
Newport Software NSWatch (msi)
Newport Software NSWatch provides a quick and easy way to monitor your children's computer activity. Easy to use software provides real-time screen snapshots and activity logs. Computer activity can be viewed using Internet Explorer. Monitors activity on a computer. Screen snapshots show real-time images of activity on a computer. Activity...
Tags: Activity, Computer, Newport Software NSWatch, Productivity
Software downloads 2007-07-04
PCMesh Internet and Disk Cleanup (exe)
PCMesh Internet and Disk Cleanup is a utility to remove user activity tracks including files and to clean the hard disk from junk files. Furthermore disk cleanup functionality to remove Windows and Internet temporary files, Java cache and other junk files is included.Version 5.4 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or...
Tags: Disk
Software downloads 2007-09-17
Graceful Operation of Disk Drives Under Thermal Emergencies
Thermal-aware design of disk-drives is an important concern because high temperatures can cause reliability problems. Hence, Dynamic Thermal Management DTM has been proposed to operate the disk at the average case, rather than the worst case by modulating the activities to avoid thermal emergencies at run time while pushing the...
Tags: Pennsylvania State University, Disk, Disk Drive
White papers 2007-01-06
Disk Recon (exe)
Cleaning up your harddisk can be a time-consuming activity, but Disk Recon makes this job a lot easier. Disk Recon allows you to investigate folder sizes, find duplicate files, examine your disk usage, monitor files and directories and more. New features include batch file renaming, batch attribute changing and file...
Tags: Disk, Disk Recon
Software downloads 2007-09-10
ICU Child Monitoring Software (zip)
ICU is a very simple to use child monitoring application, it's all about providing you with an Insight into your Children's Unaccompanied activity. You select which users you want to monitor, whether to run in a visible or stealth mode, how often you want activity to be captured and how...
Tags: Monitoring, Activity, ICU
Software downloads 2007-11-20
Implementing SANRAD Disk-to-Disk Backup
Disk-to-disk backup can be integrated with existing backup solutions to enhance and improve the overall process; it can be used to migrate an entire backup system or disk-to-disk can be used as the first step in a larger Disk-To-Disk-To-Tape (D2D2T) backup strategy. This paper examines the advantages disk-to-disk backup offers...
Tags: Disk, SANRAD Disk-to-Disk Backup, Backups
White papers 2004-05-31
Backup and Recovery of Microsoft Exchange 2003 Environments Utilizing Virtual Tape and Disk-to-Disk White Paper
Backup and recovery is a critical activity within Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 deployments. With Exchange now commonly viewed as a mission-critical application in most companies, the ability to recover all or part of your Exchange data when required is vital. The production time and availability of Exchange in enterprise environments...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Recovery, Environment, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Backups, E-mail Servers, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2006-09-01
Booting / Staring Problems for my PC
Hi, I have a P4 3.04 GHz, with 2 GB Ram and 500 GB HDD (Sata2). From Yesterday, I cannot boot / start my PC. When switched "on" only I see power LED to turn green, other than this activity there is no activity in my PC. No starting of...
Tags: Desktops, praveer2k@..., PC
Discussion threads 2007-09-11
Employee Activity Monitor (zip)
Employee activity monitor is the only all-in-one solution that records and controls all employee computer activity and prevents loss of critical and confidential data from leaving the organization. Our Employee activity monitor can quickly detect and give you the evidence you need to prove that your employees are abusing business...
Tags: Monitor, PC Remote Monitoring, Employee Activity Monitor, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Productivity, Monitors & Displays, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Components
Software downloads 2008-06-11
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