混乱の子, Дзенствующий оборотень
Если бы мне давали 5 баксов каждый раз, когда кто-то использует меня для того, чтобы наладить свой компьютер, Дочь Хаоса была бы богата. Вернее,.. не была бы богата, но зато у меня бы было куча разных (бес)полезных вещей. Это тоже хорошо.
"долгий диалог о компьютерных проблемах. всё было бы грустно, если бы не было так смешно. ENG"
=rasinah :im running low on virtual memory
=rasinah :how do i solve this prob??
±chaosd±: clear up your system drive - the one where your page file is.
±chaosd±: =delete something from your drive C:, in most cases.
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :what pg file?
±chaosd±: and/or quit some progs occupying your systray.
±chaosd±: page file? it has to do with the way OS manages memory
±chaosd±: if you look at system in control panel, then enter... ee.. what OS do you have?
=rasinah :wins XP
±chaosd±: advanced tab, then. you'll see
±chaosd±: virtual memory settings
±chaosd±: and there is where swap/page file settings are made.
=rasinah :then?
±chaosd±: you can check its size and tell OS where to store it, if, f.i., you have no space on one of your harddrives, but plenty on another.
±chaosd±: do you want to know how it works? virtual memory?
=rasinah :nope
=rasinah :ne ne
±chaosd±: thought so.
=rasinah :before that
=rasinah :c drive n d drive r both harddrives, no?
±chaosd±: it depends on your system.
=rasinah :hmm
=rasinah :uwaa
=rasinah :whats the appropriate size?
±chaosd±: f.i. i have c. d. e.f - harddrives, g- cdrom
±chaosd±: appropriate size is about twice your RAM.
=rasinah :er whats ram??
±chaosd±: but if you run out of memory, then let windows cope with it - the more, the better.
±chaosd±: RAM - random access memory - PC's physical memory
±chaosd±: you'll see how much RAM PC has on "General" tab
±chaosd±: of "System"
±chaosd±: clear?
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :lemme go check nw
±chaosd±: *sweatdops* ok.
=rasinah :it says 496 RAM
±chaosd±: whoa!
±chaosd±: =)
=rasinah :then what do i do nw?
=rasinah :go advanced?
±chaosd±: gosh, what are you running so that it consumes all that?
=rasinah :i dont know
=rasinah :i already deleted some programs
±chaosd±: no, it's not abt deletion. do you resident progs running?
±chaosd±: *do you have
=rasinah :whats resident progs?
±chaosd±: well, usually they hang ard your systray.
±chaosd±: ^^;
=rasinah :where my systray?
=rasinah :*where is
±chaosd±: lower right corner of the screen
±chaosd±: near the clock
=rasinah :ahh
=rasinah :i have lotsa icons here
=rasinah :i dont know how to clean up
±chaosd±: eerm.. try closing some of the ones you don't need?
=rasinah :ive got 21 here
±chaosd±: *flop*
=rasinah :how do i close them?
±chaosd±: *speechless*
=rasinah :i right click but nothing that says delete
±chaosd±: WHAT do you have in there?
±chaosd±: i'll say what you can close.
±chaosd±: it's not abt deletion, it's abt freeing operative memory.
=rasinah :...yah
=rasinah :how do i do that?
±chaosd±: you close down the progs you don't need right now.
±chaosd±: they remain on your hd, but wont consume operative memory
=rasinah :erm how do i close??
±chaosd±: usually it's right-click=> exit
±chaosd±: watch out what you close, however
=rasinah :eep
=rasinah :why???
±chaosd±: ?
±chaosd±: you wouldn't want to shut down network connection, would you?
=rasinah :er
=rasinah :network conn is...?
±chaosd±: the blue-blinking one, with 2 pc's drawn on it.
=rasinah :ooh
=rasinah :i have msn here too
±chaosd±: if you want to know what's it, just watch tooltips.
=rasinah :i cnt exit?
±chaosd±: yes, i have it there, too
=rasinah :i have vol
=rasinah :but cnt exit
±chaosd±: vol?
=rasinah :volume
±chaosd±: ah, volume is no concern.
±chaosd±: what else?
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :some stuff i dont recognize
=rasinah :but dealing wif network and stuff
±chaosd±: what do tooltips say?
=rasinah :i have 13 icons nw
=rasinah :erm
±chaosd±: that's better.
=rasinah :how do i do tooltips?
=rasinah :*hides*
±chaosd±: hang your cursor still for a couple of secs over the icon
±chaosd±: you'll sea small yellow thingie
±chaosd±: *see
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :if a yellow thingie appear
=rasinah :means i can close it?
±chaosd±: *patiently* no, it means you should read it.
±chaosd±: the text on that thingie. called tooltip.
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :nothing appears
=rasinah :on all icons
=rasinah :no triangle thingy
±chaosd±: you hold it over icons in systray? wtf triangle? it's SQUARE.
±chaosd±: f.i, the msn icon says : MSN Messenger - Signed in.
=rasinah :ohh
=rasinah :its not yellow
=rasinah :it's white no?
±chaosd±: *shrugs* it depends. usually yellow.
=rasinah :then?
±chaosd±: then you get to know what exactly are the progs running residently - permanently - in systray - by reading these labels, if you can't recognize the icons.
±chaosd±: and whether you can close them or tune for lesser mem usage.
=rasinah :eep
=rasinah :><
=rasinah :gomen but no idea whatcha say...
=rasinah :sighzz
=rasinah :ne ne
±chaosd±: mm?
=rasinah :whats the purpose of locking a toolbar?
±chaosd±: you can't move it when it's locked.
±chaosd±: :|
±chaosd±: it's not as much locked, as "stuck"
=rasinah :..
=rasinah :ne ne
=rasinah :uwaa
=rasinah :i have no idea whether my virtual memory is ok or not?
=rasinah :how can i tell
±chaosd±: go to the advanced tab i told you earlier, then i will tell you what to do.
=rasinah :ok then?
±chaosd±: press the button under "perfomance"
±chaosd±: you'll see a window with two tabs - on the first one i recommend you to uncheck some checkboxes.
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :whoch ones shd i uncheck?
±chaosd±: it depends on how much you are annoyed with your pc speed and what you wouldn't like to sacrifice. me personally, i have all of them unchecked and "fastest performance" option selected.
±chaosd±: you might like to keep teh kewl lookz.
=rasinah :unchecked them all?
=rasinah :and choose fastest perfomrance?
=rasinah :will that save on my virtual memory?
±chaosd±: yes. it will save your RAM. then go to the other tab.
=rasinah :ok ok
=rasinah :wait lemme get this done
±chaosd±: ok.
=rasinah :ok im on the advanced tab nw
=rasinah :then
±chaosd±: you'll see "virtual memory" button.
=rasinah :ah ha
=rasinah :then?
±chaosd±: if you press "change", you'll see all the changes you can make and check it's current size.
=rasinah :ok *goes to press*
±chaosd±: and how much free space you have on the drive with page/swap file.
±chaosd±: so what do you see?
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :hold on
=rasinah (......)= sends xeni.bmp
=rasinah :ok go and see
±chaosd±: you could save it to jpg, you know=)
You have successfully received D:\Mine\My Received Files\xeni.bmp from =rasinah (......)=.
=rasinah :eh gomen. but i had it set to bmp
±chaosd±: ok, ok. nvm.
=rasinah :so sensei-hunney, what do u propose i d nxt?
±chaosd±: whoa, you have no probs, now that i look at it. go check "system managed"
=rasinah :i have no probs!??
=rasinah :are u kidding me??
=rasinah :><
±chaosd±: i don't think you will have any probs, if you won't let 21 icons gather in your tray.
=rasinah :but everytime im on the net
=rasinah :the hr glass keeps popping up every few seconds
±chaosd±: ggrrr. you have nice fast system, but you abuse it, i guess.
=rasinah :eeehhh???
=rasinah :how did i abuse it??
=rasinah :tell me tell me
±chaosd±: by unproper use. PC is like a kid, you should care abt it.
=rasinah :*so happy she has a computer buff for a lover*
±chaosd±: *improper
=rasinah :uwaa
=rasinah :how did i abuse it
=rasinah :i made sure i delete things i dont use anymore
±chaosd±: wait, did you do all i said?
=rasinah :and keep compressing my c drive
=rasinah :what did u say?
±chaosd±: check "system managed"
=rasinah :wheres that?
=rasinah :i dont see it here
±chaosd±: select the option "system managed size"
±chaosd±: i can see it on the shot you gave me.
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :hold on
±chaosd±: and then go "OK" all the way down back.
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :done that
=rasinah :then?
±chaosd±: went "OK" on everything?
=rasinah :erm after choosing system managed
=rasinah :i click on the 'ok'
=rasinah :then im back to the performance options pg
±chaosd±: yes, that's right. proceed with OK's
±chaosd±: until you run out them=)))
=rasinah :what does that do?
±chaosd±: it applies all the changes you made.
=rasinah :what changes?
±chaosd±: newsflash for you, hun. we've just made changes in yr sys settings, june.
=rasinah :er when?
=rasinah :u dont mean the perf thingy?
±chaosd±: don't bother yourself with that. yes, i mean it.
=rasinah :ah ok
=rasinah :but even if i dont choose best performance, i still click on system maanged?
±chaosd±: yes. it's not really connected.
=rasinah :ah ok ok
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :ok
±chaosd±: you shouldnt have keept running out of VM, but if you DID keep running out of it, i suppose it was the best choise.
=rasinah :uwaa
=rasinah :but my kewl look is gone
=rasinah :how do i remedy this?
=rasinah :im sorry but im such a vain person
±chaosd±: that's why i told you - uncheck as many, as you want to sacrifice.
±chaosd±: and don't check "best perf"
=rasinah :i didnt
=rasinah :i checked "let windows decide"
±chaosd±: windows decided basing on that you kept running out of VM, cuz you have too many progs loaded, i suppose. usually it's not the best choice to have OS decide for you.
=rasinah :oohhh
=rasinah :so i do custom then?
±chaosd±: yes.
=rasinah :eeep
=rasinah :i dont like
±chaosd±: um?
=rasinah :gaah
=rasinah :finally
±chaosd±: good girl. have a cookie.
=rasinah :sobz sobz
=rasinah :i do love my laptop
=rasinah :i try my best to care for it
±chaosd±: *hugs* i believe you
=rasinah :but how on earth did i abuse it??
=rasinah :tell me how can one abuse?
±chaosd±: 21 programs running in background simultaneously - that's violation by my standards O.O
±chaosd±: it struggles to keep up with you, but fails.
±chaosd±: it loves you, too, that's why it won't freeze or crash
±chaosd±: merely tells you to think of efficiency - that "low virtual memory" thing.
=rasinah :ah
=rasinah :i didnt know those icons mean it's all running
±chaosd±: think - how would it display an icon if it's NOT?
=rasinah :mou
=rasinah :i merey thought it's just another shorcut icon
=rasinah :*merely
±chaosd±: shortcut icons are in quicklaunch.
±chaosd±: and that's called a toolbar, not tray.
=rasinah :whats toolbar?
=rasinah :ok what im confused
=rasinah :so the one at the lower right screen is called tray, no?
±chaosd±: lower right corner? yes, it's the systray. clock is there.
±chaosd±: it's a part of the taskbar - this strip along the lower side.
=rasinah :ah
=rasinah :so a toolbar is...
±chaosd±: embedded in taskbar, there are toolbars.
±chaosd±: like quicklaunch
=rasinah :hmm
=rasinah :whats quicklauch?
±chaosd±: you can separate them from taskbar, too/
=rasinah :whats the icon like?
±chaosd±: it's not an icon, it's an area for icons; you should see separation more clearly is u un-lock taskbar.
±chaosd±: or, when you right-click taskbar, you should get among other things, a menu with them all.
=rasinah :ah
"долгий диалог о компьютерных проблемах. всё было бы грустно, если бы не было так смешно. ENG"
=rasinah :im running low on virtual memory
=rasinah :how do i solve this prob??
±chaosd±: clear up your system drive - the one where your page file is.
±chaosd±: =delete something from your drive C:, in most cases.
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :what pg file?
±chaosd±: and/or quit some progs occupying your systray.
±chaosd±: page file? it has to do with the way OS manages memory
±chaosd±: if you look at system in control panel, then enter... ee.. what OS do you have?
=rasinah :wins XP
±chaosd±: advanced tab, then. you'll see
±chaosd±: virtual memory settings
±chaosd±: and there is where swap/page file settings are made.
=rasinah :then?
±chaosd±: you can check its size and tell OS where to store it, if, f.i., you have no space on one of your harddrives, but plenty on another.
±chaosd±: do you want to know how it works? virtual memory?
=rasinah :nope
=rasinah :ne ne
±chaosd±: thought so.
=rasinah :before that
=rasinah :c drive n d drive r both harddrives, no?
±chaosd±: it depends on your system.
=rasinah :hmm
=rasinah :uwaa
=rasinah :whats the appropriate size?
±chaosd±: f.i. i have c. d. e.f - harddrives, g- cdrom
±chaosd±: appropriate size is about twice your RAM.
=rasinah :er whats ram??
±chaosd±: but if you run out of memory, then let windows cope with it - the more, the better.
±chaosd±: RAM - random access memory - PC's physical memory
±chaosd±: you'll see how much RAM PC has on "General" tab
±chaosd±: of "System"
±chaosd±: clear?
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :lemme go check nw
±chaosd±: *sweatdops* ok.
=rasinah :it says 496 RAM
±chaosd±: whoa!
±chaosd±: =)
=rasinah :then what do i do nw?
=rasinah :go advanced?
±chaosd±: gosh, what are you running so that it consumes all that?
=rasinah :i dont know
=rasinah :i already deleted some programs
±chaosd±: no, it's not abt deletion. do you resident progs running?
±chaosd±: *do you have
=rasinah :whats resident progs?
±chaosd±: well, usually they hang ard your systray.
±chaosd±: ^^;
=rasinah :where my systray?
=rasinah :*where is
±chaosd±: lower right corner of the screen
±chaosd±: near the clock
=rasinah :ahh
=rasinah :i have lotsa icons here
=rasinah :i dont know how to clean up
±chaosd±: eerm.. try closing some of the ones you don't need?
=rasinah :ive got 21 here
±chaosd±: *flop*
=rasinah :how do i close them?
±chaosd±: *speechless*
=rasinah :i right click but nothing that says delete
±chaosd±: WHAT do you have in there?
±chaosd±: i'll say what you can close.
±chaosd±: it's not abt deletion, it's abt freeing operative memory.
=rasinah :...yah
=rasinah :how do i do that?
±chaosd±: you close down the progs you don't need right now.
±chaosd±: they remain on your hd, but wont consume operative memory
=rasinah :erm how do i close??
±chaosd±: usually it's right-click=> exit
±chaosd±: watch out what you close, however
=rasinah :eep
=rasinah :why???
±chaosd±: ?
±chaosd±: you wouldn't want to shut down network connection, would you?
=rasinah :er
=rasinah :network conn is...?
±chaosd±: the blue-blinking one, with 2 pc's drawn on it.
=rasinah :ooh
=rasinah :i have msn here too
±chaosd±: if you want to know what's it, just watch tooltips.
=rasinah :i cnt exit?
±chaosd±: yes, i have it there, too
=rasinah :i have vol
=rasinah :but cnt exit
±chaosd±: vol?
=rasinah :volume
±chaosd±: ah, volume is no concern.
±chaosd±: what else?
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :some stuff i dont recognize
=rasinah :but dealing wif network and stuff
±chaosd±: what do tooltips say?
=rasinah :i have 13 icons nw
=rasinah :erm
±chaosd±: that's better.
=rasinah :how do i do tooltips?
=rasinah :*hides*
±chaosd±: hang your cursor still for a couple of secs over the icon
±chaosd±: you'll sea small yellow thingie
±chaosd±: *see
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :if a yellow thingie appear
=rasinah :means i can close it?
±chaosd±: *patiently* no, it means you should read it.
±chaosd±: the text on that thingie. called tooltip.
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :nothing appears
=rasinah :on all icons
=rasinah :no triangle thingy
±chaosd±: you hold it over icons in systray? wtf triangle? it's SQUARE.
±chaosd±: f.i, the msn icon says : MSN Messenger - Signed in.
=rasinah :ohh
=rasinah :its not yellow
=rasinah :it's white no?
±chaosd±: *shrugs* it depends. usually yellow.
=rasinah :then?
±chaosd±: then you get to know what exactly are the progs running residently - permanently - in systray - by reading these labels, if you can't recognize the icons.
±chaosd±: and whether you can close them or tune for lesser mem usage.
=rasinah :eep
=rasinah :><
=rasinah :gomen but no idea whatcha say...
=rasinah :sighzz
=rasinah :ne ne
±chaosd±: mm?
=rasinah :whats the purpose of locking a toolbar?
±chaosd±: you can't move it when it's locked.
±chaosd±: :|
±chaosd±: it's not as much locked, as "stuck"
=rasinah :..
=rasinah :ne ne
=rasinah :uwaa
=rasinah :i have no idea whether my virtual memory is ok or not?
=rasinah :how can i tell
±chaosd±: go to the advanced tab i told you earlier, then i will tell you what to do.
=rasinah :ok then?
±chaosd±: press the button under "perfomance"
±chaosd±: you'll see a window with two tabs - on the first one i recommend you to uncheck some checkboxes.
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :whoch ones shd i uncheck?
±chaosd±: it depends on how much you are annoyed with your pc speed and what you wouldn't like to sacrifice. me personally, i have all of them unchecked and "fastest performance" option selected.
±chaosd±: you might like to keep teh kewl lookz.
=rasinah :unchecked them all?
=rasinah :and choose fastest perfomrance?
=rasinah :will that save on my virtual memory?
±chaosd±: yes. it will save your RAM. then go to the other tab.
=rasinah :ok ok
=rasinah :wait lemme get this done
±chaosd±: ok.
=rasinah :ok im on the advanced tab nw
=rasinah :then
±chaosd±: you'll see "virtual memory" button.
=rasinah :ah ha
=rasinah :then?
±chaosd±: if you press "change", you'll see all the changes you can make and check it's current size.
=rasinah :ok *goes to press*
±chaosd±: and how much free space you have on the drive with page/swap file.
±chaosd±: so what do you see?
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :hold on
=rasinah (......)= sends xeni.bmp
=rasinah :ok go and see
±chaosd±: you could save it to jpg, you know=)
You have successfully received D:\Mine\My Received Files\xeni.bmp from =rasinah (......)=.
=rasinah :eh gomen. but i had it set to bmp
±chaosd±: ok, ok. nvm.
=rasinah :so sensei-hunney, what do u propose i d nxt?
±chaosd±: whoa, you have no probs, now that i look at it. go check "system managed"
=rasinah :i have no probs!??
=rasinah :are u kidding me??
=rasinah :><
±chaosd±: i don't think you will have any probs, if you won't let 21 icons gather in your tray.
=rasinah :but everytime im on the net
=rasinah :the hr glass keeps popping up every few seconds
±chaosd±: ggrrr. you have nice fast system, but you abuse it, i guess.
=rasinah :eeehhh???
=rasinah :how did i abuse it??
=rasinah :tell me tell me
±chaosd±: by unproper use. PC is like a kid, you should care abt it.
=rasinah :*so happy she has a computer buff for a lover*
±chaosd±: *improper
=rasinah :uwaa
=rasinah :how did i abuse it
=rasinah :i made sure i delete things i dont use anymore
±chaosd±: wait, did you do all i said?
=rasinah :and keep compressing my c drive
=rasinah :what did u say?
±chaosd±: check "system managed"
=rasinah :wheres that?
=rasinah :i dont see it here
±chaosd±: select the option "system managed size"
±chaosd±: i can see it on the shot you gave me.
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :hold on
±chaosd±: and then go "OK" all the way down back.
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :done that
=rasinah :then?
±chaosd±: went "OK" on everything?
=rasinah :erm after choosing system managed
=rasinah :i click on the 'ok'
=rasinah :then im back to the performance options pg
±chaosd±: yes, that's right. proceed with OK's
±chaosd±: until you run out them=)))
=rasinah :what does that do?
±chaosd±: it applies all the changes you made.
=rasinah :what changes?
±chaosd±: newsflash for you, hun. we've just made changes in yr sys settings, june.
=rasinah :er when?
=rasinah :u dont mean the perf thingy?
±chaosd±: don't bother yourself with that. yes, i mean it.
=rasinah :ah ok
=rasinah :but even if i dont choose best performance, i still click on system maanged?
±chaosd±: yes. it's not really connected.
=rasinah :ah ok ok
=rasinah :erm
=rasinah :ok
±chaosd±: you shouldnt have keept running out of VM, but if you DID keep running out of it, i suppose it was the best choise.
=rasinah :uwaa
=rasinah :but my kewl look is gone
=rasinah :how do i remedy this?
=rasinah :im sorry but im such a vain person
±chaosd±: that's why i told you - uncheck as many, as you want to sacrifice.
±chaosd±: and don't check "best perf"
=rasinah :i didnt
=rasinah :i checked "let windows decide"
±chaosd±: windows decided basing on that you kept running out of VM, cuz you have too many progs loaded, i suppose. usually it's not the best choice to have OS decide for you.
=rasinah :oohhh
=rasinah :so i do custom then?
±chaosd±: yes.
=rasinah :eeep
=rasinah :i dont like
±chaosd±: um?
=rasinah :gaah
=rasinah :finally
±chaosd±: good girl. have a cookie.
=rasinah :sobz sobz
=rasinah :i do love my laptop
=rasinah :i try my best to care for it
±chaosd±: *hugs* i believe you
=rasinah :but how on earth did i abuse it??
=rasinah :tell me how can one abuse?
±chaosd±: 21 programs running in background simultaneously - that's violation by my standards O.O
±chaosd±: it struggles to keep up with you, but fails.
±chaosd±: it loves you, too, that's why it won't freeze or crash
±chaosd±: merely tells you to think of efficiency - that "low virtual memory" thing.
=rasinah :ah
=rasinah :i didnt know those icons mean it's all running
±chaosd±: think - how would it display an icon if it's NOT?
=rasinah :mou
=rasinah :i merey thought it's just another shorcut icon
=rasinah :*merely
±chaosd±: shortcut icons are in quicklaunch.
±chaosd±: and that's called a toolbar, not tray.
=rasinah :whats toolbar?
=rasinah :ok what im confused
=rasinah :so the one at the lower right screen is called tray, no?
±chaosd±: lower right corner? yes, it's the systray. clock is there.
±chaosd±: it's a part of the taskbar - this strip along the lower side.
=rasinah :ah
=rasinah :so a toolbar is...
±chaosd±: embedded in taskbar, there are toolbars.
±chaosd±: like quicklaunch
=rasinah :hmm
=rasinah :whats quicklauch?
±chaosd±: you can separate them from taskbar, too/
=rasinah :whats the icon like?
±chaosd±: it's not an icon, it's an area for icons; you should see separation more clearly is u un-lock taskbar.
±chaosd±: or, when you right-click taskbar, you should get among other things, a menu with them all.
=rasinah :ah