-=PCTechTalk=- Re: help,bluescreen yikes

  • From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:09:04 -0400

Actually, that makes a LOT of sense.  Several maker's are using ActiveX 
modules to 'read' what's installed on customer's systems like that (with 
permission, of course).  Belarc might show you that info, but I haven't used 
that in a long time.  I prefer SIW (System Information for Windows) for its 
thoroughness, but there are other favorites used by other members of the 
group that do similar things and can provide a wealth of info about a 
system.  You can get SIW below.

http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html

Virtual memory looks much better now.        :O)

Event Viewer entries may be old, so it's hard for me to know how much weight 
to place on things without some idea of their age.  Those entries may be 
related to the scare you had yeaterday, or they may just be a fluke.  Your 
best bet is to wipe the contents of the Viewer and see what comes up from 
this point on.  To wipe a section, select the name of the section in the 
left pane and then go to Action > Clear All Events.  You'll then be asked if 
you want to save a copy of the data about to be removed.  Of course, that 
choice is yours to make.

Peace,
Gman

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 2:04 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help,bluescreen yikes


> Gman, is there an easy way to see what memory I have installed like Belarc
> program or something?  I did set to "system managed" for virtual memory 
> and
> looks like the custom size I had is gone, and there is a bullet mark there
> for "system managed" currently allocated 1534 now.
>
> No other bullet circles are marked in that window.
>
> I looked at event log viewer and saw some errors with my zonen alarm
> starting up slow, there were some warnings also error on harddisk during
> paging operation Event ID 51
>
> I went to help and support, from start menu then to Dell support, system
> info.  I think the first time around, it had not read my computer's info 
> and
> was showing me what came with it when I bought it, I have installed more 
> RAM
> since purchasing it. I think then it connected somehow to my computer and
> read what was in there, would that make sense?
>
>
> Christine 


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