OT...calling all geeks

riverman wrote:

Wow, thanks rw. I looked through that site, but I didn't find any info on
how to make my computer bootup faster.

I'm having trouble with my Epson Stylus Color 600 printer. The paper
comes out with horizontal lines on it, even after I clean the print
head. Can any Epson printer geeks help?

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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:26:48 +0100, "riverman"
wrote:

Thanks for the leads. I'll do some more fooling around, and unless I totally
screw the poodle, I'll get back to you.

One of my sons uses XP Home and was complaining about extremely slow
boot ups. I had him run scandisk with the fix option and it cleared up
the problem. I'd suggest you try that before changing the registry -
although changing the registry is often a good road to a complete
reinstall if that's your goal. g
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Charlie...

"Francis Reid" wrote in message
Try a 30 day free trial of "the Cleaner" from www.moosoft.com
Download it, upgrade to the newest trojan definitions and then run it.
It will tell you about trojans on your machine and fix many of them.
One of the best (and cheapest) security programs I've ever found. I
refuse to operate any of my PCs without it.

Sounds good; but without a functioning OS, I'm more or less hosed until I
get past that step.

Joe F.

No - - - it is in all XP - Versions (Home & Pro - Also in ME )-
go to Programs;
Accessories;
to System tools; Look for ReStore..
Click on it and kind of look it over.
But if computer is running GOOD - THEN make a restore point.
Bill


"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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"Bill" wrote in
:

A nice tip. Once it is running correctly and to you satisfaction,
set a - SET POINT. Making a set point once a week or so is a good
idea. Should you muck it up at a later date you can restore it back to
the point it operated right.


Is this native to XP, or a third party product??

Scott

Oh Yes after you have used the restore a few times - and IF computer seems
to slow down - then follow this procedu

1. Right click the START button = choose Explore....
2. Now scroll until you find your hard drive (C: )
then left click it once (Highlights it)
3. Now right click it (C: Drive) and choose PROPERTIES.....
4. Once that window opens - will be under the General TAB Look
under the Pie of Drive and click on Disk Clean up.

5. This will bring up a little window "Disk Cleanup?
Allow it to do it's thing.
6. When done another window will Pop up - "Disk Cleanup for Drive (C
7. JUST look at the files there -
8. BUT NOW GO TO THE "MORE OPTIONS TAB"
9. Once in it There will be three (3) CHOICES - the last is System Restore -
10. Click on the Clean Up button..

11. ANOTHER LITTLE WINDOW WILL COME UP AND ASK YOU IF
YOU ARE SURE YOU WANT TO DELETE - ALL BUT THE MOST
RECENT, RESTORE POINT.

12. Click on Yes - set back and XP - will clean up drive.
13. Once done - shut it down Manually then fired it back up -
watch how much faster it has gotten. Plus it got rid of a lot of
junk..
None of your files - as they stay in tact.

Makes life easier!!!!!

Bill


"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:26:48 +0100, "riverman"
wrote:

Thanks for the leads. I'll do some more fooling around, and unless I
totally
screw the poodle, I'll get back to you.

One of my sons uses XP Home and was complaining about extremely slow
boot ups. I had him run scandisk with the fix option and it cleared up
the problem. I'd suggest you try that before changing the registry -
although changing the registry is often a good road to a complete
reinstall if that's your goal. g
--
Charlie...

-=SAGE=- -=SAGE=- wrote in
:

Scott,

I'm glad I read the entire thread. Although some of the advice given
was ok for systems that suddenly started running slower than normal,
your suggestion is the ONLY one I ever use. Your line about the 'Old
Baggage', is 100% accurate. The only way to ensure a good install is
via a new install.

....thanks to all your geeknesses, I appreciate the input. I did a format c:
and cleaned the HD of W98 as I had read somewhere that is is best to
install fresh. As I get a little braver I'll snoop around and have this
puppy running like a greyhound.

Frank Church

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:31:59 GMT, rw wrote:

riverman wrote:

Wow, thanks rw. I looked through that site, but I didn't find any info on
how to make my computer bootup faster.

I'm having trouble with my Epson Stylus Color 600 printer. The paper
comes out with horizontal lines on it, even after I clean the print
head. Can any Epson printer geeks help?

"Printer geeks"? Who the hell would admit to that? ;-)

You just have to clean the hell out of the print heads, and the little pads at
the far right below the platen. The printer periodically wipes the face of the
print head on those pads, which get loaded up over time (especially if you've
been doing a bunch of cleaning cycles lately).

Also, on my 800 and the SO's C60, there's a lever that adjusts the spacing
from head to paper. If it's set too tight I suppose the print head might
actually drag on the paper.

/daytripper ("Printer victim")

daytripper wrote in
:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:31:59 GMT, rw
wrote:

riverman wrote:

Wow, thanks rw. I looked through that site, but I didn't find any
info on how to make my computer bootup faster.

I'm having trouble with my Epson Stylus Color 600 printer. The paper
comes out with horizontal lines on it, even after I clean the print
head. Can any Epson printer geeks help?

"Printer geeks"? Who the hell would admit to that? ;-)

You just have to clean the hell out of the print heads, and the little
pads at the far right below the platen. The printer periodically wipes
the face of the print head on those pads, which get loaded up over
time (especially if you've been doing a bunch of cleaning cycles
lately).

Also, on my 800 and the SO's C60, there's a lever that adjusts the
spacing from head to paper. If it's set too tight I suppose the print
head might actually drag on the paper.

/daytripper ("Printer victim")


horizontal banding can be because of poor print head alignment. The tool
that lets you do head cleaning should also give you an option to align the
print heads, at least for my epson c80

Scott

daytripper wrote:
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:31:59 GMT, rw wrote:

I'm having trouble with my Epson Stylus Color 600 printer. The paper
comes out with horizontal lines on it, even after I clean the print
head. Can any Epson printer geeks help?


"Printer geeks"? Who the hell would admit to that? ;-)

It was intended as sarcasm.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

rw wrote in
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riverman wrote:

Wow, thanks rw. I looked through that site, but I didn't find any
info on how to make my computer bootup faster.

I'm having trouble with my Epson Stylus Color 600 printer. The paper
comes out with horizontal lines on it, even after I clean the print
head. Can any Epson printer geeks help?


Epsons are famous for clogged heads. My old 900 died with totally clogged
heads and Epson wanted $250 to replace the heads. Epson is off my list
these days. I did have at one time, some third party head cleaner ink
carts that you installed and printed with, my last ditch attempt to clean
the heads, as I recall they were not all that expensive. I think I just
got them way too late. It's too bad because nothing I've seen can compete
with Epson for picture printing, very sharp and good color.

Flyfish