The sooner blasphemy laws are called into effect the better, lest the Flying Spaghetti Monster smite you down with his glorious tomatoey spaghetti tendrils!
There was a recent confirmation of endocrine-disruptors such as BPA causing breast cancer in the female gene line which is passed on to not just the daughter, but the granddaughter and great grandaughter too... http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n9/full/ncomms2058.html
First: put things in perspective. What is the effort estimate to diagnose and resolve the existing installation compared to a fresh install? Choose the lesser.
Check all the common stuff:
Test HDD, RAM, CPU etc under load (there are a bunch of nice linux live CDs to help with this.
There are some really common issues within windows:
- corrupt system files: 'sfc/scannow' on a cmd line with windows install cd in the drive.
- Clear the page file: corrupt page file causes disk thrashing and very slow computer, plus virtual memory errors - also visible by that constantly on HDD light. You can also clear page file at shutdown via reg hack.
- Too much cruft: uninstall all the crap that you really don't need/use, maybe replace some software with alternatives.. not all virus scanners are alike.
Anyone familiar with troubleshooting systems knows that a process of elimination is 99% sure to locate the problem, unless its a result of several factors with no single nexus.
- Good luck
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The sooner blasphemy laws are called into effect the better, lest the Flying Spaghetti Monster smite you down with his glorious tomatoey spaghetti tendrils!
There was a recent confirmation of endocrine-disruptors such as BPA causing breast cancer in the female gene line which is passed on to not just the daughter, but the granddaughter and great grandaughter too... http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n9/full/ncomms2058.html
First: put things in perspective. What is the effort estimate to diagnose and resolve the existing installation compared to a fresh install? Choose the lesser.
/scannow' on a cmd line with windows install cd in the drive.
Check all the common stuff:
Test HDD, RAM, CPU etc under load (there are a bunch of nice linux live CDs to help with this.
There are some really common issues within windows:
- corrupt system files: 'sfc
- Clear the page file: corrupt page file causes disk thrashing and very slow computer, plus virtual memory errors - also visible by that constantly on HDD light. You can also clear page file at shutdown via reg hack.
- Too much cruft: uninstall all the crap that you really don't need/use, maybe replace some software with alternatives.. not all virus scanners are alike.
Anyone familiar with troubleshooting systems knows that a process of elimination is 99% sure to locate the problem, unless its a result of several factors with no single nexus.
- Good luck
Forget Arthur C Clarke or Asimov!
No child is complete without some cool intergalactic-special-agent-sci-fi goodness.
The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison should be in every child's secret library.