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1st September 2011 at 00:34 in reply to: Windows Explorer has stopped responding Fix (for some) #51777
I too use the Everything Search app by Voidtools. i used to use Google Desktop and still do but it takes way too long to index a drive and is somewhat clunky and slow if you have low system resources.Everything is also useful for indexing multiple hard drives at once, because i have several attached to my desktop at home, for torrenting and seeding purposes.
Halladay rules, i have watched the video but am hardly convinced that SuperFetch/ReadyBoost actually produces results. maybe you are doing some other kind of tweaks to your machine that would decrease your boottime. For one thing, i have read the 6 to 7 page long topic on this and there are numerous posts about things like superfetch being explicitly disabled in the kernel by microsoft, and other posts alleging that it is nothing more than a service running and a cache populating, but no actual performance increase. the kernel goes deeper than even Windows itself, the kernel is not an operating system, it is the foundation upon which Windows runs. as it stands now, without a kernel Windows cannot and will not run. ExpertUser was saying in his last post that a device driver will not initialize if the kernel does not recognize the driver.
Furthermore, you are running 2008 R2 on a desktop ( or at least a laptop), whereas I am running on a netbook with 1 gig of RAM and Atom processors. this thing could never achieve that kind of performance/response time, no matter the amount of tweaking. I know of a store online that sells 2 gig DDR3 RAM chips for netbooks, next week i am going to upgrade it and hopefully that will help alot. Every time i check task manager it still shows as havingbetween 40 to 50% (on average) CPU being used, but shows memory as being almost maxed out most of the time. I originally wanted to run Win7Ultimate x64 on here but it was almost as slow as Vista at times, so I decided to give R2 x64 a try when i found out my processor supports a 64 bit host OS. I realize that 64 bit on a netbook is probably overkill but i want to be able to run x86 and x64 versions of apps.the only reason i even consider running R2 on this thing at all is cuz i figured it would run a little better than 7. and sure enough it does but i am still getting some lag in certain things like apps being slow to start or Windows menus/Control Panel being slow to appear. But I’ve got a feeling that is mostly due to my RAM and startup apps than to anything elsei’m doing. will probably run Windows 7 Enterprise on the ASUS gaming laptop i’ll be buying in a few months, last time i tried running R2 on my last gaming laptop games like Grand Theft Auto IV and several other apps encountered serious issues. when windows 8 hits RTM status i’ll definitely be running that instead.
Also, what other tools/software are you using to optimize your boottime, if any? And how do you go about performing a proper boottime test? I am into computers and stuff but i’m nowhere near an expert, coding guru, or a repair specialist, etc, and im not a IT pro either. I screw around with computers and general electronics for fun and have done so since childhood, though never to make money in a career setting. have tried linux a few times as well but found it to be a little on the complex side of things, plus it doesnt run my games and Windows apps, which i cant live without.
Do you have any idea how to go about properly slipstreaming Service Pack 1 into 2008 R2 Enterprise 64 bit? i am sick and tired of having to install wave after wave of updates upon reinstall that almost never seem to end, then have to install SP1, then followed by even more updates, as well as updates for various MS products i have installed ( office 210 pro plus, visual studio 2010, .NET Framework 4,various versions of SQL Server, etc). I am hoping to create an ISO image that wil already have SP1 included as part of the initial install. Also, i would like to have things to where various other updates (besides SP1) can be preinstalled as well. I already know how to go about downloading SP1 as a standalone package, and the updates as standalone MSU packages. but i have no idea how to roll that into an iso file. and since this is a netbook then i have to create usb boot key, for that i have a SanDisk 16 gig key that has more than enough room for Windows, SP1, and the updates i want.
Am still hoping ExpertUser will reply soon, since the overall purpose is to get my SD cards to work again.
Thanks for now!
“Nevertheless you are speaking about the driver for your card reader, did you encounter any issues installing it ?”
AVG has a feature that allows you to disable it for a short time without uninstalling it. Before doing that, both drivers failed to install both times. after using the disable feature, both drivers successfully installed both times. It still shows up in Device Manager as working.
i used the tool you linked to disable driver signature enforcement, when i reboot and insert any card in the slot, nothing. i followed the instructions for the tool to the tee, first i disabled DSE then rebooted, then used the tool to sign the driver files for the device, as listed in the driver details section of Device Manager, then rebooted again. for your review i am attaching a screenshot of the Device Manager dialog that shows the names of the drivers.
here are the download links for the Acer and Realtek versions of the card reader driver. the only difference between them that I can see is that one is simply a newer version (the one by Realtek). the newer one is the one I currently have now.
Acer: http://support.acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?modelId=3659
scroll midway down the page, you will see the link for it.
on this page you will need to get the 3rd link from the top titled “PCIE card reader driver for XP/Vista/Win7”
for your review i am also attaching a complete system review file that I produced with an app called Everest Ultimate Edition (now known as AIDA64 since Everest was bought out). It is a assessment/diagnostics tools used by hardcore PC users, especially overclocking types. You may have heard of it. Device Manager will not allow me to export a snapshot of my system details to a file, so I’ve used this instead. It should list all devices and relevant info. It is ALOT of info (and I do mean that). Sorry if it’s too much, but i figure the more info the better. you can simply skip the parts you deem irrelevant, as it is all conveniently separated into categories. It may or may not help out in the end.
As a side question, did you and the other Horsemen ever figure out whether the SuperFetch and ReadyBoost in R2 actually produces verifiable performance improvements? i asked in my last post, must’ve been overlooked.
Well, thats all for now. reply soon!
thanks for the reply but that still doesnt solve the problem. i completely disabled AVG and no go. i then uninstalled it and cleaned up the registry entries and files it left behind (i use Revo Uninstaller Pro for that, it gets rid of all the minuscule crap that the Windows Installer/Uninstaller misses). but even still, no go. i then reinstalled and uninstalled AVG again and tried once more, nothing. as it stands now i’m not sure what else to do, i need these cards and such to work,ive spent the last 2 weeks installing 2008 R2 and customizing it , adding software etc and i’m not about to reinstall now. i called AVG tech support and they said AVG probably isnt whats preventing my cards from being recognized. also sent an email to Realtek support, they replied unusually quickly with a statement that said that their card reader drivers should theoretically work on Server just as well as it does on Win7, even though Server isnt OFFICIALLY supported. like i said i had this working on Server just a few days ago.
ive checked out the links you posted and will definitely give the Converter a go. i would love to see Windows Media Center ported from 7 to R2. also, from what i’ve read superfetch and readyboost can be enabled in R2 but dont actually do anything in relation to performance, that its nothing more than adding some files and registry entries and that the cache populates itself nothing more. ive also heard that the R2 kernel does not support either of these. have you did thorough testing to ensure that readyboost and superfetch are actually giving a performance increase rather than simply wasting cpu cycles/ram doing nothing?
getting back to my issue though, how can i troubleshoot this? what steps can i take to address the issue, since the driver is clearly listed as working in Device Manager? if AVG is really the cause of the problem , then do i really have to give up my AV protection just to get my cards recognized? i paid good money for a license for AVG is all. as it stands now AVG is completely removed and the issue persists regardless, so i’m not 100% certain that its the cause.
if you or anyone else here can help me resolve this then please reply. thanks.
I’m getting an error when trying to run Games Explorer. I downloaded the install file by AsciiWolf, and the file for activating it on previously existing user accounts. but when i try to run the 2nd file (activation.cmd) it prompts me for my password, i type it in, and it says sucessful or whatever. I then type in Games Explorer in the search bar of the Start menu and Windows says “Windows cant open GamesExplorer.lnk” . did i do something wrong? how do i resolve this? also, how do i get the Games link to appear in the start menu (without having to type it in)? i mean like, in win7, there was a games link in the menu, and you could use the Add Features option in Control Panel to add it to the start menu (or rewmove it). but 2008 r2 appears to have no such option. thanks for any help!
***EDIT***: I do see a Games folder in the menu after I click All Programs, but it’s not the same Games folder link that you see in win7. within the folder there is a shortcut called Games Explorer, but NOTHING happens when I click it, not even a “Windows cant open this file” error, which immediately tells me that it’s not the same one i clicked before that gave the error.
***2nd edit***: silly me, i simply had to reboot and problem solved.
8th August 2011 at 09:52 in reply to: Need help with installing Atheros AR5B95 drivers on 2008 #52113No help?
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