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OK, my C: is renamed to D: so I was able to access it. I was unable to find this documented anywhere and just started trying different drives, and it was the next one up.
However, deleting pending.xml did not work. I made sure it was deleted by trying to delete it a second time, and it didn’t exist.
The same thing happened when I rebooted…just a reboot loop.
What else could I try?
How can I access C: from a command prompt?
The repai option from f8 which has the options for a command prompt and system restore…only shows x: from a command prompt. Some sort of ramdisk I suspect, with no access to c:
The rest of the options don’t allow any access….do I need to boot from the cd?
Ahh, this didn’t help.
I used repair mode, and then opened a command prompt.
It showed X drive, while the normal files and C; were not accessable, which should be correct.
I removed the pending.xml from the winsxs dir on x:, rebooted, and the exact same thing happened.
woah with the caps already….
I thought as much, that’s how it was with 2003. Damn.
So then, any ideas how to convert back to evaluation version?
Arris? Jonas?
Just a note, but I find using caps for emphasis quite rude, as it doesn’t make anything clearer and can come across as condescending….IMO…
I said I am using the latest, which is 3.6.2
No, I am not using the addons you refer to or any addons.
There really is no issue with FF, they fixed it ages ago but the reputation still hangs around.
OK, I have removed my product key, and now it is just a normal version of windows with a 30 day grace period. Is there any way I can restore it to being an evaluation version?
If not, as a side note, If I reinstall over can I maintain all my settings and programs and such?
@rmxcat wrote:
What sites do you have open JF?? wow that’s the smallest ram usage for FF I’ve seen.
Hi RC
I had open this forum, one youtube video, a bank site that uses java, and the rest were mostly news sites or the such, with lots of flash and whatever.
This is with the browser being open for many, many hours and retaining all history and such.
Really, FF does not deserve the bad rep. Use the latest build, don’t use any unnecessary plugs, and its extrmely fast.
It won’t load as fast as IE or Chrome, but once you have it open there is no difference.
The Minesweeper builds are still considered unstable, although I agree there should be a supported 64bit version by now.
@Kiske wrote:
Lal, my first computer was equiped with Windows ME 🙂 So it seems Windows 2008 R2 is working well on my laptop. Watching movies, play games – no complaints about it. But theres still something, that i want to do. With firefox running(4 tabs atm) system uses 550-560MB of RAM. I want to make that number *if its possible* lower. I have tweaked services already, tweaked some processes, still cant figure out what to do next x.x
Firefox has kind of a bad reputation, which isn’t at all deserved.
Make sure you are using the 3.5 series, get rid of any addons and keep it updated.
It will allocate some memory just as it should, but it certainly shouldnt be hogging it.
I’ve had my FF open for quite a few hours, and have 3 windows and maybe 60 tabs, and I’m not using more than 270mb.
Just a note here folks, but there are absolutely no stability issues with running 32bit software on a 64bit cpu. It is basically impossible based on how they work. Any stability problems are not due to the cpu being 64bit, but something higher up the abstraction layer.
In fact in some cases depending on the software, running 32bit software on a 64bit cpu can be a whole lot faster than running 64bit software on a 64 bit cpu.
Use what works for you 🙂
I activated as soon as I installed….should I not have done this?
The install has not expired yet, but is about to. perhaps I can unactivate.
@aln688 wrote:
No one else has physical access to my systems and I have a hardware firewall. I also have backups and disk images if anything goes wrong, and I’ve never had anything go wrong in 10 years of using the Administrator account in NT based OSes that would have been prevented by using another account.
It isn’t so much an issue of doing something wrong consciously. These days exploits can target you without you having to do anything, just through a banner ad on a site you otherwise trust.
Since you only need to be Admin to install software or configure things, why take the extra risk and run as admin all the time?
Just as you wouldn’t run as root all the time on *nix you shouldn’t runas Administrator on Windows. The tiny bit of increased convenience is not worth the increased risk.
Just saying.
@Indrek wrote:
Well, Windows 7 has SuperFetch so it’ll try and use as much RAM as it can, so in that sense it’s indeed not quite as bad. There’s an installer available here to port SuperFetch over to WS, but I don’t think it does anything right now except populating the cache (ie. no actual performance benefits).
Even on W7, superfetch is very easily disabled, and then R2 and 7 use almost identical amounts of ram.
And you’re right, the superfecth addin for R2 won’t do anything and it never will. Support for prefetching must be enabled in the kernel, and it is explicitly disabled in the R2 kernel.
The best thing to try would be to try replacing the r2 kernel with the 7 kernel, and since theya re based on the same codebase this should work. In that case though, why not just use 7 and tone it down?
@aln688 wrote:
For myself, it’s choice between Server 2003 R2 or Windows 7; XP Pro x64 would be a choice but MS for some strange reason decided not to let Office 2010 install on it, not even the 32-bit version!
Thanks all.
You mean 2008 R2 right?
If it’s any guide, my habbits are similar to yours, with the addition of some development and virtual machines.
I tend to do all my heavy stuff under linux anyway. The reason I like R2 at the moment is the group policy, firewall, minimalism and hyper-v. Most of that stuff ahs an equivilant in 7, so there in’t too much of a difference in running them.
@Blameless wrote:
Server 2008 R2 has less fluff I have to remove, doesn’t force me to create any extra user accounts I don’t need (I know I can change this), and requires me to disable less stuff to get my system the way I want it.
Superfetch, indeed prefetching in generall is overrated on a well maintained system. If anything I notice a small improvement in responsiveness with it disabled.
Indeed, Supefetch is useful for most people who use computers the same way everyday. Open certain programs repeatedly and such. For anyone advanced enough to be interesting in running R2 as a worktation it isnt going to be missed.
Also, just a note, but you really shoudlnt be using the Administrator account as your everyday account.
Yep, right again.
Server 2008 R1 had a improved kernel and enhancements over Vista, similar to the case with 2003 and XP. R2 and 7 were develop in parallel from the same codebase, and have the same kernel.
The reasons to use R2 are not because of performance, but because you prefer the philosophy or like Hyper-V or such.
