You might not want to rename it, as that may mess things up with your ISP. But, you can usually right click on My Computer, choose System Properties from the popup, then goto the Computer Name tab. There's an option in there to change the computer name. That should change it at the system level, and SysMetrix ought to report that one. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddl
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Here's another thing that's interesting regarding Windows and memory usage: 1) Run taskmanager, note how much memory a particular application is reported as consuming 2) Minimize the application This goes along with what Brad was saying about how the applications aren't necessarily taking up as much ram as you're sometimes lead to believe. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.
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My opinion is that you typically get a lot more than what you pay for. For example, you can get a good OS (Linux) for free. You can get tons of good software for free (freeware, opensource, etc.). On top of that, you can get hardware cheap too. I'll bet it would have been tough to imagine 5 years ago that you could pick up a full-blown 2GHz machine with 19" monitor for around $600. That aside, I do get your point Mr Shatfield. Windows definitely has room for improvement. But I've
After it's installed, goto start/programs/sysmetrix and click on the shortcut to run it. If you want it to always run on startup, check that box in the preferences.
Generally speaking, CoolPlayer isn't as popular as other players such as WinAmp. Why? I'm sure there are dozens of reasons, such as it was written by a programmer in his free time as opposed to a team or programers owned/sponsored by a large and wealthy company. Or maybe because the programmer stopped working on it and it got 'stale' before being moved to source forge. Perhaps it's because it can't (or at least couldn't) play CDs. Maybe because it doesn't have visualizations. That said, it
Alternatives? If you haven't already tried Mozilla, give it a shot. It will probably make you switch regardless of what happens with IE. My favorite features so far are tabbed browsing, opening up links in the background (new tab) with a single click, popup blocker, and I'm just now getting into mouse gestures. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle" ALT="Powered by Ski
Fisher Price - heh! I've also heard it referred to as the "Winnie the Pooh" theme, which I must say isn't at all deserved. Winnie the Pooh is far above that.
This is just my opinion, but I like the current setup. When I go to other websites that have 10 different message boards it's really overwhelming. I tend to not visit any of them since I'd usually want to visit all of them and that's cumbersome since they're all separate. Another bonus with this setup is that I end up reading and sometimes posting in other 'categories' that I never would have had they been separated. Lastly, in a sense there is a distinction between general discussio
You can do this by finding the textual object in question and modifying its format. Right now it's probably something like "hh:mm:ss". Try changing it to "hh:mm:ss AMPM". That will make it a 12 hour clock with either AM or PM showing afterwards to let you know which half of the day you're in.
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Thanks for explaining it all, Chris!
Can you give me the exact sequence of event necessary to replicate it? There must be something that you're doing that's triggering a scenario that I've never run into before.
Thanks for the suggestion. I had thought about doing that a while back, but put it on the back burner until after 1.0 was released. Glad you got your theme working, by the way!
Could it be that you're really showing the amount of physical memory used and not the percentage? In other words, your used RAM could be 170 (MB) but the text object uses a "%" as the postfix so it looks like 170%. What does your GraddyAnt theme show? It looks fine in the snapshot and is correct when I use the theme. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle" ALT="Powered by
It doesn't tell me too much, except that the MicroSoft VB runtime module had a problem. It could be that you're on an older version, it could be specific to your OS, or perhaps it even could be a timing/dependancy issue (such as your core network components haven't finished loading and SysMetrix starts up "too early"). So... What OS are you on, and what's the version of the msvbvm60.dll? <img src="http://image
Well, tutorials definitely do help, but one of the best ways to learn is to experiment. A lot of newcomers don't want to bother, though, because it's time consuming and you can't "get rich quick" that way. But, when you do find the occasionally nugget or two, it will be worth it. I recall reading that Kai Krause (of Kai's Power Tools fame) would spend days messing with the different chanops available, adding here, multiplying there, etc. He came up with some awesome stuff that nobody had eve
Invented the stuff - heh! I seem to recall seeing drop shadows in "real life" well before there were computers...
Does it work correctly when it's started normally? What happens if you go into the directory that it's installed in and double-click on the .exe? Also, what OS are you on? Finally, what kind of error messages are you getting? I'm assuming that it's not just disappearing...
I know, I know.... A while back I did a proof of concept with .pngs so you could completely skin the clock's hands - any size, shape, variable transparancy, drop shadows, etc. It was kind of CPU intensive though . I think first on the list for the next rev is drive support up to Z - seems like lots of people have several drives. <i
Hey Orange Crush - what screen saver is it? Also, does the problem go away with one of the "standard" windows screen savers? I'll bet it's an easy fix if I get enough info...
"Learn something new every day", as they say!
Hey Bear, it's all a matter of placement! SysMetrix has a directory named "Themes" underneath it. So if you installed in the default location it will be "c:\Program Files\SysMetrix\Themes". Just unzip the zipped up theme file into a directory with the same name as the theme, underneath the "Themes" directory. As an example, you download the MIIG.zip theme. Unzip it so that the files end up in "c:\Program Files\SysMetrix\Themes\MIIG". After that, just goto the configuration like Tarkus ment
The only thing that I'm aware of that can be slow is monitoring an offline network drive. IOW, you mapped a drive to a remote machine, and choose to monitor it. Later, it goes offline. If you monitor it in SysMetrix, or try to view in it explorer, or actually attempt to deal with it in ANY manner, it will "hang" for a long time and eventually time out. That's the way Windows works.
You mean counting animals?