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    XP SP3 + Msn.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mr__bean, Dec 2, 2008.

  1. mr__bean

    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok,

    In my laptop setup i have a SSD drive thats 32 GB for the C drive which is for programs and windows.

    the 2nd drive is a 320 GB harddrive for files e.t.c

    On SP2 when i received files on msn i would click the link it gave and they just opened. Since SP3 was installed it no longer does that and i have to find the files manually.

    Also, it takes almost 4 times as long to open msn its self now.


    And sort of offtopic from this post when i used to press the volume up/ down/ mute buttons on my laptop an indicator used to come up showing what % the volume was on e.t.c - the same with screen brightess. this doesnt happen any more on sp3.
     
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    bornslippy Notebook Guru

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    Reinstall your drivers to get the Volume bar back.
    And get apatch for WLM 8.5
     
    bornslippy, Dec 2, 2008
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  3. Alex

    Alex Super Moderator

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    What ssd drive did you buy?
    I have a 32gb samsung ssd slc sata2 thats very fast

    Alex
     
    Alex, Dec 2, 2008
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  4. Qwakrz

    Qwakrz Notebook Consultant

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    Welcome to the slow SSD drives.

    Cheap MLC SSD drives have (or had) a poor controller chip that gave them very fast sequential write but when small blocks were written randomly they would lock up and take upwards of a second to respond to each request giving them very poor throughput. They nicely left this out of the reviews and system specs that used sequential benchmarks for their analysis.

    If you have moved your page file and temp file onto the HDD then there is not much more you can do to increase its speed.
     
    Qwakrz, Dec 2, 2008
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  5. mr__bean

    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    No, the system is very fast, its since SP3 was installed that msn took a while to load up.

    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2SH032G1) <-- ssd used


    And I'm unsure which drivers are needed to make the volume and screen brigthness bars come back. p.s. how do i install the 8.5 patch? -- and i found out that it only doesnt open image files that im sent, if i click open on a music file or somthing that works fine.
     
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  6. Alex

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    I see now that you have an excelent ssd drive
    I don't think that is the problem

    Alex
     
    Alex, Dec 2, 2008
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  7. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    Download CCleaner, use the application cleanup feature to clear the old WLM cache.

    Cleaner -> Applications -> Internet -> Windows Live Messenger

    Make sure the checkbox is checked, it should be by default.
     
    stewie, Dec 3, 2008
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  8. mr__bean

    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for the help :)

    The problem has mysteriously sorted its self out.. strange xD

    and thanks for the info about ccleaner, cleaned off 450 mb of space, which is quite alot considering my main drive is a 30 gb ssd
     
    mr__bean, Dec 4, 2008
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    jessea510 Notebook Consultant

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    what kind of battery life are you getting with the new Intel SSD and WD hdd? Did you try it without the WD hdd? Thats awesome you got it!!
    Can you run atto to check the speed of it.

    Thanks

    Jesse
     
    jessea510, Dec 4, 2008
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  10. mr__bean

    mr__bean Notebook Evangelist

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    Sorry i took a while to reply, and i didnt notice much plus in battery life because i have the second harddrive too.

    And HD Tune reports

    Maximum transfer: 188 Mb/s
    Minimum: 132 Mb/s
    Average: 167 Mb/s
    Latency: 0.1 MS
    Burst: 76 Mb/s
     
    mr__bean, Dec 14, 2008
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