You are welcome. "None" is tough to spot way on top, & it was many
months before I ever knew there was a "None" in there.
--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
(e-mail address removed)
|
| Thanks for all the tips, PCR. I'll save these. I've successfully
done
| defrag many times. But I simply had forgotten that it was possible to
| set screen savers to "none," and I'm sure that was the cause of the
| restarting here, since a thorough scandisk takes quite a while.
|
| Larry
|
|
| PCR wrote:
| >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q287914
|
| > Articles about Scandisk
| >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q286263
|
| > Articles about Defrag
| >
http://home.earthlink.net/~bblanton2/scandefrag/main.htm
|
| > This likely will run well. However, one really should discover what
is
| > causing the restarts & permanently disable it.
| >
| > 1. Turn off screen saver (R-Clk Desktop, Properties, Screen Saver--
| > None)
|
| > 2. Turn off power management (Control Panel, Power Management--
Always
| > On,Never,Never,Never)
|
| > 3. Disable any permanent internet cable connection, perhaps.
| > 4. Suspend Task Scheduler
|
| > 5. Turn off interfering programs. Use "StartupCop" or "EndItAll2"
from
| > PCMag (below). Or "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab". Note what is
| > unchecked. Then, go to the General tab & disable the entire Startup
| > Group, by clicking "Selective.." & unchecking "Load Startup...".
| > Reboot. Don't forget to re-enable before the next boot.
|
| > 6. Use "HDValet" from PCMag, or
| > (a) "Control Panel, Internet Options, Delete Files button, bolt
| > Delete all offline content, OK, OK"
| > (b) "START, Run, %TEMP%", & delete all files that will let you.
This
| > will likely be "C:\Windows\Temp". This is best done after a fresh
| > boot, unless you have not seen the message "Reboot to complete this
| > install".
|
| > 7. Run Scandisk (Thorough, usually w/o write testing. Check all
three
| > items under "Scandisk, Advanced button, 'Check files for' box". If
you
| > want to be informed as it does a fix, UNcheck "Automatically fix
| > errors" on the front screen, or look inside "C:\Scandisk.log"
| > afterwards.)
|
| > 8. "START, Run, Defrag /p /details". Apparently, "/p" Defrags the
| > unmovables.
| >
| > The purpose of steps 1-5 is only to prevent constant restarts of
| > Scandisk & Defrag, if you get them; but DEFINITELY turn off the
Virus
| > Scanner. Scandisk should be done perhaps once a month, and certainly
| > after every serious crash. Do a Defrag after a sluggish boot or when
| > this says so:
|
| >
http://www.pcmag.com/ 's CrackUp, by Gregory A. Wolking & Bob
| > Flanders. Also, take DiskAction, to determine what is constantly
| > writing to the HDD, which causes the restarts. Take BHOCop &
| > StartupCop too.
| >
| > "DiskAction" reports the last 12 processes that access any
partition.
| > It discovered the MS Critical Update Notification Tool was accessing
| > my HDD every five minutes. It can be uninstalled in "Control Panel,
| > Add/Remove Programs". Then, occasionally, "START, Windows Update" on
| > your own.
| >
| > "BHOCop" found a Browser Helper Object called Wavehelper Class,
| > created by "Wavetop", that was building a monstrosity of an error
log
| > called "Logit.txt" in here. "START, Find, F/F, Logit.txt"-- see one?
| >
| > Now, my hard drive is quieter than my mouse. (Of course, I now also
| > have 384 MB RAM, up from an initial 64, eliminating Swap File
| > activity.)
| >
| > --
| > Thanks or Good Luck,
| > There may be humor in this post, and,
| > Naturally, you will not sue,
| > should things get worse after this,
| > PCR
| > (e-mail address removed)
| > | > >
| > > Based on the idea that a flaw in my hard disk may be responsible
for
| > the
| > > contents of Custom.dic being wiped out, I started a thorough
| > > ScanDisk (files and disk) on my Windows 98 computer before going
to
| > > sleep. To prevent any interruptions in the process, I set
| > > power-saving scheme to Always On, and put the longest possible
time
| > > delaying the screen
| > saver.
| > > But when I woke up a few hours later, this message was on screen:
| > >
| > > "Scan disk has restarted 10 times because Windows or another
| > > progream has been writing to this drive."
| > >
| > > I looked in the Shut Program dialog box, and just saw the standard
| > > programs, nothing that should have been running on its own.
| > >
| > > Any suggestions on what to do next?
| > >
| > > By the way, what other explanations can there be for the contents
| > > of a file to be erased like that? That's kind of worrying.
| > >
| > > Larry
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > > Mike Williams [MVP] wrote:
| > > > Larry wrote:
| > > > > I was just using my spell check in Word 97, and noticed that
it
| > > > > wa
| > s
| > > > > not recognizing words that I thought I had already added to
the
| > > > > custom.dic file.
| > > >
| > > >
| > > > > So I opened custom.dic in C:\Program Files\Common
| > > > > Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof, and it only consisted of about
50
| > > > > words. This was impossible, as I've added many many words to
it
| > > > > over the years.
| > > >
| > > > Perhaps file/disk corruption. Check your disk out for any
| > > > problems. Rename the current custom.dic file and create a new
one
| > > > from the earlier content.
| > > >
| > > >
| > > > Mike Williams - Office MVP
http://www.mvps.org/faq/
| > > >
| > > > Please respond in the same thread on this newsgroup - not by
| > > > email! Include details of your application and Windows versions,
| > > > plus any service pack updates. Answers may also be found by
| > > > reading recent posts, checking the FAQs or searching the
relevant
| > > > Google archive
| > at.
| > > >
http://groups.google.com/groups?group=microsoft.public
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