Simviation Forum - XP/Windows Setup, System Optimizing and Drivers

Reply #255 - Jan 20^th, 2009 at 12:11pm

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Thanks!

Phil 'Dougal' Symonds ------ XP-Pro 64bit - FSX(SP2) - M/B: Asus P5K-E - CPU: E6850 @ 3.6GHz - RAM: 4Gb OCZ DDR2/800-PE - Vid: eVGA 8800GTS-640Mb - HDD: 800Gb (4x200Gb SP200)

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Reply #256 - Jan 27^th, 2009 at 7:21am

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Nick, if you don't mind imparting such information, would yu mind telling me where you are in the World. I have assumed the USA, but could you possibly be in the U.K?

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Reply #257 - Feb 11^th, 2009 at 3:21pm

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Nick, a technical question re your 'List' if I may:

Turning off the 'Last Access Stamp'. Will this stop a backup application using 'incremental' backups?

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Phil 'Dougal' Symonds ------ XP-Pro 64bit - FSX(SP2) - M/B: Asus P5K-E - CPU: E6850 @ 3.6GHz - RAM: 4Gb OCZ DDR2/800-PE - Vid: eVGA 8800GTS-640Mb - HDD: 800Gb (4x200Gb SP200)

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Reply #258 - Feb 12^th, 2009 at 3:37am

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Dougal wrote on Feb 11^th, 2009 at 3:21pm:

Nick, a technical question re your 'List' if I may:

Turning off the 'Last Access Stamp'. Will this stop a backup application using 'incremental' backups?

Thanks

You are shutting down last ACCESS, not last MODIFIED

dOAH!

no issue

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Reply #259 - Feb 12^th, 2009 at 3:37am

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Selkan wrote on Jan 27^th, 2009 at 7:21am:

Nick, if you don't mind imparting such information, would yu mind telling me where you are in the World. I have assumed the USA, but could you possibly be in the U.K?

USA

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Reply #260 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 4:33pm

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Hey Nick

Was wondering if there was a more extensive guide just for vista, if not thats cool but i have a few questions.

I dont ever use IE and was wondering if those settings matterd to change, and if i should try and do the same for firefox.

also the The Windows XP Performance counters i downloaded and did everything u said just making sure its the same for vista

Couldnt find these or i got to a file that had the shortcut icon on it and wouldnt let me access it.

C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR ACCOUNT NAME\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR ACCOUNT NAME\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

Just want to make sure that if these files remain they wont interfere and be detremential if i continue to defrag

and why am i deleting the nvidia folder?

Sorry for the questions, but i like to know why im doing what im doing before i do it

Not that i doubt you, im just curious.

If there is anything for vista that would help i would be much appreciated thank you.

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Reply #261 - Feb 15^th, 2009 at 10:39pm

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I have just bought fsx and acceleration.
I am going to reinstall windows xp before installing fsx, but my xp service pack 2 is downloaded and put on a disc.

So will buying a genuine service pack 2 disc off ebay and installing that after i have reinstalled xp be ok, or do i have to buy a full windows xp disc?

If i need a new xp disc, does the service pack come built in with xp and if so, how do i know it does and its not just xp with a 2nd disc with service pack 2?

The genuine sp2 discs are on ebay for just a few quid, so i'm hoping thats all i need.

Keith.

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Reply #262 - Feb 15^th, 2009 at 10:50pm

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Aph3x wrote on Feb 14^th, 2009 at 4:33pm:

Hey Nick

Was wondering if there was a more extensive guide just for vista, if not thats cool but i have a few questions.

I dont ever use IE and was wondering if those settings matterd to change, and if i should try and do the same for firefox.

also the The Windows XP Performance counters i downloaded and did everything u said just making sure its the same for vista

Couldnt find these or i got to a file that had the shortcut icon on it and wouldnt let me access it.

C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR ACCOUNT NAME\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR ACCOUNT NAME\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

Just want to make sure that if these files remain they wont interfere and be detremential if i continue to defrag

and why am i deleting the nvidia folder?

Sorry for the questions, but i like to know why im doing what im doing before i do it

Not that i doubt you, im just curious.

If there is anything for vista that would help i would be much appreciated thank you.

The list I made was specifically for XP. The paths mentioned will not be there for Vista and would be different. Dont worry about it

you would need to locate the FF internet cache yourself. I dont use FF.. it is not safer or faster than IE,,

The Nvidia folder on the root of C is just a decompress dump. Its not needed once the drivers are installed

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Reply #263 - Feb 15^th, 2009 at 10:52pm

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keith-uk wrote on Feb 15^th, 2009 at 10:39pm:

I have just bought fsx and acceleration.
I am going to reinstall windows xp before installing fsx, but my xp service pack 2 is downloaded and put on a disc.

So will buying a genuine service pack 2 disc off ebay and installing that after i have reinstalled xp be ok, or do i have to buy a full windows xp disc?

If i need a new xp disc, does the service pack come built in with xp and if so, how do i know it does and its not just xp with a 2nd disc with service pack 2?

The genuine sp2 discs are on ebay for just a few quid, so i'm hoping thats all i need.

Keith.

SP2 must be part of the full Windows install and not a separate install after Windows goes in clean.

I have no idea what Ebay disks are offering

One can manually slipstream SP2 into a Windows XP, XP SP1, XPSP1a install and then burn a new disk without having to buy one. The process is well noted on the net and requires special CD boot files and software to make a bootable XP CD with SP2 slipstreamed into it

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Reply #264 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 12:40am

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Cool thx for the explanation.

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Reply #265 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 8:05pm

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Thanks for the info Nick. So it does not matter if service pack 2 is downloaded if its slipstreamed into xp?

Does the date of the service pack 2 matter if its going to be slipstreamed?

Thanks,

Keith.

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Reply #266 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 8:46pm

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Slipstream is fine.. they updated it Roll Eyes

even though it says 8/10/2004

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Reply #267 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 4:33pm

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I've slipstreamed sp2 into XP, made a new boot up disc and everything is fine. The game runs great as it is, but i am now going to do the tweaks, so it should run even better.

Thanks,

Keith.

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Reply #268 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 7:35pm

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Nick run into a problem with the xp tweaking in this section.....

Internet Explorer browser settings…

Open the browser. Select TOOLS – OPTIONS

TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES –
Select DELETE FILES, check in DELETE OFFLINE CONTENT, let it finish.

Click SETTINGS. “Check for newer versions of stored pages” Bullet in: AUTOMATICALLY
Amount of disk space = 1200
Click OK

On my computer, when i click tools, internet options, i then click delete under the Browsing History another boc pops up named "Delete Browsing History" with a "Delete Files" button in there, but when i click the delete files button, there is not any options to tick any "Delete offline content". All that happens when i click delete files is another box pops up asking me am i sure (YES) (NO).

Also when i try to do this: Click SETTINGS. “Check for newer versions of stored pages” Bullet in: AUTOMATICALLY
Amount of disk space = 1200
It won't let me set it at 1200. It says it must be set between 8 and 1024.

Thanks,

Keith.

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Reply #269 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 8:42pm

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Issue 1: I need to update the list for IE7... just delete the history, files and cookies..

Issue 2: Typo, will fix the list.. should be 1024

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