NolafromNZ
Member
Thanks Freeware Fan, I will let you know. I will also delete Hard Drive Inspector and stick with MM, thank you for that info.
I let you know about all the stuff hanging off the laptop, in case you said to me "You fool, you are running far too much off the poor little beast" or words to that effect! But you didn't so I assume it is all okay. Although the 320g drive is only attached once a week when I do my imaging.
Okay, off to cook tea, then play with Snowy! Be in touch probably tomorrow.
FreewareFan
Member
OK, I hope you find the right settings in EatnCool that let's you play the games without your laptop shutting down!
And about all the components you have attached to the laptop, I don't believe any of those have effect on the high temps of your laptop. I think they are just fine, as long as your power supply has enough ummph to run them all.
Talk with you more tomorrow!
mikruzo
Member
Anyone else have this problem: The game is activated on two profiles and works and is playable on one profile for days. But when the other profile is played for the first time on the second profile the game no longer is playable on either profile. I've even tried to install this on two different drives but it won't work. You can see the files necessary to play the game, but when you click on the .exe file nothing happens. This only occurs on games made by Alawar Games
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru
Thanks Wiz011, you're probably right in what you say. I've just ordered a new MoBo for one of my computers that isn't working at the moment . That has a Athlon 2.4Ghz cpu; so once I've got it running I'll try that one with the same games and see if I get similar results.
I'll post them here eventually, lol
WR
wiz011
Member
WR
Yesterday I tried "The Treasures Of Montezuma" with activated the "power saving" profile in RM Clock Utility (1.2 GHz, 0.925V on my machine, it is about 50% of the full CPU power), seems that the game performed the same as with almost full CPU load (when "performance on demand" profile is used), but with entirely cool CPU (less than 35 °C).
Of course, I haven't any issue with the full CPU load, when compressing some video my PC works long time under full load without any problems.
NolafromNZ
Member
Hi Freeware Fan,
Sorry to take so long to get back to you, but I seem to run out of time! I have played the two Snowy games using EatnCool beforehand every time, but I still eventually crash. At least it is getting longer and longer, and I am changing the values each time in EatnCool, so eventually things should get even better. Being able to play for at least half an hour, rather than a few minutes is much better, anyway and I am grateful for that.
I am getting a new laptop next week, so I am going to purchase both those games for that machine, and see what happens, with and without EatnCool. Will let you know what happens.
Thank you for your help, things are heaps better than they were.
FreewareFan
Member
Hello, Nola! Glad to hear things are getting better for you, including you being able to get a new laptop!! You must be really looking forward to that, I'll bet! Think of all the new things you'll be able to learn and experience, eh? :-)
Well, post back when you can, and enjoy the new laptop!
LeKanaw
Member
Hi FreewareFan
Just a quick question:
What is your opinion on "Process Explorer", that was mentioned early on this thread?
Does it do well, is it a good utility, could I learn from it, is it dangerous, ...
I re-read the whole thread, but didn't see any mention from you.
Bubby said «As an aside, Sysinternals Process Explorer is blacklisted by s/w such as Securom - bc Process Explorer also loads a kernel mode device driver - which could be used for "hacking purposes"».
I don't understand ½ of what he said, but he seems to say it could be used by hackers?
Please don't forget I am a newbie, but very eager to learn.
Thank you very much for any advice.
Peace, M.
FreewareFan
Member
Hello, LeKanaw. Over the course of the last few years, I have installed and tried many process explorer type programs. If you are asking me for my personal experience with them, and my personal opinion of them, I'd be happy to provide you with one, on the condition that you, or anyone else reading this thread recognize the words to be just exactly what they are.... My Personal Opinion
Ok, that having been said and out of the way, here we go.... To me, and from my experience, I wouldn't single out Process Explorer as being any better, nor any worse, than any of the other programs of that genre. TaskInfo, Task Master, Process Explorer, et al do just about the same thing, they only differ in the bells and whistles that accompany the program interface.
Bottom line is, the reason someone uses a program of this nature is to see what tasks/processes are running on their system. Some want to know because of curiosity, some want to know what is taking up their CPU cycles, and some want to know if any *bad boys* are running in the background. After trying several of these programs, I am left using just one, that does all I want/need, and has never failed me. It might surprise you........
At the end of the day, good 'ole Windows Task Manager does all I want. If something is taking up a large amount of my CPU power, I can find out what it is using Task Manager. If I want to monitor my CPU usage, I can minimize it to the System Tray and have the graph inform me with just a glance. If I do have any *Bad Boys* running in the background, chances are I'm going to need a program other than a process/task viewer to get rid of it anyway, so at that point I move on to other tools in the toolbox.
So, there you have it. I applaud your eagerness to learn, it is a quality that will serve you well! If we stop learning, we stop living, yes? Enjoy the journey, and if there are any more questions, just post in the appropriate forum section, and I'm sure you'll receive many replies! Look for mine to be amongst them. :-)
Bubby said «As an aside, Sysinternals Process Explorer is blacklisted by s/w such as Securom - bc Process Explorer also loads a kernel mode device driver - which could be used for "hacking purposes"».
I don't understand ½ of what he said, but he seems to say it could be used by hackers?
In explanation - Sysinternals Process Explorer is a very powerful (no really) and useful utility. It makes a lot of information available on what is going on inside your PC. You can look things up, pause things, start new things, stop things - but I believe it is intended for the more technical & experienced user - to get the full benefit.
That's not to say that "learning users" cannot use the program to do simple things - just that a lot of the extra "stuff" probably won't make much sense, until they do some more reading/study.
From memory my comment about the hackers was to demonstrate the inconsistency in an argument that the CPU cooling program was "dangerous and couldn't be trusted" etc because it required the loading of a kernel mode driver, whereas another program the poster mentioned that he used and trusted also operated using a kernel mode driver.
wtf is this kernel stuff?
The bit about the hackers has perhaps been misunderstood. Securom is a copy protection technology used in some games. Securom believe that Process Explorer could be used to "pull apart" their protection to learn how it works and therefore bypass or remove it. So Sony won't load those games if you have run Process Explorer since rebooting - because they suspect you cannot be trusted.
So your concerns about "being hacked" in this case are actually - Sony is worried that "you will hack securom" using "process explorer". If you google "securom" and "process explorer" you will find extensive discussions on this matter (mostly angry gamers being inconvenienced by game copy protection).
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As a matter of reference, I have no problem with any of the Sysinternals programs. I've been using them for about 10 years. The developer Mark Russinovich has bucket loads of geek cred. They really aren't for everyone - but handy if you want to understand how things work "under the covers".
LeKanaw
Member
Hello, FreewareFan & BuBBy
First, I want to Thank You BOTH very much for your replies.
I'm going to wait for awhile, to be more knowledgeable and to actually "understand" what it does when I look at it.
But I'm glad BuBBy confirms there is no danger installing it.
Thank you for the links to Wikipedia and to Mark Russinovich' site.
Boy, am I proud of myself today, I actually understood everything you both explained :-)
I read tons & tons of tech stuff everyday, just trying to improve myself. I love it!!
I hardly ever ask questions, having been "shoooed" away or ignored too many times, for not being knowledgeable enough.
So, I really really DO thank you both, for explaining everything in detail.
Peace, M.
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