BIOS setting, domain policy, are a couple of things that can cause the USB problem. What OS? What manufacturer?
The hard drive fragmentation probably isn't a problem. Some disk systems work better with a little fragmentation. I'd check for spy-ware and running tasks if the system is a little sluggish. > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:43 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: hardware question. > > not sure about the fragmentation...but as far as the USB ports, maybe > check the BIOS to ensure that they're enabled? > > On 3/19/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > peeps. this is from my dad's boss, any ideas that i can throw > > his way? im hardware dumb. > > > > if you want to reply off-list to me, that would be cool, or if people > > care to learn, just reply here. would the usb thing be a device manager > > peek to see if its "yellow exclamationed?", and besides defrag that is > > on windows, is there one that is super strength? > > > > thanks! > > tony > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------------------- > > I know that some of you guys are pretty talented in the computer field > > and there are a couple of things I could use some advice and help with. > First > > of all, it appears that the USB ports are disabled on the computer in > the office > > that some folks use to get their e-mails. I'd like to get that fixed. > Also, > > the drive on the computer I use is highly fragmented. It's still 21% > fragmented > > after running the defrag utility. Any advice on cleaning it up would > greatly > > appreciated. > > > > Thanks for you help. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------------------- > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200643 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
