Help someone who relies on Dell? Can't be done, my friend. On Feb 6, 2013 8:48 PM, "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> HEY!**** > > This my thread and the price of admission is actually being helpful with > the problem. Please don’t jam this channel. **** > > ** ** > > After you have said something helpful, THEN you can be ribald. **** > > ** ** > > n**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Douglas > Roberts > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:39 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Windows Resource Monitor**** > > ** ** > > How about Trojan cracks? Sounds like rich earth, ripe for tilling.**** > > Merle, what are your thoughts?**** > > On Feb 6, 2013 8:34 PM, "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Hi, **** > > **** > > My Dell Studio (yeah, yeah, save the Mac cracks) has been cranky of late, > particularly when streaming stuff, and since I am reluctant to put out a > couple of hundred dollars to have it “tuned up”, I have been trying to see > what I can do on my own. This has led me to the resource monitor, a truly > fascinating little gizmo, a couple of levels down in the Task Manager. > The help files that are attached to it are pretty lean, and I was wondering > if someone knew of a “Resource Monitor for Idiots” source. **** > > **** > > One thing that I immediately learned which was STUNNING was that mac > I-tunes has a chum that it loads called AppleRemoteDevicesManager.exe which > grabs 25 percent of your resources off the top and doesn’t let go unless > you whack it over the head with a brick. It’s purpose is to manage your > relationship with your mobile devices, but relentlessly demands resources > even though you don’t have any mobile devices. I think of it as > essentially an Apple Trojan. (Ok, now, you can make Mac-cracks). **** > > **** > > Thanks, **** > > **** > > Nick **** > > **** > > Nicholas S. Thompson**** > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology**** > > Clark University**** > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/**** > > http://www.cusf.org**** > > **** > > **** > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com**** > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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