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    David Wulff
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    Ok so I don't hate them at all, it just seems to be the thing to cry from the rooftops when some little thing they designed goes awol. For me it is slightly stronger than that though, it's almost enough to put me on red alert were it not for having to change the light bulb*. So anyway, my ever so teeny gripe is... (* Red Dwarf. Tonight. BBC1. Go. Warn the village) ... ... ... ... ... ... why ... ... ... ... ... ... does ... ... ... ... ... ... clearing ... ... ... ... ... ... my ... ... ... ... ... ... temporary ... ... ... ... ... ... internet ... ... ... ... ... ... files ... ... ... ... ... ... cache ... ... ... ... ... ... take ... ... ... ... ... ... so ... ... ... ... ... ... fucking ... ... ... ... ... ... long ... ... ... ... ... ... ? ? ? Twenty friggin' minutes my PC was unusuable - even CTRL+ALT+DEL failed to work. Why?! I've isntalled Windows in less! :mad: :(


    David Wulff

    "Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!" - Strong Bad [^]

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      Ok so I don't hate them at all, it just seems to be the thing to cry from the rooftops when some little thing they designed goes awol. For me it is slightly stronger than that though, it's almost enough to put me on red alert were it not for having to change the light bulb*. So anyway, my ever so teeny gripe is... (* Red Dwarf. Tonight. BBC1. Go. Warn the village) ... ... ... ... ... ... why ... ... ... ... ... ... does ... ... ... ... ... ... clearing ... ... ... ... ... ... my ... ... ... ... ... ... temporary ... ... ... ... ... ... internet ... ... ... ... ... ... files ... ... ... ... ... ... cache ... ... ... ... ... ... take ... ... ... ... ... ... so ... ... ... ... ... ... fucking ... ... ... ... ... ... long ... ... ... ... ... ... ? ? ? Twenty friggin' minutes my PC was unusuable - even CTRL+ALT+DEL failed to work. Why?! I've isntalled Windows in less! :mad: :(


      David Wulff

      "Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!" - Strong Bad [^]

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      Jorgen Sigvardsson
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      Perhaps it's due to a mean fragmentation? :~ -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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        Perhaps it's due to a mean fragmentation? :~ -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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        David Wulff
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        It could be, though aparently the last time I defragged the beasts was the 9th March. I'll bare that in mind, and try and schedule a defrag the day before I want to clear the cache.


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          It could be, though aparently the last time I defragged the beasts was the 9th March. I'll bare that in mind, and try and schedule a defrag the day before I want to clear the cache.


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          Jim Crafton
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          I beleive it's the millions of small jpegs you have been collecting, you know, those "nature" shots you like so much. The small file sizes causes a lot of disk thrashing and fragmenting ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)!

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            I beleive it's the millions of small jpegs you have been collecting, you know, those "nature" shots you like so much. The small file sizes causes a lot of disk thrashing and fragmenting ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)!

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            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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            I've also heard rumors that if you collect such images, you'll grow hairs inside your palms. :rolleyes: -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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              Ok so I don't hate them at all, it just seems to be the thing to cry from the rooftops when some little thing they designed goes awol. For me it is slightly stronger than that though, it's almost enough to put me on red alert were it not for having to change the light bulb*. So anyway, my ever so teeny gripe is... (* Red Dwarf. Tonight. BBC1. Go. Warn the village) ... ... ... ... ... ... why ... ... ... ... ... ... does ... ... ... ... ... ... clearing ... ... ... ... ... ... my ... ... ... ... ... ... temporary ... ... ... ... ... ... internet ... ... ... ... ... ... files ... ... ... ... ... ... cache ... ... ... ... ... ... take ... ... ... ... ... ... so ... ... ... ... ... ... fucking ... ... ... ... ... ... long ... ... ... ... ... ... ? ? ? Twenty friggin' minutes my PC was unusuable - even CTRL+ALT+DEL failed to work. Why?! I've isntalled Windows in less! :mad: :(


              David Wulff

              "Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!" - Strong Bad [^]

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              moliate
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              Cleaning the cache is not just deleting all files in a directory. There are some pretty intense calculations involved (scan phase, purge phase, callbacks and so on. Some handlers also tries to compress rarely used files, I think :confused: ). I suppose it all depends on how the functions in IEmptyVolumeCache and its relatives are implemented... Twenty minutes seems unhealthy, though. /moliate


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                I've also heard rumors that if you collect such images, you'll grow hairs inside your palms. :rolleyes: -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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                Brad Jennings
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                  I beleive it's the millions of small jpegs you have been collecting, you know, those "nature" shots you like so much. The small file sizes causes a lot of disk thrashing and fragmenting ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)!

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                  David Wulff
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                  They get saved in their own directory and deleted from the cache manually soon after. :~


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                    Ok so I don't hate them at all, it just seems to be the thing to cry from the rooftops when some little thing they designed goes awol. For me it is slightly stronger than that though, it's almost enough to put me on red alert were it not for having to change the light bulb*. So anyway, my ever so teeny gripe is... (* Red Dwarf. Tonight. BBC1. Go. Warn the village) ... ... ... ... ... ... why ... ... ... ... ... ... does ... ... ... ... ... ... clearing ... ... ... ... ... ... my ... ... ... ... ... ... temporary ... ... ... ... ... ... internet ... ... ... ... ... ... files ... ... ... ... ... ... cache ... ... ... ... ... ... take ... ... ... ... ... ... so ... ... ... ... ... ... fucking ... ... ... ... ... ... long ... ... ... ... ... ... ? ? ? Twenty friggin' minutes my PC was unusuable - even CTRL+ALT+DEL failed to work. Why?! I've isntalled Windows in less! :mad: :(


                    David Wulff

                    "Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!" - Strong Bad [^]

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                    JoeSox
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                    It must be those Elmo games:laugh: but seriously, like moliate said, it does alot. I bet in is compressing some files, or calculating something, because in XP if I use the cleanup applet, it takes light years to calculate the space I would save if I compress "older" files:mad: It never used to do that before!! Compression is evil, unless it is for back-up purposes, in most cases!!! Later,
                    JoeSox
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                      It must be those Elmo games:laugh: but seriously, like moliate said, it does alot. I bet in is compressing some files, or calculating something, because in XP if I use the cleanup applet, it takes light years to calculate the space I would save if I compress "older" files:mad: It never used to do that before!! Compression is evil, unless it is for back-up purposes, in most cases!!! Later,
                      JoeSox
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                      A Light Year is a measure of distance, not time. (sorry, can't help it) cheers, Chris Maunder

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                        A Light Year is a measure of distance, not time. (sorry, can't help it) cheers, Chris Maunder

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                        Chris Maunder wrote: A Light Year is a measure of distance, not time. :-O smart ass :laugh::laugh: ok, let's try(now that I am at home and can actually hear myself think, oh those are other voices in my head)... JoeSox should have wrote: I bet in it is compressing some files, or calculating something, because in XP if I use the cleanup applet, it takes light years as long as traveling a light year to calculate the space I would save if I compress "older" files:mad: :~ :-D Later,
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                          A Light Year is a measure of distance, not time. (sorry, can't help it) cheers, Chris Maunder

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                          David Stone
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                          I can't tell you how many people get offended at me when I try to say that. I'm even very polite about it! Stupid though...I mean, if you're gonna use a term, you should know what it means, right?


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                            Chris Maunder wrote: A Light Year is a measure of distance, not time. :-O smart ass :laugh::laugh: ok, let's try(now that I am at home and can actually hear myself think, oh those are other voices in my head)... JoeSox should have wrote: I bet in it is compressing some files, or calculating something, because in XP if I use the cleanup applet, it takes light years as long as traveling a light year to calculate the space I would save if I compress "older" files:mad: :~ :-D Later,
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                            lol

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                              Chris Maunder wrote: A Light Year is a measure of distance, not time. :-O smart ass :laugh::laugh: ok, let's try(now that I am at home and can actually hear myself think, oh those are other voices in my head)... JoeSox should have wrote: I bet in it is compressing some files, or calculating something, because in XP if I use the cleanup applet, it takes light years as long as traveling a light year to calculate the space I would save if I compress "older" files:mad: :~ :-D Later,
                              JoeSox
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                              Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                              How fast will you be traveling? :-D -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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                                I've also heard rumors that if you collect such images, you'll grow hairs inside your palms. :rolleyes: -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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                                Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                                I can recommend a good clinic for that. ;) Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears

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                                  I can recommend a good clinic for that. ;) Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears

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                                  Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                  :laugh: Hey, it's just hearsay. I don't have hair in my palms. I swear! -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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                                    :laugh: Hey, it's just hearsay. I don't have hair in my palms. I swear! -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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                                    Just in case[^]...;) Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears

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                                      Just in case[^]...;) Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears

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                                      Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                      I wonder if they have a "whole body package".. :-D -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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                                        I wonder if they have a "whole body package".. :-D -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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                                        Lol! :laugh: The scary thing is a year ago I thought I might well need that - at the very minimum face, chest, abdomen and back, and probably hands and arms too. Fortunately the hormones have helped a lot and my back, hands and arms are OK. I'm still getting my face, chest and abdomen treated (and it's pretty painful, believe me) but I'm making progress now. Pretty soon though I've got to decide what to do about the most painful area of all. I'll leave you to guess where that is. :-O Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears

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                                          Lol! :laugh: The scary thing is a year ago I thought I might well need that - at the very minimum face, chest, abdomen and back, and probably hands and arms too. Fortunately the hormones have helped a lot and my back, hands and arms are OK. I'm still getting my face, chest and abdomen treated (and it's pretty painful, believe me) but I'm making progress now. Pretty soon though I've got to decide what to do about the most painful area of all. I'll leave you to guess where that is. :-O Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears

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                                          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                          I wouldn't mind laser treatment on the lower backside of my neck. Odds are that I'll be as hairy as a gorilla in 10 years from now. Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: and it's pretty painful, believe me Really? I was under the impression that laser treatments were mostly painless. Does it burn, or what? Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: I'll leave you to guess where that is. Your palms? :rolleyes: :-D -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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