EnglishCrusader
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It's a script that refreshes the RAM.
Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread II
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It's a script that refreshes the RAM.
Boundless
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Yes, I realise that 
, but a) how do you run it and b) why not just shut down instead?
, but a) how do you run it and b) why not just shut down instead?
EnglishCrusader
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Yes, I realise that
A) I found this on a website:
1. Right click anywhere on your desktop.
2.Point over “New”, then select “Shortcut”.
3.Copy the below line (as it is):
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
4.Paste it there & click “Next”.
5.Give it a name like Clear RAM
6.That’s it, run it every time your computer goes slow.
Not sure if it works on Mac though.
B) If you shut it down it takes a while to load up the computer, if you set it to hibernate it will reload a lot quicker.
aimeeandbeatles
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How effective, in general, are laptop car chargers? Are they worth the price?
You can guess what I got when I googled it.... sigh.
You can guess what I got when I googled it.... sigh.
it is a script for developers to set their Mac to a basically just turned on state, exit out of programs then run the attached file.
it wont work on OS X because it doesn't have DLLs or exes
no idea, but I use a DC to wall charger thing (plugin in the charger and it has a standard house port)
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aimeeandbeatles
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Occasionally on my website there's a 500 Internal Server Error. However it says to email an email address that doesn't exist. How do I change the email to the correct?
The webserver has the error pages stored on it. Since you presumably are not running the webserver yourself, that would be a question for your webhosting company. A better question to them would be why your website occasionally returns a 500 error in the first place, because that's a sign that the webserver is not functioning correctly.
That's what it should mean, but not always.
I recently set up a Redmine install, and had to dig through the logs to figure out that blocking cookies from the user's end causes the site to throw up a 500 error.
When you exit out of a program in OS X it doesn't purge it from memory, some of it gets moved to inactive RAM so in theory when you boot it up again it goes really fast which it does, but when you suddenly need a couple more gigs of RAM it doesn't exit out fast enough. The script purges inactive RAM so you can get those gigs back. Also when you don't reboot every week the RAM slowly gets used up and doesn't get released. I run the script once a week and I never have RAM issues
OS X deals with memory internally in a much better way than your script.
aimeeandbeatles
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1. Do you need a special burner to use double-layer DVDs? I googled it, got some shopping sites, but I don't know if they're just saying it to make it look nicer (think "Y2K-compliant flashlight").
2. I read somewhere if for some reason your computer starts downloading a malware to unplug the router. Is this true? If it if I might tell my mom that.
2. I read somewhere if for some reason your computer starts downloading a malware to unplug the router. Is this true? If it if I might tell my mom that.
When I need a gig of memory and I have more than that in inactive RAM why does it almost lock up
Assuming you're running broadband, the malware itself is probably such a small download that you couldn't possibly react in time, and in any case if you're seeing evidence of the malware it is probably because it is already executing, not still downloading. So short answer, I don't think it'd help.
I'd crash my computer before I crash my router.
Abaddon
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Why do people leave their computer on all the time?
aimeeandbeatles
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For me, my computer takes at least 2-3 minutes starting up. And sometimes I'm not away long enough to justify that 2-3 minute wait.
EnglishCrusader
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Yes, as Aimee said, my old computer used to take 10 minutes to load up, and another 20 to start running at a decent speed.
Why would I turn it off?
