Comments on: Your PC After Dark http://www.pcmech.com/article/your-pc-after-dark/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott Haneyhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/your-pc-after-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Scott Haney Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:44:42 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/your-pc-after-dark/#comment-1138 Just to let you know, there are a Distributed Computing Projects other than SETI out there. Lots of them, with many valid scientific goals (developing cures to diseases, nanotechnology, predicting the future climate, running simulations for particle accelerators, etc)Many are backed by Universities, the NST, and other big names. The link below has a basic list:http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php Just to let you know, there are a Distributed Computing Projects other than SETI out there. Lots of them, with many valid scientific goals (developing cures to diseases, nanotechnology, predicting the future climate, running simulations for particle accelerators, etc)

Many are backed by Universities, the NST, and other big names. The link below has a basic list:

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php

]]> By: Joe Abusamrahttp://www.pcmech.com/article/your-pc-after-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-938 Joe Abusamra Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:34:04 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/your-pc-after-dark/#comment-938 Great post. Another option for defragmenting automatically is PerfectDisk (www.raxco.com), which also provides total free space consolidation and defragmentation of all NTFS metadata, in addition to defragmentation of data files.Joe Abusamra Raxco Software, Inc. Great post. Another option for defragmenting automatically is PerfectDisk (www.raxco.com), which also provides total free space consolidation and defragmentation of all NTFS metadata, in addition to defragmentation of data files.

Joe Abusamra
Raxco Software, Inc.

]]> By: borobudurhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/your-pc-after-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-935 borobudur Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:36:07 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/your-pc-after-dark/#comment-935 I think these are absolutely fantastic things to do while the PC is idle, the first 3 being critical in keeping the PC running zippin fast for longer periods. I have been procrastinating the job of analyzing my drives to see how much the fragmentation disease has struck them, i think if i postpone anymore, its going to be difficult to free up space later. Would be a good idea to run a Disk Cleanup prior to it i guess. I think these are absolutely fantastic things to do while the PC is idle, the first 3 being critical in keeping the PC running zippin fast for longer periods. I have been procrastinating the job of analyzing my drives to see how much the fragmentation disease has struck them, i think if i postpone anymore, its going to be difficult to free up space later. Would be a good idea to run a Disk Cleanup prior to it i guess.

]]> By: Ionicbondhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/your-pc-after-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Ionicbond Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:51:14 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/your-pc-after-dark/#comment-923 Actually, you don't even need to schedule an automatic defrag job with Diskeeper, although that option is available. You can simply turn it on and let it defrag automatically when the system is idle. I have left it this way, and it works fine without slowing down other stuff.For scheduled BT downloads, utorrent has a good scheduler built-in. Always works when I set it for bedtime. You can even use full speed, limited speed or turn off the download during that period. Actually, you don’t even need to schedule an automatic defrag job with Diskeeper, although that option is available. You can simply turn it on and let it defrag automatically when the system is idle. I have left it this way, and it works fine without slowing down other stuff.

For scheduled BT downloads, utorrent has a good scheduler built-in. Always works when I set it for bedtime. You can even use full speed, limited speed or turn off the download during that period.

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