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To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (24749)	6/29/2000 4:47:00 PM
From: OX	Respond to of 42787

OT: PC's are you running win95? try running NT, it's much, much better. I run 2 separate machines out of convenience and screen real estate. Qcharts on one and everything else on the other. I could run everything on one machine, but I like having 2 separate processors and keyboards. I share the same ISP connection using a local network.

To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (24749)	6/29/2000 4:54:00 PM
From: Robert Graham	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42787

Here are my recommendations: 1. Update all device drivers for your hardware. In particular, update your video card driver. This can stop the crashing when you go to bring up a visual application. 2. Upgrade memory to 256M RAM and the CPU to one that is equivalent to the 600 MHZ PII, which is substantially different than the "run of the mill" AMD processor at your 500 MHZ speed. There will be approximately a 40% difference in performance between the two. 3. Check to see the video card you are using. If some off-the-shelf standard card that you paid $30 for, get rid of it. I would recommend a Matrox G400, single or dual head. Dual head is great for two monitors which I need to use for my trading. Great card for business uses. But not a great gaming card. You can download a couple utility applications to give you an idea on how the performance of your system stacks up against other similar PCs, and to monitor system resources in attempt to see what is being over-utilized and to identify the offending applications, if there are any. I have one PC that runs the following pig applications without any problems: 1. Quote.com QCharts 2. Dynastore that utilizes QFeed (better now since an update, so only a one "oink" award down from a two "oink" award) 3. Tradestation 4. The GlobalServer for Tradestation (oink, oink, oink award here) Including running multiple instances of the web browser along with a host of other applets running in the background. I had many problems including crashing until I followed the recommendations I gave you above. Now I have a very fast and capable computer system for my trading needs with still some room to spare, which is hte way I like it. Bob Graham PS: Having a fast IDE drive of about 30G or more can help. Always use a good surge supressor, with a UPS recommended for a workstation use for professional trading. PPS: Only change the software and hardware you need to get your PC working the way you want it to. I cannot tell you how many times I shot myself in the foot going for that "latest and greatest" device driver upgrade when everything was working well for me. Once the system is stable, back everything up, and leave it alone.

To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (24749)	6/29/2000 8:15:00 PM
From: dennis michael patterson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42787

The Market. I find the current state of things inscrutable. 1. the fed is near the end of its tightening cycle (according to what IT has said); 2. the Long Bond is under 6-- that's right --handsomly under 6 3. Profits in many high tech companies are excellent. Just wait until SUNW/Csco and orcl report. 4. The mania stocks have cratered: IVIL and all that bs. Finito. They ain't coming back 5. 401K money (liquidity) is good. What's to be negative about? The only thing that explains the current malaise is summer. Even I took some time off and I was in Europe!!! The wireless thing (i.e. slowdown??) is a real concern but it may be based on nothing more than a slowing of acceleration. In any event, there are many many reasons (I just gave you 5) why the market should be going up. I think it will start to do that no later than next week (Carpino backs me up here, cyclically speaking) I just remember SUNW at 68-- did I buy it? No. DUMB!!!! I know it looks ratty out there-- but be on guard. This could move up big time. The downside? I just con't see the downside risks being all that big.

To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (24749)	7/4/2000 12:31:55 AM
From: John T.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42787

Low User Resources -- A Fix OT I am curious how many machines everyone here runs to trade. I have been having serious problems with low resources on my machine when trying to follow SI, run quote.com charts, Quote tracker, have my broker screen up and then try to paste a link or something. I am running an AMD 500 with 128 SDRAM and I crash soon as I either try to bring another screen up or paste a story. Any suggestions or do I just need to run 2-3 machines? L3_aka_L3 -- You might want to try the following procedure: Message 1134 on the Yahoo! Clubs - Equis MetaStock Board -- Re: Problems with System Resources fivegreen (41/M/,) 4/16/00 9:08 am neufie, with system resources running at 20%,you aren't running, you are crawling, I'm surprised programs aren't crashing right and left. Here's the quickest, easiest thing to do, (as per my friendly Dell Techie). Go to Start > Run > then type in the word msconfig Click OK Make sure the "General" tab is selected. Find the Selective Startup box and check it. Find the Load Startup Group box and uncheck it. Reboot as instructed. This takes all the programs that Windows so optimistically thinks it can run all at once without clogging anything else up, and puts them back in the file system where of course they can be opened conventionally at will. This will give you probably another 60-75% resources. Windows and installing programs tends to pop things back into the startup program so check it occasionally. Of course if you choose the Startup Tab in that same window, you can selectively choose the programs you want running in the backround by simply checking the boxes beside them. Sorry so wordy, first time in group. Good trading. clubs.yahoo.com