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To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (19125)	4/27/2001 3:34:07 AM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110652

i doubt that The Psychic Friends Network would treat folks this way.... Microsoft gives a virus to its support customers by Pia Landergren, IDG News Service\London Bureau April 26, 2001, 06:15 Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday that files on one of its Web servers had been infected by a virus, and could have been downloaded by customers of its corporate support services in the U.S. "Microsoft received notification of some infected files on a private access Website for Premier Support and Microsoft Gold Certified Partners in the U.S. only," a Microsoft spokesperson said. Microsoft's Premier Support service provides updates and bug fixes to customers in the U.S. and access to the Web site is protected by password, according to a Caroline Lee, a spokeswoman at Microsoft's U.K. office. Customers do not get files sent out to them automatically, but have to log on to the site and download them themselves, said Lee. "As soon as the problem was reported, it was dealt with speedily and has now been resolved. We are not aware of any problems encountered by our customers as a result of this issue, and this is not an issue for our customers in the U.K.," the spokesperson said. techinformer.com

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (19125)	4/27/2001 9:39:13 AM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110652

...Remember that the RAM used by vcache can't be used by applications... I have Norton Utilities on my system. With SystemDoctor, I can get a row of gauges to tell me what's happening under the hood. I monitored these indicators and ran experiments to determine the effects of different Vcache settings. My recommendations in the earlier post was based on those experiments. Here's what I observed. Allowing an unlimited disk cache will permit Windows to allocate all but a tiny portion of memory to the cache when disk activity warrants it. Otherwise, the cache remains moderately sized. If, during heavy disk use, when the cache is huge, I begin work that places enormous demands on memory, Windows shrinks the disk cache and provides the resources for this work. With the disk cache now reduced, the disk activity progresses slower. In short, I can enjoy a speed boost in disk activity or program execution, but not both at the same time. Other than running contrived experiments, I've never encountered a need for both simultaneously. Given my work habits, I'm using the settings which will provide me with enhanced performance most of the time -- It just so happens that, for me, this turned into all the time. Thank-you for pointing out that these settings may not be right for everyone. You've underlined the need for each to experiment and determine for themselves what works best. Cheers, PW. P.S. I omitted the ChunkSize setting in my post. I thought it was set to 512 as a default. Again, thank-you for drawing my attention to the omission.