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This is really not a hardware thread but if you are asking what to use for the hardware you currently have with overclock potential and simply transfer over with the DDR2 currently in use then the P5E Deluxe is a decent board

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131317

Thanks Nick.

Hi guys,

My name is Andreas Blaeser, I am working with O&O Software.

I want to thank Nick, that he brought the problems with O&O Defrag 10 Pro to our attention. That was a great help to make O&O Defrag even better.

It's been quite a while since I found the time to visit simviation.com, but I can see that the link to our expired special offer for O&O Defrag 8.6 + O&O Defrag 10 is still in use.

I would therefore like to give all simviation members who are still using O&O Defrag 10 Professional Edition, or who are not using O&O Defrag at all, the opportunity to buy O&O Defrag 11 Professional Edition at a special price, to get the maximum out of their FSX machine.

That special offer is: O&O Defrag 11 Professional Edition for US$19.95 (instead of 49.95). The offer is valid until August 31st, 2009.

Please use the following link to purchase the special offer:

https://shop.oo-software.com/36/uurl-be5zv494tz

Thank you all for your kind words about O&O Software.

Take care and many happy landings.

Andreas Blaeser

E-Commerce Manager
O&O Software, Berlin, Germany

Hi Andreas!

20 bucks is a DEAL!

Thanks!

Hi Andreas,

Thanks for the great deal! (And thanks to Nick for the past O&O recommendations)
The link provided actually rang up at $15.88 Canadian for me.
Couldn't pass this one up....

Dave

Hi Nick.

This is a great guide you've made here, just about finishing it now, and I'm already noticing an increase in PC performance; so thanks! I was just wondering which security software you recommend, as I use AVG free 8.5, Comodo firewall, Ad-aware and Windows Defender at the moment, and they are probably using quite a few resources! I've seen you recommend NOD32 as AV, how about firewalls, etc.? Thanks for any help.

NONE

Windows Firewall is FINE

Defender?   With DCS and CYS technology?

DCS = Doesn't Catch Shi..

CYS= Cripple your System

do NOT buy into the internet BOOGIE MAN software

NOD32 AV, not the security suite.. just the AV

thats all you need

As for other software.. Spybots search and destroy updated once a month and run and MalwareBytes

When Spybots is installed ALLOW the IE integratioon but DO NOT allow the TEA TIMER.. thats it

nothing else

NONE

Windows Firewall is FINE

Defender? With DCS and CYS technology?

DCS = Doesn't Catch Shi..

CYS= Cripple your System

do NOT buy into the internet BOOGIE MAN software

NOD32 AV, not the security suite.. just the AV

thats all you need

As for other software.. Spybots search and destroy updated once a month and run and MalwareBytes

When Spybots is installed ALLOW the IE integratioon but DO NOT allow the TEA TIMER.. thats it

nothing else

Right OK, thanks. I'm trying out NOD32; I really like it, its a good piece of software. I'll take it disabling tea timer keeps it off startup? I used to have it but I felt it was ruining system performance. Thanks Nick. ;

I CAN NOT EDIT the first posts in this thread however I DO want to give everyone a HEADS UP on the latest release of NOD32

DISABLE the following functions

1. Under the

Real Time File System Protection - SETUP Button - OPTIONS - uncheck the following

Potentially unwanted applications
Potentially unsafe applications

Click OK



2. Windows Update Check:
http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=co ... d=SOLN2196

Both of those can cause background activity you do not need while flying and neither are critical to keeping your system safe.. the AV will still nail anything that is seen as a virus or bug.

Nick, have you seen O&O defrag 12 yet? they're offering a special on it here for $25: http://www.oo-software.com/defrag-offer/

I have 11, and it's great, but I'm wondering if it's worth getting 12.

Thx!

I have not as of yet installed and worked with the v12 O&O product. Until I have time to do so I can not make any recommendation about it and how to use it correctly.

I've read this post over and over and been thru 2 installs already. My FSX got to the point today where it was crashing on different .dll modules after 2 minutes, no matter what plane I was flying or what scenery I was using. I have an overclocked system which I built strictly to run FSX on (E8500@4.2, 8800 ultra, Vista 64, 1066 ddr2). I finally figured that so many random dll crashes were obviously not those dll issues, but more likely a hardware failure. I'm not a firm believer in memtest or benchmarking; I think FSX is more a challenge to a system than any of that.

Of course its not about bragging... its about getting people to a place where they can ENJOY their flight sim experience


And you are right.. before ANY optimizing and tuning system stability and hardware verification is required. What I posted comes well after that has been done and all software is installed/verified.


Glad you got it sorted..   enjoy!   :)

Hello Nick,

In the initial setup you recommend that with O&O you name defrag twice, space once and offline once.  For the once a month you just say to run a name once and an offline once.

I was wondering if once a month it is worth the effort to go though 2 names, 1 space and 1 offline.  Time is not really an issue since on C drive I just let this run at night or while I am at work and on G drive (FSX) after the first name everthing else only takes a couple of minutes to run.

I am using O&O v11 so running a space defrag is not an issue.

Regards,

Rod

I dont see it making a lot of difference unless you have installed/uninstalled/reinstalled a lot of software