You wouldn't really need to run two separate copies of Windows. Instead, create a new user and only run your music software. Remember to disablef your internet connection so you can turn off anti-virus and firewall apps. You can always turn them on if you have to connect to update your DAW software....

PFM--Photos Of Ghosts

Hi, Could it be called something different? I'm not familiar with your motherboard, so I'm only guessing about this. Look for something like "disable memory test" that seems to be the main thing that the "Quick Boot" usually does. You can also speed things up by disabling floppies and hard drives th...

Thanks, Plekto. That does seem to be what's happening. My objective was to have one IDE compact flash adapter (plugged into the MB) with the system drive and a SATA compact flash adapter in a PCI slot. I thought I'd install the OS with an IDE CDROM so I wouldn't have to pull the SATA drive from my ...

Prog rock:

Glass Hammer -- Shadowlands

http://www.glasshammer.com/

Hi, I am building a new box that will become a htpc with a 690G chipset mobo ( GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H @ newegg ) and was all set to get the Athlon 4800 until I saw this chip. Can someone please explain how a 45W chip will make the PC quieter? I have read a couple of reviews that talk about how it i...

Give this a try: http://www.hersheygifts.com/home/index.jsp

Unfortunately, they only seem to sell gift baskets. One of them had a fair amount of hot chocolate included. Perhaps you can try contacting Their customer service.

Good luck,
Jan

Double Vision -- David Sanborn & Bob James

Full Metal Alchemist Complete Best
Various artists: soundtrack for the anime show.

The Royal Dan--A Tribute

Kevin Gilbert -- Thud

Joe Ongie -- Lovefest

Traffic & Weather -- Fountains of Wayne

Refugee--Refugee

[quote="Das_Saunamies"]It's not a problem with the monitoring software, seriously! It's just doing its job. My apologies for the confusion, it was early and the caffeine hadn't kicked-in. PC Probe 2 is doing its job. I have no complaints about that. As I understood it, the question was about finding...

I had the same problem with PC Probe 2. Here's how I fixed it. Open the program by double-clicking on the minimised gray icon in the task bar (bottom right corner in XP). Once it's open on your desktop, click on "Configure". On this screen, you can find the settings you want to change under "Tempera...

Hi, I haven't tried this and it looks like it may not be very flexible. I noticed setting for "Power On By RTC Alarm" in my BIOS(Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe). Maybe your mobo has something similar. It should work for a one-time event, but it seems like it might be alot of effort required by multiple event...