MadMonkey:
One soft to rule them all, One soft to find them
One soft to bring them in and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Windows where the shadows lie.

Go linux, young man, go linux!

rabbitoid: Oh i agree, i wonder if there si one just for Open source programs

win7 kinda buggy... that mac commercial that goes thru the different op systems sums it up

Anyone know if there is a refresh key or ctrl something that will refresh a web page?

Czuch: ctrl f5

Czuch:

f5...no need to use ctrl....

awesome: in most browsers f5 will reload the page, and with the control key will also reload all the stuff memorized in cache such as images.

thanks

6. January 2010, 22:41:40
US Patent 6944746 - RISC processor supporting one or more uninterruptible co-processors
1. A method of processing instructions in a computer system comprising a processor
and a co-processor communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the processor includes a co-processor interface communicatively coupled to the co-processor, the method comprising:

(a) processing instructions in the processor in an instruction pipeline wherein instructions are processed sequentially by an instruction fetch stage, an instruction decode stage, an instruction execute stage, a memory access stage and a result write-back stage; and

(b) if a co-processor instruction is received by the processor, performing steps of:

(b)(i) providing the co-processor instruction to the co-processor interface during the instruction execute stage: and (b)(ii) transmitting the co-processor instruction from the co-processor interface to the co-processor during the memory access stage.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step (c) of:

(c) if an interrupt or exception is received by the processor, canceling an instruction that is in the instruction execute stage when the interrupt is received and reissuing the instruction starting at the instruction fetch stage.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein if an interrupt or exception is received by the processor when a co-processor instruction is in the instruction execute stage, the co-processor instruction is canceled before the co-processor instruction is transmitted to the co-processor and the co-processor instruction is reissued starting at the instruction fetch stage.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the co-processor is a processing element for which sending the same co-processor instruction to the co-processor twice decreases the performance of the co-processor.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processor.


6. The method of claim 1 wherein the system is a media decoding system, the processor is a core decoder processor and the co-processor is a decoding accelerator adapted to assist the core processor with a decoding function.

7. A computer system comprising:

a processor adapted to process instructions in an instruction pipeline wherein instructions are processed sequentially by an instruction fetch stage, an instruction decode stage, an instruction execute stage, a memory access stage and a result write-back stage, the processor including a co-processor interface; and

a co-processor communicatively coupled to the co-processor interface of the processor and adapted to perform processing tasks in response to co-processor instructions provided by the processor;

wherein the processor is adapted to provide a co-processor instruction to the co-processor interface during the instruction execute stage and wherein the co-processor interface is adapted to transmit the co-processor instruction to the co-processor during the memory access stage.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein if an interrupt is received by the processor, the processor is adapted to cancel an instruction that is in the instruction execute stage when the interrupt is received and to reissue the instruction starting at the instruction fetch stage.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein if an interrupt is received by the processor when a co-processor instruction is in the instruction execute stage, the processor is adapted to cancel the co-processor instruction before the co-processor instruction is transmitted to the co-processor and to reissue the co-processor instruction starting at the instruction fetch stage.

10. The system of 7 wherein the co-processor is a processing element for which sending the same co-processor instruction to the co-processor twice decreases the performance of the co-processor.

11. The system of claim 7 wherein the processor is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processor.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein the system is a media decoding system, the processor is a core decoder processor and the co-processor is a decoding accelerator adapted to assist the core processor with a decoding function.
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Inventor

* So, Kimming

Application
No. 10113094 filed on 04/01/2002

US Classes:
712/34, Including coprocessor712/244, Exeception processing (e.g., interrupts and traps)710/260, INTERRUPT PROCESSING345/519Integrated circuit (e.g., single chip semiconductor device)

Field of Search
712/34, Including coprocessor712/35, Digital Signal processor712/244, Exeception processing (e.g., interrupts and traps)710/268, Source or destination identifier710/267, Processor status710/265, Variable710/266, Programmable interrupt processing710/260, INTERRUPT PROCESSING710/262, Interrupt inhibiting or masking710/264, Interrupt prioritizing710/269, Handling vector710/263, Interrupt queuing710/261Multimode interrupt processing

Examiners
Primary: Treat, William M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

* McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.

US Patent References
5887160, Method and apparatus for communicating integer and floating point data over a shared data path in a single instruction pipeline processor
Issued on: 03/23/1999
Inventor: Lauritzen, et al.6538656Video and graphics system with a data transport processor
Issued on: 03/25/2003
Inventor: Cheung, et al.

Foreign Patent References

* 0 793 168 EP 09/01/1997

International Class
G06F01

I'm wondering on how to get rid of a game. I got the Survivor game on a disk & was playing it before my comp crashed. Got a brand new harddrive & that game is still on my comp. It is listed in my "add or remove" section. When I clicked on remove, It couldn't do it becuase it was either invalid or corrupted. A friend said that I can reformat everything but not quite on how to do it. Would there be something I do to get the game off my comp? System restore can't do anything. Thanks

TigerCat: I have no idea really, but I just got a new hard drive as well, and I thought that it was like a whole brand new computer, with absolutely nothing left from the old hard drive?

Did you save any files etc and bring them back after installing the new hard drive?

Czuch: Didn't save any files...the tech person re-installed everything from Dell. Haven't re-installed the game tho. That is what I thought as well, when you get a brand new hard-drive, you'll start off brand new w/ nothing left from the old 1. Not even sure how or why this particular game stayed.

you may try an uninstaller like "ashampoo uninstaller" or "absolute uninstaller" (just google for it). its mysterious, indeed, that it occurs on a new drive, but with uninstaller-software you can not make something wrong!

diogenysos: I use Revo Uninstaller, it is a great program

TigerCat I am baffled myself on a reformatted & built hard drive how the program is still there, i have never known it. All i can think is who ever did it for you did not do what they say they did

MadMonkey: I haven't reformatted anything as of yet. The only thing that the tech did was re-installed everything from the Dell's disc's & they were even on the phone w/ another tech person. A completely brand new hard drive was installed. I was w/ them while they were doing it as well so I'm completely baffled myself

MadMonkey: I just used the Revo Uninstaller & it uninstalled every file that was w/ that game! Thank You so much! The only thing it kept is the icon in my add or remove section but i can deal w/ that part

TigerCat: Good stuff, it is a great program.....dont know why it didnt get rid of the icon though, that is the last thing it does.

After it runs the uninstaller it then gives you the option to delete all associated registry values and any other files it can find. Still as long as its gone

Okay, the mcafee anti virus that came with my computer is expiring..... what do you recommend?

Do I need to use pay services, or can free ones work just as well?

Is Norton better than mcafee, or what others are recommended?

Thanks for any input!

Czuch: The ashtray is full. Change the car.

rabbitoid: does that mean if it isnt broke, dont fix it... i should just renew my mcafee then?

Just kidding. I'm not the person to ask, I use exclusively free stuff.

Czuch: I'm a happy long-time user of avast! Home Edition.  (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html)

There's other capable stuff that's free of charge.  Some, I think, have been discussed in this thread.

wetware: Me too. I support Czech products!

Yes Avast is good free choice, AVG is also a good free option ( http://free.avg.com/ww-en/homepage )

There no reason whatsoever to pay for antivirus software in home use.

While on the subject has anyone used AntiVir Personal ?

I have used both Avast and AVG in the past and as puupia and wetware say, they are both very good. I have just noticed on the FileHippo download site that AntiVir Personal has toped there Anti Virus download charts. I was wondering what it is like ?

MadMonkey:I am using Avira AntiVir personal (the free version) for a couple of years. And i am happy with it. The update-server didnt work well for 2 or three months, but thats time ago and now everything works well.

MadMonkey: Had a slight problem, when I went to click on the download part to actually delete the game, I had to accept the terms & conditions ( for some dumb reason). When my brother used my comp, the personal security from the site popped up & he or I couldn't even get back on-line except to check my mail. Had to re-install everything all over again

TigerCat: I am confused

terms & conditions of what ? the game or the uninstaller

MadMonkey: The Uninstaller.....he finally got rid of the uninstaller in the add & remove part but the Personal Security thing popped up that they wanted me to but an $90 to 100 system from them

TigerCat: Whats this Personal Security thing ?

There is nothing wrong with that Uninstaller. Do one thing just in case download and run this program.....

Remove Fake Anti-Virus - it is an awesome program..... VERY usefull

MadMonkey: Not sure what that was but it kept popping up..shucks even the Dell tech person was surprised as well. I couldn't do anything. The personal security thing is a virus or a hacker

MadMonkey: Yep, it is one of the most common things i get even when it is on someones Computer, it is a nightmare, and some people just pay the money to shut it up.

BUT that remove Fake Anti-Virus is great for killing it

TigerCat: Combo fix works well in such cases. It'll list any crap registry entries so you can delete them.

tell me a program for Vista for graphs

Snoopy: Are you trying to create graphs of mathematical functions? Or statistical charts? Or are you looking for some general graphics tool?

puupia: im wanting to put some of my Snoopy pictures on to graphs

Snoopy: Then i guess you're looking for image editor. Paint.net is a very nice and simple freeware tool for that purpose. You can get it from http://www.getpaint.net/

puupia:  I use that one all the time.  I love it.

Another one of those days i am going to put something from my Monkeys Cyber Cafe Fellowship on here

First, a neat little Firefox Add-on i found.

I love to subscribe to RSS Feeds, in fact they are the main source of this Fellowship. I have tried all different ones, from having them directed to Thunderbird (the awesome e-mail client made by Mozilla) to having them in a scrolling Task-bar.....both of which had good and bad point

Now i have found Feedly, a GREAT Firefox Add-on. Basically it lets you design your own magazine style start page, and you can subscribe to whatever feeds you wish. It takes about 15 minutes to delete the default ones it comes with (if you wish to of course) and set your own up, and also puts a little icon beside the home page one in the Navigation Bar, just click that, it opens a separate Tab, with all your subscribed Feed items in. I have set my default to latest News. There is also a little +f at the end of the Address window should you come across a site you like and wish to add that to your Subscriptions. All in all i think it is GREAT

AND Secondly while i am on Add-ons........

This is still Experimental, BUT if your like me and like playing lol

Google chrome extensions manager .......

Yes, you read correctly, a Firefox Add-on that's lets you run Google Chrome Add-ons in Firefox (how funny is that lol)

Have a read about it HERE or just give it a try

After a FF update, one of the suggestions was to use this page - http://www.liutilities.com/products/campaigns/affiliate/cb/offer/flashgot/rb/. It sounds nice, does anyone know if it's safe to use?

Binabik: hmmmm that was after a FF update ?

It must have been just advertising i would imagine as it is not a Mozilla product i have ever heard of

As for the product i used it years ago, but there are far better products around depending what issues you are trying to address..... Read this review and make your own mind up Registry Booster Review

MadMonkey: Ian can you tell me after the last firefox update why it keeps closing down saying its doing it because ive entered a web site that could lead to my computer becoming infected

by the way the web site is facebook/packrat

MadMonkey: Well, more precisely, it was on the page that appears when safe script is updated... :O)
My computer is running slow and I know that there are things I've deleted that left leftovers... I was wondering if something like that would help.
Thank you for the link, I'll check it out.

Snoopy: hmm not played Packrat in ages, let me have a play in a bit and see if it happens

Binabik: Eusing FREE Registry Cleaner is the best program i have found for cleaner the Registry

As another little tip, when un-installing a program use something like Revo Uninstaller (the Freeware version), that cleans up the Registry after the program has been removed

MadMonkey: Thank you so much Ian! I'll follow your advice :O)

I'm wondering, I changed my browser to FF. It is safe to get rid of IE or should I keep it on my comp just in case? I know that IE has alot of security problems & wanted to be sure if i could do that

A get source of info is the Kim Kommando show. Not sure if anyone heard of her or not. I get alot of nice info in newsletters

TigerCat: It's not recommended to do so, because it will make Windows™ explode.

A mozilla article on the subject:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Suite_:_FAQs_:_Remove_IE#Remove_Internet_Explorer_from_Windows

Remove Internet Explorer from Windows

Although uninstalling Internet Explorer from Windows is possible, you are strongly advised not to remove IE, for a number of reasons [4]:

1. Many web sites are programmed to work only with Internet Explorer. For example, webmasters authoring a site may have not tested with other web browsers. The majority of websites on the Internet should work with Mozilla browsers, but there are some sites that appear distorted or inaccessible unless IE is used as a browser.
2. Windows Update requires Internet Explorer. As an alternative, you may be able to manually download security updates, but it will require more monitoring and work than letting Windows Update handle this for you.
3. Some applications depend on libraries installed by Internet Explorer. These applications may no longer work or they may behave unexpectedly if IE is removed.
4. Some anti-virus products require IE for updates. Live updates or automatic DAT updates used by both Norton and McAfee are built on Internet Explorer's foundation. You may be able to manually update your virus signature files but it could require more work.
5. Both removing and restoring IE is risky and difficult. IE is complex with extensive hooks built into Windows, for efficiency and functionality. Thus unplugging it from your system may impact Internet connectivity, Windows functionality, and break functionality in Microsoft Office and non-MS products.
6. IE is more than a browser, it is the foundation for Internet functionality in Windows.

If you still want to remove IE despite these warnings, there are third-party programs available like LitePC that remove IE but these are most definitely not recommended for novice users. Instead of uninstalling IE, you should consider the alternatives first, such as making IE more secure, or hiding Internet Explorer.

Gordon Shumway: Thanks! I was just curious about that