determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

[Guest tuuf]

How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

[Guest PD43]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

tuuf <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

 

Run Belarc Advisor

 

Google it.

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

"tuuf" wrote in

<news:F49ABFAC-866C-43EF-8D47-E56055C66664@microsoft.com>:

> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

 

Read the motherboard or computer manual to see how many memory slots are

available.

 

Get a 3rd party utility to scan your hardware to tell you how many slots

are occupied.

 

Aida32 (because Everest Home which stopped being free; might find Aida32

for download somewhere with a Google search). Use "SPD" (Serial

Presence Detect) to see how many modules (sticks) there are since the

SPD is shown for each module. It shows physical RAM slots under

"Motherboard" but I'm not sure it is always accurate, so read the manual

for the physical slot count.

 

CPU-Z might also give the same info.

 

 

You sure that removing 2 screws and swinging out the side panel isn't

easier?

[Guest PD43]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

>"tuuf" wrote in

><news:F49ABFAC-866C-43EF-8D47-E56055C66664@microsoft.com>:

>

>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

>

>Read the motherboard or computer manual to see how many memory slots are

>available.

>

>Get a 3rd party utility to scan your hardware to tell you how many slots

>are occupied.

>

>Aida32 (because Everest Home which stopped being free; might find Aida32

>for download somewhere with a Google search). Use "SPD" (Serial

>Presence Detect) to see how many modules (sticks) there are since the

>SPD is shown for each module. It shows physical RAM slots under

>"Motherboard" but I'm not sure it is always accurate, so read the manual

>for the physical slot count.

>

>CPU-Z might also give the same info.

>

>

>You sure that removing 2 screws and swinging out the side panel isn't

>easier?

 

GEEZ but yer a long-winded bastage.

 

Belarc advisor does it all... and telling the OP that takes only one

freakin' line.

[Guest Lisa]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you everything

you need to know.

 

"tuuf" <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

"Lisa" wrote in <news:#e$rSbGzIHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>:

> Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you everything

> you need to know.

>

> "tuuf" <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:F49ABFAC-866C-43EF-8D47-E56055C66664@microsoft.com...

>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

 

You'll need to allow installation of their ActiveX control to run that

scanner.

[Guest Lisa]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

What's your point?

 

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message

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> "Lisa" wrote in <news:#e$rSbGzIHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>:

>

>> Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you everything

>> you need to know.

>>

>> "tuuf" <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:F49ABFAC-866C-43EF-8D47-E56055C66664@microsoft.com...

>>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

>

> You'll need to allow installation of their ActiveX control to run that

> scanner.

[Guest Daave]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message

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> "Lisa" wrote in <news:#e$rSbGzIHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>:

>

>> Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you

>> everything

>> you need to know.

>>

>> "tuuf" <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:F49ABFAC-866C-43EF-8D47-E56055C66664@microsoft.com...

>>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the

>>> computer?

>

> You'll need to allow installation of their ActiveX control to run that

> scanner.

 

Not necessarily.

 

Using Firefox, a page appears with the following text:

 

Browser Incompatibility

 

The online Crucial System Scanner requires Internet Explorer browser and

the use of ActiveX® technology to scan your system. If you use a

different Web browser, such as Opera™ or Mozilla's Firefox™, please use

our 112KB downloadable System Scanner instead.

 

Our downloadable System Scanner allows you to run the Crucial System

Scanner locally — get upgrade results on Crucial.com in any browser with

an internet connection.

 

Download:

http://images.crucial.com/drivers/CrucialScan.exe

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

Lisa wrote:

> What's your point?

>

 

That installing Active-X components from a web source is a spectacularly bad

idea.

[Guest Lisa]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

So is connecting to the internet.

 

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Lisa wrote:

>> What's your point?

>>

>

> That installing Active-X components from a web source is a spectacularly

> bad idea.

>

[Guest PD43]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote:

>Lisa wrote:

>> What's your point?

>>

>

>That installing Active-X components from a web source is a spectacularly bad

>idea.

>

While that's a nice philosophy and we're awed by the depth and breadth

of your knowledge, it's a ridiculous thought when one visits a website

of a reputable manufacturer or other entity.

[Guest 3c273]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

CPU-Z is a freeware program that will tell you. Google it.

Louis

 

"tuuf" <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

[Guest Daave]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Lisa wrote:

>> What's your point?

>>

>

> That installing Active-X components from a web source is a

> spectacularly bad idea.

 

Doesn't that depend on the Web source?

[Guest PD43]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

"Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote:

>"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

>news:u9Yi7sJzIHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Lisa wrote:

>>> What's your point?

>>>

>>

>> That installing Active-X components from a web source is a

>> spectacularly bad idea.

>

>Doesn't that depend on the Web source?

 

Of course it does.

 

I believe Windows Updates uses Active-X, doesn't it? I wonder how

HeyBub gets his updates?

 

Osmosis?

[Guest Kelly]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

Other available info can be found here: Start/Run: msinfo32

 

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"tuuf" <tuuf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

"Lisa" wrote in <news:eyTjYtGzIHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>:

> "VanguardLH" wrote ...

>

>> "Lisa" wrote:

>>>

>>> "tuuf" wrote ...

>>>>

>>>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the computer?

>>>

>>> Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you everything

>>> you need to know.

>>

>> You'll need to allow installation of their ActiveX control to run that

>> scanner.

>

> What's your point?

 

Have you tried uninstalling ActiveX controls? They are not listed in

Add/Remove Programs. You can only disable them in the management

afforded within IE, not uninstall them. You'll have to know to

unregister them and where they get stored on the disk and how to delete

them since Windows Explorer won't show their files, neither of which is

known to most Windows users, or you can use some 3rd party utilities to

deregister and delete them. Once the user is done using an AX control

that they don't want anymore, it usually continues to pollute their hard

disk thereafter. It's like getting a letter that you do want in the

mail, opening it in the house, but thereafter never being able to toss

the paper or envelope so your house continually collects clutter.

 

Also my point is often such suggestions imply that these "online

scanners" don't require the installation of software, especially when

counterpointed against other posts that do mention software installs. I

wanted to make sure the OP knew that he WOULD be installing software.

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

"Kelly" wrote in

<news:4046C768-9365-4BC7-9E8E-0FDAB0C5C39D@microsoft.com>:

> Other available info can be found here: Start/Run: msinfo32

 

You saw a branch in the tree shown in msinfo32 that tells the user:

 

- Number of memory slots on the motherboard?

- Number of memory modules?

 

I didn't see anything indicating the number of slots. While it shows

the total amount of physical memory, I didn't see where it shows how

many memory modules are used to provide that total memory capacity.

 

Say msinfo32 says you have 2GB of physical memory. Is that 2 memory

modules of 1GB apiece? Or 4 memory modules of 512MB apiece? Or 3

memory modules with 1 1GB and 2 512MB modules?

[Guest Lisa]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

You don't uninstall ActiveX controls, you delete them.

 

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message

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> "Lisa" wrote in <news:eyTjYtGzIHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>:

>

>> "VanguardLH" wrote ...

>>

>>> "Lisa" wrote:

>>>>

>>>> "tuuf" wrote ...

>>>>>

>>>>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the

>>>>> computer?

>>>>

>>>> Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you

>>>> everything

>>>> you need to know.

>>>

>>> You'll need to allow installation of their ActiveX control to run that

>>> scanner.

>>

>> What's your point?

>

> Have you tried uninstalling ActiveX controls? They are not listed in

> Add/Remove Programs. You can only disable them in the management

> afforded within IE, not uninstall them. You'll have to know to

> unregister them and where they get stored on the disk and how to delete

> them since Windows Explorer won't show their files, neither of which is

> known to most Windows users, or you can use some 3rd party utilities to

> deregister and delete them. Once the user is done using an AX control

> that they don't want anymore, it usually continues to pollute their hard

> disk thereafter. It's like getting a letter that you do want in the

> mail, opening it in the house, but thereafter never being able to toss

> the paper or envelope so your house continually collects clutter.

>

> Also my point is often such suggestions imply that these "online

> scanners" don't require the installation of software, especially when

> counterpointed against other posts that do mention software installs. I

> wanted to make sure the OP knew that he WOULD be installing software.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

Really? Sounds a bit too simplistic (and assuming you can even find

them).

I don't think it's generally a good idea to just delete OCX files, if that's

what you're suggesting.

 

Lisa wrote:

> You don't uninstall ActiveX controls, you delete them.

>

> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message

> news:TIydnTkuxu4pTszVnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@comcast.com...

>> "Lisa" wrote in <news:eyTjYtGzIHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>:

>>

>>> "VanguardLH" wrote ...

>>>

>>>> "Lisa" wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>> "tuuf" wrote ...

>>>>>>

>>>>>> How do I find this information out without looking inside the

>>>>>> computer?

>>>>>

>>>>> Crucial.com has an excellent online scanner that will tell you

>>>>> everything you need to know.

>>>>

>>>> You'll need to allow installation of their ActiveX control to run that

>>>> scanner.

>>>

>>> What's your point?

>>

>> Have you tried uninstalling ActiveX controls? They are not listed in

>> Add/Remove Programs. You can only disable them in the management

>> afforded within IE, not uninstall them. You'll have to know to

>> unregister them and where they get stored on the disk and how to delete

>> them since Windows Explorer won't show their files, neither of which is

>> known to most Windows users, or you can use some 3rd party utilities to

>> deregister and delete them. Once the user is done using an AX control

>> that they don't want anymore, it usually continues to pollute their hard

>> disk thereafter. It's like getting a letter that you do want in the

>> mail, opening it in the house, but thereafter never being able to toss

>> the paper or envelope so your house continually collects clutter.

>>

>> Also my point is often such suggestions imply that these "online

>> scanners" don't require the installation of software, especially when

>> counterpointed against other posts that do mention software installs. I

>> wanted to make sure the OP knew that he WOULD be installing software.

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

"Lisa" wrote in <news:u71YT9PzIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>:

> You don't uninstall ActiveX controls, you delete them.

 

Please do tell us the EXACT process to do that which is the SAME for

every AX object installed.

 

I didn't realize that "regsrv32.exe" was a "delete" operation. regsvr32

does not delete "them" (files). Or maybe "delete" was some larger

procedure that you didn't bother to define. You think using Windows

Explorer to select the AX *description* at "C:\Windows\Downloaded

Program Files" (a "special" folder and why Windows Explorer doesn't show

the actual files) will let you delete all AX files? The Adobe PDF AX

control is over in C:\Program Files\Common

Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroPDF.dll. The AX installer can put the

file anywhere. Not all AX objects are recorded with an Uninstall key

entry so they show up in the Add/Remove Programs applet for easy removal

(but often results in incomplete removal).

 

How is the user to know what to delete? If the AX control is inside a

shared DLL, will the user know that and realize that the file should not

be deleted if other functionality is still needed? Not all AX controls

are containing within an .ocx file. How are you going to delete one AX

object (entry point) from msxml without lossing the entire library which

means losing other AX controls that you did not intend to remove? Are

YOU going to make yourself immediately available all day and every day

to provide guidance to the user on how to *properly* remove one AX

control and do so without affecting other functionality or leaving

remnants in the registry?

 

- You need to deregister them. Otherwise, they remain in the registry

and the user may end up seeing errors when they are called but the path

reference in the registry points to a file and entry point that no

longer exist.

 

- You need to delete the files, yes. Windows Explorer will not show you

the files. It shows you the object definition when you visit the

"special" directory that holds them (once you determine which folder

that is). I have deleted AX objects this way and I have ended up with

some remnant files for that AX object. Not a lot of users are really

comfortable with using a command shell to ensure that they delete ALL

files (there may be more than 1 for an AX control). When you are using

the DOS shell so you can actually see the *files*, how do you know which

..ocx, .dll, .inf, and other files comprise a particular AX object? They

may be similarly named. They may not.

 

Removing an AX control is only easy and simple if the developer made it

that way. Unfortunately, even with enterprise-level software,

developers are not keen on spending time on how to remove their

products. Their goal is to get them into your system, not out of it.

 

Here's an example. You go to Symantec and install their AX control for

their online scan. In Windows Explorer, you see the following AX

objects when you navigate Windows Explorer to C:\Windows\Downloaded

Program Files:

 

Symantec AntiVirus Scanner

Symantec RuFSI Utility Class

 

Which do you "delete" (right-click, remove) using Windows Explorer? One

is obvious. Remove the scanner AX object does not remove the RuFSI AX

object. What is RuFSI used for? Should you delete it, too? Is having

to do web research part of that simplistic "delete" scheme that you

didn't define? If you used their online scanner and then remove the

Symantec AntiVirus Scanner AX object, did that get rid of all the files

for it simply because the entry in Windows Explorer disappeared? No.

Now use a DOS shell to go delete the virscan*.dat file in that folder.

Don't go deleting all *.dat files because some were created by other AX

objects. What about the zdone.dat file? Was it for the Symantec

scanner AX object? You can't tell. Looks like a candidate, though.

There are some other .dat files in that folder so you'll have to use

notepad or a hex editor to make a guess as to whether they should be

deleted after removing the Symantec scanner AX object.

 

Yeah, oh, it is so simple to "delete" and AX object. If you have the

expertise, initiative, and stubbornness to fully extract an AX control

from your system and without causing interdependency problem then, yes,

the AX object can be "deleted" from your system. For the vast majority

of users, however, the AX object continues to pollute their system.

[Guest Daave]

Re: determining #ram slots and # of slots currently in use

 

VanguardLH wrote:

> "Lisa" wrote in <news:u71YT9PzIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>:

>

>> You don't uninstall ActiveX controls, you delete them.

>

> Please do tell us the EXACT process to do that which is the SAME for

> every AX object installed.

 

What is wrong with the method referenced on this page (IE7 is

required)?:

 

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2612/ie7_remove_disable_add_ons_activex_plugins