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Thanks Scat.. Seems like doing nothing makes the most sense until I start to really plan a personal build. And that's definitely not a priority right now.

Just contemplating a potential CPU upgrade, so I did a search on Intel's site for processors that are compatible with my socket-type (LGA 775/Socket T apparently) and this was one of the faster ones that came up. I've never installed a processor before, and I may not even need a new one for...

Ok. Thanks again Scat. In the past, I have used Registry cleaning software and such. Is that stuff OK to use or should I avoid it?

Can you run that software from any of the comps in the house or does it have to be on the one in which it was originally installed on?

How can you tell if the firewall is enabled on the router? I'm living with my brother-in-law at the moment and he set that up a long time ago. I hope he has it enabled, but my guess is that he might not.

Thanks for your help GM. And I agree, Scat and Winston are always here to help. They have both helped me multiple times. And I sincerely appreciate it. As well as you. Is Windows Essential a part of the regular install? I just downloaded Avast... that's what I normally use...

The only thing I have installed at this point is: Firefox Esignal TWS for Interactive Brokers and Intel SSD Toolbox In the past, I have found myself susceptible to downloading a bunch of other "system-based" programs (for anti-virus and registry clean-out and such) but I have heard...

Good point. What sort of add-on programs/anti-virus software do you recommend for the OS drive?

Thanks for the replies everyone. I ended up going with the Intel 120gb SSD 330 series. It got really good reviews online and the guys at the computer shop recommended it. I tried to format the drive both ways, but it still never allowed me to install Win7 during the installation process...

I have 2 TB drives and 1 250GB drive, so I have plenty of back-up space if need be. I could just go get a cloner or an external HDD dock in order to make copies of both images if need be, right?

Just saw your last post... I guess I could try the LLF first. Or do you think it just makes more sense to get the SSD drive as my main OS drive regardless?

I'm heading over to grab an SSD drive and an external HDD dock here in a sec... If I'm only planning on using the SSD drive for the OS, would a 40GB SSD drive work for that purpose? Or would it make more sense to buy a bigger SSD drive? I only use my computer for trading and other basic...

One of my video cards is not compatible with XP. That's why I can't run my full 6-monitor set-up on that drive. That was my original drive (when I was running 4 monitors), but I upgraded to Win7 so that one of my cards would work properly. After that, I just left it as it was and used the XP...

I have never used or installed an SSD drive before... does it connect to the system in the same way that standard drives do? I was using my Win7 drive as my main trading drive and my XP drive as my back-up drive (my XP drive won't allow me to run 6 monitors). All of my data is...

Thanks for the replies. As of now, I don't have a spare drive laying around... just the two TB drives that are in the machine. But I can't reformat the other drive because I need the data that is on it. So is the most logical first step to buy another drive and try it out? Or is...

Hello all, My main trading desktop got messed up during a snowstorm that passed and I'm trying to reinstall Windows 7, which I wasn't expecting to have any problems with, but for some reason or another, it's not letting me do it. I run two 1TB drives on my trading computer (my back-up is...

I'm running a quad 2.4, and I haven't noticed any problems with my CPU usage in the task manager. For instance, it's bouncing back and forth between roughly 5 and 35% right now with all of my programs up and running (and generally staying on the lower end of that range). My RAM is at 4...

Thanks for the reply Landis -- appreciate it very much. I'm not always running at 5 gigs, but it generally seems to creep up to that area when I have all my trading software running. For instance, I'm running 3.3 gigs right now (all software still open but not pulling in much new...

I have been noticing that my memory has been starting to push up near the 5GB level lately, which isn't leaving me much to spare, so I'm thinking about buying 2 more of the exact same sticks that I already have in my system and then taking out the factory default 1GB sticks that Dell originally...

Just an update... My computer has not been freezing up or restarting lately, but I am noticing that my memory being used is getting up to the 4.3-4.6 GB range (out of 6GB total), so would adding more make sense or would I not be able to notice a difference? I guess I'm not sure how much...