TS2 still freezing after SecuROM
Telcara:
Alright, then they must be gone.
C drive is bigger than the D drive (298 GB compared to 136).. Its full though. Just about 8 GB left of free space. Nothing there is mine, only my brother's stuff and the computer's own stuff. Would it make a difference if I would place it on the C drive? I've asked my brother to clear some of his stuff but he refuses and claims that it will not make any difference.
Thanks for the cleaning tip, I'll talk with my brother about it as I'm sure I'd mess something up. I checked for SecuROM but couldn't find anything related to it.
ZephyrZodiac:
Whose computer is it, yours or his? If it's yours, give him a separate account, and then limit the size of that account to 25% of the space. And I can't see that he is such a computer whiz if he thinks that tiny percentage of space is enough! If he has loads of music files and videos then the main HD is NOT the place to store it - tell him to go buy himself an external HD and save that stuff on there.
Personally, I hate it when I have less than 40% free space on my main drive, everything runs at snail's pace. Even on my laptop I never go below that limit, and if I do, I clean stuff out straight away.
Oh, and if the My Documents folder is moved to the D drive, then all the music and stuff should get moved too.
One other thought, if it is YOUR computer, and your brother is downloading questionable material, you can be held legally responsible if it is discovered by the authorities (at least, here in the UK you can) so I'd check and see what exactly he is so bothered about - but then I've been around a long time and I've learned to be suspicious.
Telcara:
Its a family computer, or in other words- my mom's. Wish I could tell him that but I'm afraid I just can't do.I'll simply ask him to clean it in that case but I think he'll still deny me to install Sims on the C drive as he continues to say that won't make any difference. I don't like the lack of space either but I'm in no power to change that, him being older than me doesn't help at all... I'll just have to talk with my mother about it, she's surely going to try an convince him as she's bought some of my expansions. =P
Why should those filed be moved if My Documents is moved?
ZephyrZodiac:
Basically, if you move My Documents onto your second HD, then everything in it will move, including the My Pictures and My Music folders. So if your brother keeps stuff in those, it will move with My Docs and be just as accessible as it was before.
I think I'd get your mum to create different User Accounts for each of you (and unless your brother PAID towards the computer, I don't think age should come into this at all! I'd say it sounds more like rampant sexism on your brother's part!) and then set herself up as the administrator. Then, there is a way of only allowing a certain amount of space to each account (I'm not sure how it works as I don't have your problem, but I know it's an option on my Vaio laptop - it may not be a Microsoft option, maybe it's some other program that allows you to set the limits, but I'm sure someone here would know). You can then password-protect your account so your brother can't get in (he can do this too) and yet your mother as administrator would still be able to check what is being downloaded by each of you, and unless your brother is meticulous about cleaning up his internet activity, she would be able to check up on that too - not so much prying as simply if someone doesn't clean up all the stuff that gets in, you soon have bloat everywhere! One example is that a lot of downloaded programs come with an installer. You install the program, and either delete the installer or save it to your second drive, but the installer has also installed a copy of itself within the program files, so there are two identical installers on your system where you only need one - and it makes sense to keep these on your second drive, or to write them to a disc, so that if you have to do a complete System Restore you don't have to go all over the place to find the stuff you've lost.
And I think you should make the point that any program runs better from the main drive than from the second, some won't run at all if they aren't installed in the Program Files.
morriganrant:
Random shot in the dark, when was the last time that a virus scan, disk clean up, defrag and a program to remove spyware was run? My grandparents had all manner of oddities happening on their pc, including drag, I can never convince them to run adaware unless I do it, last time I was there they had over a 100 data miner's and similar crap which was causing their pc to slow down and lag in programs. They had gotten someone to remove my games from it, thinking it was my stuff taking up too much space, after their removal there was no change.
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