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How To: Easily manage multiple stealths on 1 PC
 

Hi guys,

I wondered whats the best way to go about making 20+ stealth accounts on 1 PC without using up all the computers memory/harddisk space.

Ive got a small sized HDD on my Desktop which is solely used for stealth accounts. It has maybe 15 stealths on it, all with their own separate Windows usernames, but the memory on the PC is being eaten away.

So my problem is that if i want to make more stealths, which I'm planning to do now, then the PC will become saturated and i could risk frying the machine.
I don't really want to have to spend money on another PC, but will if i have to so is there another way to make stealths without using up all the PC's memory?

Also I wondered if i made a stealth on 1 windows user ID, then saved all the info on a .txt file, then remove the windows ID, and do this each time for about 30+ accounts. I could then create a new windows user ID for the stealth when i wanted to use it to sell i.e. making sleeper accounts.

Whats your thoughts/suggestions?...

When you switch accounts are you selecting switch user or log off? The switch user option will eat up a lot of resources

When I switch on my PC there about 15 user ID's i think this is whats eating up the memory on the hard drive? So I'm limited to how many User IDs i can have on the machine.

When I switch users i click LOG OFF. I only ever use about 3 accounts at any one time.

i don't think that would be your problem. how much memory do you have on your system? also how much free space do you have on your hard drive? if the free space is low that will definitely slow the machine down

It says:

28.8MB free of 37.2GB

its running smoothly at the moment, no issues with speed. Its the capacity I'm talking about. If i create more stealths I will eat up all the Harddisk space.

That is your problem right there. You have literally NO free space on your computer and your computer needs free space to run properly with such things as virtual memory. I would try to have at least 1GB of free space on that drive. you can move files to an external drive, or if it is a desktop you can get another hard drive to put in and store some files but you definitely need to clear up some space on that drive for the computer to run better.

I think ill need a new machine then.
The only files i have on here are pictures for ebay listings.
I don't use it for anything else other than ebay.

Its an old dell desktop i bought from office clear out so it doesn't have an expansion for another hard drive. I thought if i took it to a computer repair shop they could transfer all the files and user ID's from this hard drive onto another larger hard drive..can that be done?

if you are just using it for ebay, don't waste your money on a new computer. are all of your pictures in one folder? if so right click that folder and click properties and see how much space this is taking up. you can always keep these on an external drive. 40gb is considered small these days but i still don't think the users are your problem. you have other files taking up space (like pictures). using the external would save you a lot of trouble and a lot of $ that they will charge you to do all this work

Yep all pics are in one folder.
Each windows user ID has its own folder for pics.

I'll backup all the pics onto my external HDD tonight and see if that works

You can do what I do... use multiple web browsers on each profile to reduce the number of user profiles needed. For example, have one on Firefox, one on Internet Explorer and one on Google Chrome.

Elijah are you saying on 1 windows user Id you run 3 different ebay ID's and use 1 internet browser for each ebay ID?

what about cookies/flash cookies or isn't that an issue?

Interesting thread.

I've got 15 user ids on a netbook. I only have the absolute basics installed on it and I'm using 28GB of memory.

I've got a 160Gb hard drive so it isnt really an issue but I was amazed how much memory is taken up by a windows ID.

Thats approximately 2GB per windows user ID in your case...!!!

Yes, precisely. The cookies/flash objects are specific to each web browser so it is not a problem.

Wouldn't it be more efficient to purchase a new PC or install a new HD?

Do what Elijah mentioned... I've seen steps on how to do this somewhere and it seems to work out & be convenient for a lot of people

I think Elijah's info is very useful but I will still choose to have a different user for each account. it's already very easy to slip up and i would rather take the safe route.

Ebayorbust- you must have some files (pictures, videos, etc...) that you have on this computer. 15 accounts should take about 4gb of space

Does sound a little bit risky doesn't it? Still...have to thank him for a useful suggestion. It can work and its only down to us it it goes balls up.

cortex - i still think you should clear out those pics and see how much space this frees up, this could solve your problem pretty easy

also try turning off system restore, this can take up some descent space and it has never been useful to me. go to start, right click my computer and click properties. click advanced system settings. under system protection you will find system restore, turn it off

I don't think the number of user accounts slows down your computer. It's what you have on it. My laptop went from like 2 user accounts to 30 and i have not seen any speed difference. I use it ONLY for stealth and nothing else.

Thats what ive been saying all along. I got no issues with speed. Its the hard disk storage thats being eaten away.

Your problem is the really low virtual memory that your desktop has. Don't spend money on new desktop. Just upgrade your computer with a bigger drive. Depending on your drive connection, IDE or SATA, they are bigger drives for both connections than 40GBs.

Buy a external USB hard drive, then download a program called HDclone and work your magic. The new USB hard drive has to be the same connection, IDE or SATA, of your desktop.
The program will clone your entire old hard drive onto the new one. Make sure both hard drive have the same connection so that you can install the new, larger drive, onto your desktop. Bingo and done, takes a few hours depending on the speed of the old drive and the USB connection.

Miray Software - HDClone - Hard disk copy, hard disk backup, hard disk rescue!

You can delete "System Restore and Shadow Copies" from windows to gain speed and disk space :

On win 7 :

Right click on your Hard Drive > Properties > Disk Cleanup > More Options > System Restore and Shadow Copies : Clean Up : Delete.

Would you make sure to do a back-up first?

I get freaky about stuff like that in case of losing data

:pout:

^ No, no need to do back-up, they are made automatically.

This is a safe and well know tip to clean your hard drive and make it go faster.

To keep you data safe you can store them on an external hard drive or on an internal hard drive with an External Hard Drive Enclosure.

And there is also online storage, ADrive | Online Storage, Online Backup, Cloud Storage is a very good free provider with 50GB of free storage.

turn off/remove system restore. Run ccleaner. The windows update backups can also be nuked if you know your way around the windows system folders.

Instead of using multiple users, I use a program to run Firefox virtually for each stealth. I don't have to leave my main desktop to switch users. Passwords, Cookies, settings ect. are still all separate.

That sounds a lot easier! :D Whats the name of the program?

^^^
I know Sandboxie - Sandbox software for application isolation and secure Web browsing does that.

I am using each VM XP for each account.
Each has 512MB RAM runs on my Core 2 Quad, 6GB RAM desktop.
However, I only turn one at a time for each IP.
You should not leave all accounts or VMs running at the same time, because there is only one IP each time you are in an account, and may pose risk of link from other logged account.

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Prices being cheap as they are for some slightly older comps, can be affordable to manage couple of computers

Yeh ive thought about that RSOT but its hassle having to change computers and id need extra desk space too. Thanks though

I do this too, except your method is excessive and is a huge waste of disk space. You do not need a separate vm for eBay and PayPal account. I just create one single vm and separate user accounts for them all since eBay does not track MAC address.

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^What about Amazon..do they track MAC address?

The guide suggests that Az does have an ability to track your mac. However, there a great deal of debate between member on here on this topic:pop2:

It could be wasting space, but today hard drives are really cheap.
My VM XP only costs me about 5GB.
For 1TB hard drive, you can have upto 200 accounts.

if i could only remote reset my mifi...

Just an FYI,
I use 3 pcs, I have taped on the wall above the desk what user it's I am running on them.
I also set my screen background to that particular screen name,so I do not get confused.
I do this so,no more than 5 Ida can go down at once, and I still have 10 I'd,s up and running.
I use my portable laptop the most,it's a cheap staples $399 laptop,but it holds all info for 5 accts.
Good luck !

Thanks Lisa

@Cortex Also what helps if you would like to go the Elijah way with multiple browsers is to create desktop browsers shortcuts and rename them to the stealth name so you don't get confused. :peace: