I do that also and highly recommend it.
Posted on 11/23/2007 8:19:38 AM PST by PJ-Comix
Okay, a question for you techies out there. I just renewed my Norton Anti-virus system and the renewal for my SpySweeper is coming up as well. Is it necessary to have SpySweeper also? If Norton Anti-Virus is sufficient then it doesn't make sense to renew SpySweeper. Some have said they might even be interfering with each other.
So to renew or not to renew SpySweeper? That is the question.
I do that also and highly recommend it.
Then you should be alright. I’d still recommend getting Spybot Search & Destroy, and Ad-Aware. Both Free.
Now, let’s take this to another level. The above is fine for protecting your PC from unwanted intrusion. But what do you want to insure it continues to run well? A couple recommendations:
1) Diskeeper. It’s software that runs in the background and keeps your hard drive unfragmented.
2) RegCure. The best Windows registry tool available.
Both cost $ but are well worth the price.
Finally, the best & easiest way to backup/restore a hard drive is to have a separate drive available (external) and run Acronis True Image (also $ and available online). Acronis will write an image of your hard drive to the separate disk, and create a recovery CD. If you have a problem (as I did earlier this week) you can use the recovery disk to reformat your hard drive and reinstall everything VERY quickly. An absolute must for any serious computing.
THANKS
DUAL CPU AMD 1.X GIGHZ 1 GIG MEMORY
The memory slot for the 2nd gig has never worked.
Had the machine built to my specs in Taipei just before I left in 2002.
Persistent problems.
Currently getting the blue screen of death that even the ANTI-CRASH DASHUND software is not catching.
Supposedly some driver.
Don’t know what happened to the software to check drivers and keep them updated. Can’t find it.
Anyway—tired of the hassles.
Would prefer to go with Linux but have to interface with Microslop at the college.
And all my grade sheets are on Xcel.
My huge tower aluminum case is great with super hefty power supply and plenty of HD’s and DVD recordable drives.
have RAID card and ATI card etc. Would like those to fit on the new motherboard. How likely is that?
What do I need to check—dimensions of the slots etc?
Or are all those standardized enough the last 5 years?
One of the fans on one of my CPU’s is going out—risky enough I’m now turning the thing off most of the time I leave the house. I might have an extra one in my electronics drawer I should dig in and see.
Anyway—about it from here in river city.
Any and all advice eagerly considered.
Thanks tons for your bother.
The best of this Christmas season to you and your loved ones.
That was a question I had.
I assume there’s no sense in getting a new motherboard with less than a 64bit setup.
Will my 32 bit software run on it at all?
Or does that mean all new software. UGH! I have more bucks in software than hardware.
Adware seemed to cause fits with my machine and I got rid of it. Maybe it’s better now.
I have SYSTEM MECHANIC 7 and SPYSWEEPER.
And a persistent irregular, erratic problem wherein the software—not sure what—results in my keyboard not accepting characters . . . or very slowly. Frustrating.
Sometimes infuriating.
I have bought several registry fix software packages.
I think I run unblue or some such most now.
Yeah, I have RegCure and Registry Booster etc.
Why do you say RegCure is best?
Yes, I read a couple of years ago that the two worked best when run together in that order. It always seems to work for me that way.
Good Combination. What are you using for anti-virus?
And a persistent irregular, erratic problem wherein the software—not sure what—results in my keyboard not accepting characters . . . or very slowly. Frustrating.
Have you tried another keyboard?
If it isn't the keyboard then most likely that its either the Power Supply is getting weak (5 years) or the motherboard maybe showing it's age. The power supply for your current system may be difficult to find unless you can find a business that builds and repair computers.
I don't know how the internals of your computer so I can't give you a definitive answer.
That will depend on the Operating System you are and will be using. If you are currently using XP and install XP on a replacement machine it will work.
You can run XP on a 64 bit machine.
Thanks tons for your kind reply.
System Mech 7’s antivirus and firewall are what I use. Norton 360 caused too many problems.
Will see what I can paste in.
I’m pretty sure it’s the mother board and not the power supply. The power supply is super hefty. Would probably run two very hefty computers. I’m skeptical there’s a problem with it.
I think the mother board has been buggy all along.
I don’t think it’s the logitech MX 3000 keyboard though I think logitech software has sometimes caused problems. The driver is the latest.
I do NOT think it is the physical keyboard. It is a software problem.
SOMETIMES, it helps slightly—ONLY SOMETIMES—to lift the keyboard far edge toward the verticle. But the antenna is about 3 feet away—should not be a problem.
A wierd thing has been occurring the last several months.
I’ll try to open SYS MECH and it won’t open UNTIL I use task manager to tell the system to restart. Then system mech will open and the system won’t restart. Crazy.
Maybe it needs deliverance prayers. Sheesh.
Below is the SPYSWEEPER SESSION LOG.
Couldn’t find shorter error report.
Don’t bother much with it unless you are really super kindly today and have little else to do! LOL.
Am deeply appreciative of any minutes you bother with my crazy setup at all.
Blessings to all you love this Christmas season.
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will send by freepmail system balked and may have too much private info for public posting.
Great.
That’s what I’m running. XP-P
So, would not HAVE to get 64bit XP?
Asked the mods to delete the error log with so much private info on it. Didn’t realize it was so long.
Will spare you the freepmail of it unless you wish for me to resend it.
Thanks for your helpful comments.
Heading out to the college pottery studio soonish.
Avoid Norton like the plague. Terrible customer service, crooked tech support, and non-reliable virus protection. This past summer, my supposedly Norton protected system ground to a halt and nearly crashed. I took my computer in to my local teck geek, and he found 386 viruses that Norton had missed. I went with AVG and have had no problems since. Norton just plain sucks!
When was the last time you did a defrag? I have seen where a bad hard drive will make software act strange, that one case drove me nuts for the longest time before I figured it out.
No, I have installed XP-P (32 bit) on a few 64 bit machines for students taking computer based classes. It works.
On my personal machine at home I have dual boot setup with XP X64 and Red Hat Fedora Core 8. X64
A year or so ago TechRepublic did a comparison of various registry software applications and picked RegCure as the best and most efficient. I tried both it and RegistryFix (which also came highly rated. RegCure picked up (by far) the most issues and is easy to schedule weekly cleanings.
ping for later.
We’ve been using Avast for almost 3 years now. Dumped Norton and have not looked back.
—yep—my son who is a computer jock for a contractor to Homeland Security uses AVAST both on and off the job—
Yep - another vote for AVAST. I changed to it from McAfee when I got my new computer with Vista. McAfee took up too much space to use with a space-hogging OS like Vista. Use SpyBot with it, and am clean as a whistle!
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