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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 5:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
perfect dsick?

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 6:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
oops im disabled and a baddd speeller, sorry...
yes its called raxio perfectdisk 7, the reason i like it, is becuase when it defrgas gives you 2 options, one is the standard place all tight back to miscrosfot standards, and the other which i use it to defrag in the order of use, say you have a program you use dailey are another you use once a week, it will place the less used deeper on your hard drive and the most use are closer, hence faster( yeah a milisecond is a milisecond,lol) defraging is good becuase it places all back together and not all ove the place making it harder for your memory/harddrive to find whats it looking for. ( a eaxample might be you open a six pack of cokes, you have one in the bedroom, then garage, then upsatairs, etc. instead of racing all around to find them if they were in one spot,room saves alot of work for your computer, so i say defrag daily to have the zippest computer again< ( if you defrag dailey it would take 5 minutes, perfect time for a bathroom run( let defrag) when you get back its done.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Suz, I have been using AVG for a couple years now and really like it. I have not tried Avast, which Taterhead uses. AVG auto-updates itself every morning when I am online. You set it up for the times you want it to check for updates. Of course, you want to choose a time when you are connected to the internet.

I used to have Norton. I got a couple viruses and trojans WHILE I was using Norton, have never had that happen with AVG.

As Taterhead says, you will want to disable Norton after you get AVG downloaded and installed. I also agree it is a resource hog, and it seems to me to be very invasive, always trying to get you to use it (pay for it) at the most inconvenient times.

For myself, I just uninstall Norton and get it completely off my computer.

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 10:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
i will also say , the free versions of avg , ad aware, spyware removers are usually good, but the the one they want you to buy is always better, again if you like a free version, go to the home page compare the free as to the not free one, and if you want it, look around for it on the we, its out there, i have found 98 % of what i want that way, me and over 5 million a day,weather its a movie, tv show local are international,music, e-books,e-mags, and programs.

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
also alot of people dont realize when they uninstall something, are they really uninstalling all of tha program? ar are they leaving traces, wich sometimes after time can add up to another program are even windows becoming corrupt.

Suz
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10-13-2005

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Suz a private message Print Post    
This thread has so much good information on it. Thank You everyone for all your good advice. What would be the best way to un-install Norton and get it completely off my computer without leaving traces of it behind on it?

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 3:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
first always use the windows add/remove, then if you have a program to look for dead are uninstalled program useless registry strings( you do not want to change a use are good program string unless you know what your doing, otherwise it might corrupt and not work are crash computer) but also to lease old bad dead keys causes conflicts are slow downs over a period of time.. and you might want to go to the program main site and look for howe to properly remove this product. ( nortons have a section for removing all traces) and follow there directions... for me personal i use crap cleaner,system mechanic 5 and jvt16 power tools... these have never failed me nor caused any conflicts, the are for the average user they do the necesary thinking and again over the last 3 years never once have caused a promblem... there are some others out there free version like spy bot, but they are tend to casue corruption, removing wrong keys.. you really need to do some googleling and find some popeular sites and forums and read what most do are dont do....are you can be unimformed and gain all kinds of crap where after months your computers slows down where to you get agraivated..

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Good point, Taterhead. I tried to uninstall Zone Alarm one time and found out it is NOT best to uninstall Zone Alarm using the Windows Add/Remove Programs that is found in the Control Panel. It was best to go to the Zone Alarm website and find out how to uninstall it. So Taterhead's suggestion to first Google things like "uninstall Norton antivirus" is a good one. I just did a quick check. First site I found said to go Control Panel, then Add/Remove Programs. LOL. Still, do some checking just to make sure.

Well, and a second one I checked said same thing, but then it had about four more steps for you to take to remove the traces. So that is good.

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 7:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
well DOh go to the source website ( nortons) to see how to remove their product totally, and what i said was to use microsofts windows own add/remove first, you dont want the microsoft to see promblems, crash, so let it do what it can, but there is always some traces left, so when you add programs and then remove them it will build up gunk , junk and will slow you down since the memory has to also read, process dead ends,thats why i use programs to repack the registry after remove old keys form uninstalled are dead links. my computer boots up fully reay to go online in less than 30 seconds, i have seen some freinds taking 20 minutes are more to be ready when restatred....... and to do a radom google for help is foilish, you will get 5 misses for every good hit, you need to do advance searches are find forums, where others have had a promblem your having and what works are doesnt... to just radomly grab the first general google site is foolish, like this case for nortons, go to nortons, i bet gogle had 20 sites before it even listed nortons...

Suz
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10-13-2005

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 10:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Suz a private message Print Post    
Oh Boy..This looks like it's going to take me awhile to do this. Little afraid, and don't want to mess something up. Thanks so much for your help Juju2bigdog and Taterheadtwo. I'm hoping I can find some simple step by step directions to use without messing up something. Wish me luck. Thanks

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 11:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
again go to the nortons web site, they have step bu step clear instructions, if what they have posted and your computer dont match then dont delete something they do show recomend....they know all what there products adds to ones computer,

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 11:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
to some it might sound like im a know it all,( im not just got tired of a slow computer and went searching for answers) 3 years later im alot more tech savy. but in alot of the forums and places i chat at, they have kids as young as 8 to 15 years old, actually writing software, hacks, open source commands. these kids are super kids, they can take most any program, even windows and do things to make it suit their needs, these are the super smarts that are and can tweak almost anything to make it do more and more what they want, where i am old and cant teach this old dog many more tricks, go for the programs out there who do the thinking for me, safe ones that will protects and clean my computer, and again the main 8 programs i have used for over 2 years ahve never cause any conflicts are corruption.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
My sister has a very old computer (pentium 2 I think) with Windows 95 on it.

Can she upgrade this to XP or 98 or does she have to reformat and start all over again???

How would she do it???

ETA: Neither one of us are techies to say the least and have no idea how to reformat???
Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated:-):-)

ETA: My apologies I should have googled before asking here. I have gotten lazy in my old age. I found this site which seems to answer my question and give 5 easy steps to an upgrade to win98

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
Jan: I have put Windows XP on some slow Pentium II computers with 256MB of memory, so it does work. However, it is painfully slow you may have some driver issues depending on the older hardware components.

With a system that old, I would not attempt any type of upgrade based on the existing OS and would either format the hard drive and install new or purchase a new hard drive and keep the old one in case the new install did not work as expected. That computer must be 8-10 years old, so the old hard drive is begging to fail sooner or later. A system that old will likely have issues with very large hard drives and usually need BIOS upgrades to support drives larger than just a few GBs.

Personally, I think purchasing the cheapest complete system on the market right now will not cost much more than purchasing Windows XP and a new hard drive for the new install (and possibly having to increase the memory if you are not maxed out). Even the worst systems today will outperform that old system many times over and will likely include burning CDs (and likely DVDs), have faster USB 2.0 ports (that system may not have any or they would be 1.0 or 1.1) and in general would be able to use much of the new technology available in the past 2 years.


Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Draheid? Bob?

Jan, I think she probably can. And I think this has probably been covered somewhere in the archives of this thread, if the search feature will let you go back to maybe a couple years ago.

On the other hand, it may not be a worthwhile endeavor trying to upgrade a computer old enough to still have Windows 95 on it. Kim Komando has spoken about that topic numerous times, if you know who she is. She is a computer guru who has a nationally syndicated radio show. Her website is www.komando.com and you can probably search there for what she has said about upgrading computers. I would try a search term something like "upgrade Windows 95."

She also has a daily computer tip and daily cool website that she sends out in daily newsletters. I get them and sometimes learn some very good stuff from her. It is just ordinary people writing in with their questions, so her answers are written in plain language, not geek.

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
Jan: I just read your ETA. Windows 98 was certainly much better than Windows 95 and would be better suited for the older hardware. I would still be concerned about upgrading the OS in place and all the other hardware comments still apply.

Dawg: Look up!


Jan
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08-01-2000

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
Thanks so much guys. I am buying a new system in the spring so maybe she would be better off to wait and I will give her my old system (no way would she have the money to spend on a computer. The one she has now is my old one from before I bought this one :-):-))

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    

quote:

Juju: ...and sometimes learn some very good stuff...



So it IS true what they say...?

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 11:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
ooooh, half ... she's gonna get you for that one, lol ...

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

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Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
<swells up to twice normal size and stomps the snot out of Halfunit>



Heh, Bob, you and I were posting at the same time last night, at the same time I was wishing you would come in and give the advice you did, same as mine minus Kim Komando, of course. That is just so danged cute.

Jan, I think waiting to get your old computer is probably the best solution, if she can get along until then.

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 10:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
<...resisted urge to edit reference to Kim Komando into 10:46 am post...>

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
LOL, Spongie. That would have really freaked me out. Especially since I didn't see your post until late the next day, so never knew it was there.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 11:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
My Microsoft Outlook is being funky. It freezes up every time I try to touch it (even if I just open the window and move it to another part of my desktop.

I ran a virus scan, and it did find a trojan. Naturally for the life of me I can't remember the name now. But it did say something about affecting Outlook, Outlook Express and IE. I've been able to browse the Net ok. Just can't get Outlook to behave. I can download mail sometimes. But as soon as I open an e-mail and try to reply, it freezes up.

I've done the "repair" mode using my Office 2000 disk. I fear I may have to hit "reinstall" and see if that works. But....will I lose all my address book, and the e-mails I've saved? How can I save that stuff (especially the address book), if the darn thing freezes up on me all the time when I just try to touch it?

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Whoami, did you remember to do the thing about turning off System Restore? The trojan might have also gotten into System Restore and keep coming back.