i dunno if i want them on my side of my firewall tho....
Posted by Relentless. on :
There's an easier way... without the need for malware. Look at the system requirements for the software and then double it.
Posted by T e x on :
lol, RD
Posted by buckstalker on :
You guys got time for games?
Posted by T e x on :
no, I simply thought it might be useful for those who do. G & R making me think again...
Posted by raybond on :
you know you have a good point even though they say they are safe I might be a little to trusting since nothing has ever happened to me
Posted by raybond on :
you might wat to take this one off tex' I think you should god fobid anybody getting hurt
Posted by Relentless. on :
Bond, most virus scanners don't find all infections... It could have already happened to you and you'll not even know.
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by raybond: you know you have a good point even though they say they are safe I might be a little to trusting since nothing has ever happened to me
it really comes down to what you have on your computer as to whether you should worry.
i have to buy a new video card right now for one of the games the brats just bought.
i also had to add another gig of RAM to two of our computers because of new software that they just could not run well.
at least RAM is now down to about 20$ per gig. five years ago? i paid 5$ per megabyte
Posted by Relentless. on :
Yup, I remember a few years ago upgrading from 16 to 32 megs of ram and it cost me over a hundred.
Posted by IWISHIHAD on :
I upgraded the memory, cpu and bios in my computer and it still maxes out the CPU's fairly easily, any suggestions.
Posted by glassman on :
you ugraded the CPU and the BIOS?
that's not easy.
Posted by Relentless. on :
What are you running and on what. Need hardware specs and operating system.
Posted by IWISHIHAD on :
Not completely sure of all the computer language.
I upgraded the cpu chip and had the bios upgraded.
I tried to download the upgraded bios on to a disk off the internet, but could not get the disk to load properly, so i brought it in and someone found a different website and downloaded it off that one.
My son looked at the cpu chip that i put in and said it was plenty big and that i am only using a quarter of my memory... story of my life
He played with it a little, but did not have enough time to go into it further.
I am using Microsoft XP, and pretty much anything i go into on the internet maxes out my cpu's, as indicated by the task manager.
One thing i was wondering about, is whether i have to go into the system and reset anything when i upgrade.
Someone suggested that i might need a new motherboard, this computer is 3+ years old, might not be worth it at this point.
Posted by glassman on :
it maxes out only on the internet? you prolly have a ton of spyware on 'puter.
click your start button,
click on all programs
click on accessories,
click on system tools,
click on disc cleanup,
cleanup drive C this will remove alot of temp internet files.
then go tocontrol panel and use window update to get windows defender or just go here:
one of the brats 'puters was doing this too, and i found three different anti-spy ware system running on the computer, so go thru and remove all of them except windows defender.
running multiple anti-spyware apps can use up your CPU very fast.
Just reinstall the operating system. Back everything you want to keep on dvd's or cd's and reload the operating system. If you haven't done it in the last three years then Glass is right... you have a tonne of spyware and other creepy crawlies. You will never be able to clean the system after three years. It's easy.. I did it already today.
Posted by IWISHIHAD on :
Thanks guys.
Going to buy a lap top and make sure i make a disk right off.
Did not do that on this one.
I use McAfee and Adware now and adware just eats up the cpu's by what the task manager shows.
Will switch, if it isn't already there.
Thanks again!
Posted by glassman on :
i have been able to clean them up without re-installing, try defender and the windows updates.
windows does shut out most of the spyware and viruses as they discover them, from their point of view? the spyware and viruses are exploitative of their product.
if you do not have explorer as your default browser? you cannot get automatic windows updates. that causes the most problems that i've seen, users switch to firefox as their default browser and they suddenly don't get updated anymore and they don't even realise it.
Posted by Pagan on :
Maybe a good registry cleaner as well before you do a O/S re-install. Lotta good free ones out there. This is in addition to what glass already recommended. GL!
Posted by T e x on :
WISE registry cleaner & CC clean are decent, free.
Posted by raybond on :
Iwish good luck with your lap top I looked for a year before I found what I needed.
Good advice from the guys I just get pissed off and do a complete wipe out and reinstall to the best of my ability or if I really get pissed I by a new cpu
Posted by Relentless. on :
Could just avoid all those issues altogether and run linux
Posted by raybond on :
no gives me a good excuse to up grade as a matter of fact I just got a new desk top and its every thing I wanted for years
Posted by Relentless. on :
Ray I agree.. The only way to keep it running right is to just wipe it and start over. I keep a separate drive where I keep all my stuff and use the other just for the OS... when it gets sluggish I just reinstall... Now a days it only takes about an hour to get it back up and running.
Posted by raybond on :
I don't know a lot about linux but I have heard a lot of good things I will look into it more
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by Relentless.: Ray I agree.. The only way to keep it running right is to just wipe it and start over. I keep a separate drive where I keep all my stuff and use the other just for the OS... when it gets sluggish I just reinstall... Now a days it only takes about an hour to get it back up and running.
what happened to Ubuntu?
Posted by Relentless. on :
I dual boot with Ubuntu and Windows 7. Unfortunately Blackberries don't sync with linux so I have to keep a windows partition.
Posted by glassman on :
OK, now i'm interested, how is 7? is it a full OS, or just communications OS? if it's a full OS, is it less of a ram hog than XP?
Posted by Relentless. on :
Xp is faster for running programs... 7 is faster at pretty much everything else. Arguably the best windows release yet. Still a virus magnet but that's why I reinstall every month or so. Just look on the torrent sites. The latest build is 7600 I believe.
Posted by glassman on :
i would be happy if they did away with their screwed up partitioning system.
i hate having to recreate all the links to stuff i move to drive D
Posted by glassman on :
LOL:
On December 27, 2008, Windows 7 Beta was leaked onto the Internet via BitTorrent.[17] According to a performance test by ZDNet,[18] Windows 7 Beta beat both Windows XP and Vista in several key areas, including boot and shut down time, working with files such as loading documents; other areas did not beat XP, including PC Pro benchmarks for typical office activities and video-editing, remain identical to Vista and slower than XP.[19] On January 7, 2009, the 64-bit version of the Windows 7 Beta (build 7000) was leaked onto the web, with some torrents being infected with a trojan.
it came with a trojan? at least it won't get STD's huh? Posted by Relentless. on :
Yeah anything you get from a file sharing site needs to be scanned for nasties. I do all my downloading from linux.
Posted by IWISHIHAD on :
Thanks one more time for the help.
Got a chance to finish what i started yesterday.
My computer is a lot faster now, it was driving me nuts.
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