Some advice on pc problems
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Some advice on pc problems
For most people these programs will solve so many issues you might be supprised!
Anti virus.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5 (AVG free with free updates)
Anti spyware.
www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html (spybot search and destroy)
www.hijackthis.de Download from direct download link. (more for the techno geeks)
www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ (ad-aware se)
Firewall.
www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/homeofficetrial_zaFamily.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=GB&lang =en
(zonealarm) just select the free edition!
Clean-up tools.
www.ccleaner.com/ (amazing piece of software and free!)
Things you should do at least once a month (minimum!)
1> Disc cleanup or use ccleaner
2> Defrag your hard disk (found under system tools in start menu)
3> Check for viruses Update anti virus software.
4> Check windows update for updates and patches.
These are things you should do, but most of us dont even know what they are or why they are there! ( you know who you are! )
Feel free to comment on my advice as i live by this and my pc still runs sweet as a nut!
My main advice to you all is never click links in emails go to the site by manually typing the site into your browser!
Sooo many spoof emails about it's hard to tell the real ones from the fakes!
Any more reccomendations ?
Ah well thats me done for now have fun.
Anti virus.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5 (AVG free with free updates)
Anti spyware.
www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html (spybot search and destroy)
www.hijackthis.de Download from direct download link. (more for the techno geeks)
www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ (ad-aware se)
Firewall.
www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/homeofficetrial_zaFamily.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=GB&lang =en
(zonealarm) just select the free edition!
Clean-up tools.
www.ccleaner.com/ (amazing piece of software and free!)
Things you should do at least once a month (minimum!)
1> Disc cleanup or use ccleaner
2> Defrag your hard disk (found under system tools in start menu)
3> Check for viruses Update anti virus software.
4> Check windows update for updates and patches.
These are things you should do, but most of us dont even know what they are or why they are there! ( you know who you are! )
Feel free to comment on my advice as i live by this and my pc still runs sweet as a nut!
My main advice to you all is never click links in emails go to the site by manually typing the site into your browser!
Sooo many spoof emails about it's hard to tell the real ones from the fakes!
Any more reccomendations ?
Ah well thats me done for now have fun.
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Originally Posted by teajunkie
For most people these programs will solve so many issues you might be supprised!
Anti virus.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5 (AVG free with free updates)
Anti virus.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5 (AVG free with free updates)
rest is sensible advise
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my 2p worth
firewall: id go for the hardware variety whenever possible, but as above zone alarm is tidy, windows sp2 firewall does the job also.
Hardware types, AVOID Belkin and Safecom whatever you do. Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Billion etc have thier respective fans and can be hit or miss, higher price bracket Draytek are decent. If you have more money than sense.....Cisco 87x series
anti-virus: Nod32, Kaperspy
spyware: as above plus spyware doctor, microsoft one
disk utilities: disk keeper 10 runs nicely on my machine
firewall: id go for the hardware variety whenever possible, but as above zone alarm is tidy, windows sp2 firewall does the job also.
Hardware types, AVOID Belkin and Safecom whatever you do. Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Billion etc have thier respective fans and can be hit or miss, higher price bracket Draytek are decent. If you have more money than sense.....Cisco 87x series
anti-virus: Nod32, Kaperspy
spyware: as above plus spyware doctor, microsoft one
disk utilities: disk keeper 10 runs nicely on my machine
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Originally Posted by mike1210
my 2p worth
firewall: id go for the hardware variety whenever possible, but as above zone alarm is tidy, windows sp2 firewall does the job also
anti-virus: Nod32, Kaperspy
spyware: as above plus spyware doctor, microsoft one
disk utilities: disk keeper 10 runs nicely on my machine
firewall: id go for the hardware variety whenever possible, but as above zone alarm is tidy, windows sp2 firewall does the job also
anti-virus: Nod32, Kaperspy
spyware: as above plus spyware doctor, microsoft one
disk utilities: disk keeper 10 runs nicely on my machine
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For making windows disks
www.nliteos.com
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp
http://www.driverpacks.net/
http://www.msfn.org/
http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/
decent tools off the top of my head:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Barts Pe, awesome with all the plugins, especially with ghost 8.2. Then extract the Bashrat network driver pack (link above) into the network drivers bit and you can ghost pretty much any machine over a network
www.nliteos.com
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp
http://www.driverpacks.net/
http://www.msfn.org/
http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/
decent tools off the top of my head:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Barts Pe, awesome with all the plugins, especially with ghost 8.2. Then extract the Bashrat network driver pack (link above) into the network drivers bit and you can ghost pretty much any machine over a network
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Originally Posted by bioforger
Why? AVG is a decent AV
http://www.av-comparatives.org/
http://www.software-antivirus.com/pr...us-review.html
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i disagree with the safecom router, mine runs absolutely spot on no issues whatsoever. (do have a modded bios on it though that opens up a few extra options)
Had problems with avg myself causing system problems, also with fresh installs it has caused problems, I find Mcafee works well for me, worth paying for. Norton on the other hand I find slows the system down to a crawl, I hate it
There are a few registry cleaners about as well, but in the wrong hands they can cause more problems than they solve
Had problems with avg myself causing system problems, also with fresh installs it has caused problems, I find Mcafee works well for me, worth paying for. Norton on the other hand I find slows the system down to a crawl, I hate it
There are a few registry cleaners about as well, but in the wrong hands they can cause more problems than they solve
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There are a few registry cleaners about as well, but in the wrong hands they can cause more problems than they solve
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