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naturally anabolic
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i already told u
nortons 2002
nortons 2002
gymtime
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naturally anabolic said:
I know, I know. I already picked up 2003 today. But I'm afraid I paid a bit much ($50). Was just wondering if there were others available on the web, or that were just as good for less money.
One more thing Natty, would a firewall have prevented my problem you think?
the nature boy
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download it off of kazaa.
BodhiDharma
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why did u spend $50? return it and d/l it of kazaa
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Dr.M
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There is a long uninstall and removal process to fool the software into not being aware of your 1 year time limit. Several directories and registry entries to remove after the normal uninstall process.
Norton does blow away McCrashy though, IMO.
Norton does blow away McCrashy though, IMO.
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Dr.M
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Search for KaZaA lite, no spyware etc
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Dr.M
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How much RAM does your machine have? What CPU speed? I have Norton 2000 and don't have any problems with IE.
gymtime
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It's an old machine,but a pretty decent one. And I've been upgrading as best I can. The RAM is like 176, CPU speed is 300mz.
I've tried all the tricks with IE, clearing out the temp files, etc... I've defragged, done a disk clean up,the whole bit. But it still runs slow since I downloaded NAV 2003. Maybe my machine is just too out of date? I bought it in late 97.
I've tried all the tricks with IE, clearing out the temp files, etc... I've defragged, done a disk clean up,the whole bit. But it still runs slow since I downloaded NAV 2003. Maybe my machine is just too out of date? I bought it in late 97.
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Dr.M
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300MHz is a little old, but I had a K6-2 300 @350MHz that ran just fine, not speedy really but it was fine with 128MB memory. Norton is going to be taking up some memory compared to before, maybe you just have too much crap loaded? I've worked on alot of machines for people that have bout 10 freaking things loaded up in the taskbar, and one thing I have always done over the years is run lean machines, I HATE Real Audios stupid auto-loader crap etc, I always get rid of anything that wastes memory and CPU time (other than the 68kB or so the clock takes up etc...)
Norton shouldn't be too bad unless you cranked up Heuristics scanning, if you just did a regular old install, and it itself wasn't loaded with worms, then I'd guess its just memory use. If you have NT4/2k then you can look at Task Manager and see memory use and CPU time for each program. There are also freebie programs for 95/98/Me that will tell you this info, but you've covered the normal stuff like defrag etc already so... hmm!
Norton shouldn't be too bad unless you cranked up Heuristics scanning, if you just did a regular old install, and it itself wasn't loaded with worms, then I'd guess its just memory use. If you have NT4/2k then you can look at Task Manager and see memory use and CPU time for each program. There are also freebie programs for 95/98/Me that will tell you this info, but you've covered the normal stuff like defrag etc already so... hmm!
gymtime
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I'm pretty good about keeping the disk free of crap. I'm using maybe a third of the space, so it's not that.
This old compaq has been an excellent machine since I've owned it. Very few problems overall. But I think it might just be time for a new one.......I'll see if i can get some cash from my pimp today.
This old compaq has been an excellent machine since I've owned it. Very few problems overall. But I think it might just be time for a new one.......I'll see if i can get some cash from my pimp today.
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Dr.M
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I mostly meant things that load at startup, RAM not disk memory, but good point 
300MHz is a bit old, people bitch about GHz machines though too, I run 2k because 9x is crap at multitasking without you noticing it chugging on a single task at a time, which definately helps the whole experience of things. I had a Duron 600@900 MHz for along time and served me well, I'd still have it probably if I didn't get a free XP 1800+ awhile back from an AMD giveaway
Grab something with at least 256MB memory and you should be fine, alot of people go for more but they either game heavily or are RESOURCE hogs like I mentioned that have 50 billion TSRs loading at startup.
Even a cheapie computer if decent quality now will be a good improvement
300MHz is a bit old, people bitch about GHz machines though too, I run 2k because 9x is crap at multitasking without you noticing it chugging on a single task at a time, which definately helps the whole experience of things. I had a Duron 600@900 MHz for along time and served me well, I'd still have it probably if I didn't get a free XP 1800+ awhile back from an AMD giveaway
Grab something with at least 256MB memory and you should be fine, alot of people go for more but they either game heavily or are RESOURCE hogs like I mentioned that have 50 billion TSRs loading at startup.Even a cheapie computer if decent quality now will be a good improvement
gymtime
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Dr.M said:
....Even a cheapie computer if decent quality now will be a good improvement
Yeah I know. It's gonna be time soon, but I'm poor at the moment so that will have to wait.
KJ - I was thinking about going that route when the time comes. I will look into it.
But when setting up a new machine, isn't having to re-do things like Outlook/email, modems, software, etc. that you have on your old machine a giant hassle?
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Dr.M
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Gymtime, you can use Norton Ghost or etc to copy the disk image over. I also like to copy the Windows CD "WIN98" directory over to the HDD before I make the move, incase the CDROM/controller doesn't work right if you simply move the old HDD over. Since those are moving parts items though it would be wise to image to the new system, although then you'd probably be stuck with your current OS instead of the fancy pants WinXP Home or whatever you end up gettin that is newer, plus you'd have to instal new drivers etc.
As for moving Outlook Express there is a directory you can simply copy over, if your on 98 its somewhere in C:\Windows\Identities (frig, rusty memory, if you look under File > Properties in OE after highlighting an email folder it will show the dir, on 2k mine looks like C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{xxxxxxxxxxx-4411-9EB0-xxxxxxxxxxxx}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Inbox.dbx ), if you rusing Outlook regular just look for *.PST on your hard drive, and move them to the new system or do an actual 'export' formally of your address book/email etc
As for modem setup and stuff that is all going to be setup unless you buy in parts, which I do. As for your ISP etc though yes you will have to move that stuff over settings wise. Keep the data on your old drive and move it to the new machine to suck stuff off of it, then setup your ISP and etc, and put the old HDD back in the old machine and give it away if you want.
As for moving Outlook Express there is a directory you can simply copy over, if your on 98 its somewhere in C:\Windows\Identities (frig, rusty memory, if you look under File > Properties in OE after highlighting an email folder it will show the dir, on 2k mine looks like C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{xxxxxxxxxxx-4411-9EB0-xxxxxxxxxxxx}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Inbox.dbx ), if you rusing Outlook regular just look for *.PST on your hard drive, and move them to the new system or do an actual 'export' formally of your address book/email etc
As for modem setup and stuff that is all going to be setup unless you buy in parts, which I do. As for your ISP etc though yes you will have to move that stuff over settings wise. Keep the data on your old drive and move it to the new machine to suck stuff off of it, then setup your ISP and etc, and put the old HDD back in the old machine and give it away if you want.
