Redux on Hibernate

[William Lurie]

Some time ago, we had lengthy discussions in this newsgroup and I
received much valuable help in getting my XP/Home Edition to hibernate
properly. It has been working well now, for some time, and I'd like to
recount most of what I've done to keep it this way.

I allow no 'automatic' *anything* from software that is anxious to
update. That includes Windows Update, and Symantec/Norton Live Update,
and Idle Time Scans. It includes Save & Restore of all kinds, which I
disabled in Services.msn and bring out of retirement only when I decide
that I want to create a 'Restore Point'. It includes Norton Anti-Virus
which has a dozen anti-everything protections which are not easy to subdue.

And thanks again (and Season' Greetings) to all who led me toward a
successful solution.

 

[Tim Meddick]

While turning off Window's Automatic Updates is not going to cause the end
of the world, it's fairly important that if you do this that you also try
to keep your XP installation updated with the latest Microsoft Updates by
actually visiting the Windows Update website and manually downloading and
installing them.

Not to do so will leave many security holes in your operating system.

And leave your computer less likely to be able to integrate with the latest
software and data over the internet.

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[William Lurie]

With you all the way, Tim. I do the manual Windows Update, and Live
Update, and full system scan periodically....at times of my choosing,
not at the whims of programmers unknown.

Bill

 

[Jose]

With you all the way, Tim. I do the manual Windows Update, and Live
Update, and full system scan periodically....at times of my choosing,
not at the whims of programmers unknown.

       Bill

It doesn't sound like you fixed the problems.

It sounds like instead of fixing things, you disabled things that you
should not to disable to relieve the symptoms of the problems.

 

[William Lurie]

It doesn't sound like you fixed the problems.

It sounds like instead of fixing things, you disabled things that you
should not to disable to relieve the symptoms of the problems.

Jose, these hidden programs that run my computer when *they* feel like
doing so, are first of all an invasion of my privacy. Second, they are
"events" which interfere with my computer being at rest and going to
sleep in a normal manner. That was the basic problem, and to me, the
problem I had........has been solved to my satisfaction.

 

[Tim Meddick]

Forgot to add that [again] while it's not the best situation to disable
Window's Automatic Updates, I can wholly understand why you have done so.

I found that my PC would "freeze" entirely when WAU started (and without
any rhyme or reason to it's timing) before I got rid of AVG Free and
installed MSSE instead.

Now I don't have the same problem, I quickly re-instated WAU and because it
was also needed for MSSE virus-database-updates as well.

But, as it was a known issue with WAU and PCs running XP and with only
512MB of RAM - I didn't feel at all guilty about disabling WAU as long as I
remained aware that it was very important to keep XP updated manually
(which I always did).

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[MyNews]

I to Tim Meddick have got rid of AVG Free and installed MSSE instead.
I have no Virus or spyware working it way in to my Systems no more like it
was with AVG!