I HAVE TAKEN BACK MY COMPUTER!!

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With Windows XP, Windows Defender, Norton Anti-Virus and other Norton
Automatic Updates all fighting for processor time, memory use and band
width, turning on my computer in the morning has become a ten minute
nightmare of waiting until everbody is finished doing whatever they do so
that I can actually check my email. Frequently, I have to wait for some
sort of automatic scan or reboot for the updates to work and I can't use the
computer effectively until these are completed..

Further, several times during the day, one or another of these programs
tells me I have something more to download and/or install and keeps posting
nag screens until I do.

Even checking the "notify only" options doesn't seem to help.

So, I have taken back control of my computer. I will check for updates,
perhaps even on a daily basis, but at a time that works for me, not the
software maker.

Thanks.
 
Sounds like you are a smart operator.
Good advice for anyone with a computer these days.
Not a very good experience for the operator when all installed
programs fight over CPU and RAM. Just be careful on the installs and
not allow the installations to place the program in the Start Up.
If the program insists on making itself start with windows, just remove it
it
and find a comparable program that doesn't.
 
With Windows XP, Windows Defender, Norton Anti-Virus and other Norton
Automatic Updates all fighting for processor time, memory use and band
width, turning on my computer in the morning has become a ten minute
nightmare of waiting until everbody is finished doing whatever they do so
that I can actually check my email. Frequently, I have to wait for some
sort of automatic scan or reboot for the updates to work and I can't use
the computer effectively until these are completed..

Further, several times during the day, one or another of these programs
tells me I have something more to download and/or install and keeps
posting nag screens until I do.

Even checking the "notify only" options doesn't seem to help.

So, I have taken back control of my computer. I will check for updates,
perhaps even on a daily basis, but at a time that works for me, not the
software maker.

Thanks.
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You can only say you've taken back your computer when you cease running
proprietary software on your computer. Switch over to Open Source software
and you will truly regain control over YOUR computer. One can start by
first replacing the o/s:

http://distrowatch.com/



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First, get rid of anything that says Norton or Symantec and replace with
McAfee, which is more reliable and less intrusive.
Second, you upgrade your CPU and RAM like Microsoft wants you to do and you
won't have so many issues with programs hogging it.
 
First, get rid of anything that says Norton or Symantec and replace with
McAfee, which is more reliable and less intrusive.
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You have got to be kidding!

McCrappy is second only to Norton/Symantec in being the worst crap that you
could have on a machine outside of virus/trojan/malware.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Neither Symantec ( Home Products ) nor McAfee are good choices
based on both cost to own/subscribe and performance issues.
 
First, get rid of anything that says Norton or Symantec and replace with
McAfee, which is more reliable and less intrusive.
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Neither company makes user friendly HOME products. Most people I run
into have not REGISTERED their McAfee and it's not even downloaded
updates for a year or more - at least Norton nags you to update.

AVG - well, of all the computers I've seen compromised, AVG has been the
only AV solution that was common to all of them. None of the computers
running Symantec Corp or McAfee or Norton Home edition in the last year
have been compromised.
 
You don't get out much do you Leythos? AFTER using McAfee and
Norton, AVG was my salvation. Who needs all of the bloatware of
McAfee and Norton/Symantec?

Doug W.
 
I've had good luck with AVG - there's a free version, then there's
SPYBOT of course and AdAware and SpywareBlaster; then I've just started
(we'll see...) with open-source virus scanner clamwin
(clamwin.com)...Like you, I insist on updates and scans on MY terms
so's I don't get tied up...especially important for a dialup user like
 
stand@attention said:
You don't get out much do you Leythos? AFTER using McAfee and
Norton, AVG was my salvation. Who needs all of the bloatware of
McAfee and Norton/Symantec?
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Actually, I get out a lot, we manage three Sororities networks and some
1500 other seats for clients.

Most of the Sorority residents, over the last 3 years, have used AVG,
more than half, and in the last year, only the AVG protected computers
were compromised by viruses/trojans - one was even had a SMTP engine,
another a a Flood virus, etc....

The machines in those installations running McAfee or Norton or Symantec
or CA (provided by the schools), didn't experience compromise last year.

I also have two remote friends that protect their home computers with
AVG and their kids computers have been compromised by IM related malware
several times this year.

A similar group of family/kids running Norton have not been impacted in
the last year.

So, tell me I don't get out much all you want, but I see this as a
larger sample base than most people posting here.
 
I am a professional computer tech in a busy shop.
Norton Products, McAfee fail in 10 out of the last 10 infected computers
that clients have brought to me this past week to 10 days.
AVG (updated) outperforms both products is all areas, (detection, clean
rate, intrusiveness of system, ease of updates)
 
"LS \(V\)" <lawrence said:
I am a professional computer tech in a busy shop.
Norton Products, McAfee fail in 10 out of the last 10 infected computers
that clients have brought to me this past week to 10 days.
AVG (updated) outperforms both products is all areas, (detection, clean
rate, intrusiveness of system, ease of updates)
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And my experience in multiple environments where I SEE how the users are
using them, suggests that AVG is not effective at protecting home users
with default settings on XP/IE/email.

While I agree that all products have problems, Norton/McAfee, the
compromised Norton/McAfee machines I've seen are generally due to user
mistakes and such - even AVG doesn't stand a chance with stupid users.
 
And my experience in multiple environments where I SEE how the users are
using them, suggests that AVG is not effective at protecting home users
with default settings on XP/IE/email.

While I agree that all products have problems, Norton/McAfee, the
compromised Norton/McAfee machines I've seen are generally due to user
mistakes and such - even AVG doesn't stand a chance with stupid users.
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Nor do users stand a chance with stupid toy operating systems like the ones
MickeyMouse sells.


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WGA is the best thing that has happened for Linux in a while.

The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613

Is this a modern day equivalent of a Nazi youth rally?:

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

A 3D Linux Desktop (video) ...


View Some Common Linux Desktops ...
http://shots.osdir.com/
 
Nor do users stand a chance with stupid toy operating systems like the ones
MickeyMouse sells.
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User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0

Why do you bother posting here if you have nothing to offer in the way
of help?
 
User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0

Why do you bother posting here if you have nothing to offer in the way
of help?
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User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067

And why do you keep posting here when all you are is a Fanboy and FUD
distributor for MickeyMouse?
--
WGA is the best thing that has happened for Linux in a while.

The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613

Is this a modern day equivalent of a Nazi youth rally?:

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

A 3D Linux Desktop (video) ...


View Some Common Linux Desktops ...
http://shots.osdir.com/
 
NoStop said:
And why do you keep posting here when all you are is a Fanboy and FUD
distributor for MickeyMouse?
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Because we are patriots.

The only thing American about Linux is that Linux is a ripped-off clone of
an American invention cobbled together by a free-love Scandanavian.

You're either on our side or the side of the terrorists.
 
User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067

And why do you keep posting here when all you are is a Fanboy and FUD
distributor for MickeyMouse?
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Lets see, ME: I help with problems posted by users, actually use XP, and
I provide design/network/support services for a living. I'm not biased
one way or the other, and I like Linux and Windows (don't like the MAC,
even if it's nix based now), and I don't flame the OS vendor because it
doesn't add to the help level (even in Linux groups).

You: Troll, don't appear to actually have any technical skills, never
help anyone, post nothing good about anything except Linux, but you
don't appear to know much about Linux....
 
Hi,

Get rid of Norton and get other Antivirus( I have Bitdefender 9 Pro,
its one of the best, easy to use it).It took me around 30 minutes to
uninstall it manually( Norton) i could not otherwise... Get CCleaner,
small but does big things and the less programs the best performance..
and Error Doctor.


ciao
 
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