Opinions wanted, please

[e.t. and dct]

Well hello all! I'd like to hear your preferences on a couple of freeware
apps, please!

1) What is the best & simplest freeware RAM manager for WinXP?

2) What is the best & simplest Spyware locater/remover/preventer for XP?

Thank you so much!
Have a great day! e.t.

 

[nondisputandum.com]

Well hello all! I'd like to hear your preferences on a couple of freeware
apps, please!

1) What is the best & simplest freeware RAM manager for WinXP?

2) What is the best & simplest Spyware locater/remover/preventer for XP?

Thank you so much!
Have a great day! e.t.

A combination of several stable tools:
http://www.nondisputandum.com/html/anti_spyware.html

Ram manager... none... Free Ram XP pro is the best I ever found and
used,.. now I have more ram... what a relief! I advice you the same if
you ever intend an upgrade.

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

e.t. and dct wrote in <[email protected]>:

Ok here is my opinion - and some friendly advice:

Use telling subject line, say like "Ram manager for XP -opinions
wanted" and "Spyware remover for XP - opinions wanted" or something
like that (you don't have to use "freeware" in the subject line, goes
without saying when asking in alt.comp.freeware .

from: <http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/usenet/primer/part1.html>:
"The subject line of an article is there to enable a person with
a limited amount of time to decide whether or not to read your
article. Tell people what the article is about before they read
it."

Also - if you want opinions on two quite different program types, lik
Ram Managers and Spyware removers, I think it is better to post two
separate request. This way it will make it easier for others
interested in either ram managers or spyware removers to follow the
thread(s) - and contribute if so.

Now to your questions:
1) ram managers, none.
2) Spyware removers
all those listed here, use all:

<http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/PL2004SECURITY.htm#Anti-Spyware>
In addition I suggest you use Winpatrol (the free version) or a
similar startup monitoring utility

<http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/PL2004SYSTEMUTILITIES.htm#ProcessMonitor:Start-Up>
to alert you (and allow you to reject/deny) when some programs (good
and bad) try to inject them self in the various Windows run keys to
auto load/run when Windows starts.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[e.t. and dct]

I imaginee this is also a faux pas, but I'd like your opinion on the gfree
ram cp pro settings. I have 512 meg of RAM. I usually rin Outlook Express,
IE6 & Trillian at the same time. Could I have your advice on how much ram
to free up if it drops below "x" amount...I think you get the idea...I'd
love to hear from you I obviously don't have it set right. I'm running
slower than ever...
Thank you very much! e.t.

 

[monkeyman]

I imaginee this is also a faux pas, but I'd like your opinion on the gfree
ram cp pro settings. I have 512 meg of RAM. I usually rin Outlook Express,
IE6 & Trillian at the same time. Could I have your advice on how much ram
to free up if it drops below "x" amount...I think you get the idea...I'd
love to hear from you I obviously don't have it set right. I'm running
slower than ever...
Thank you very much! e.t.

To tell you the truth, any of the so-called "RAM managers" are a
bandaid at best. You really should get to the root of the problem
instead. 512 MB of RAM is quite adequate and you shouldn't be running
out. The usual suspects are applications that insist on taking a chunk
of RAM at startup and insinuate themselves unto the Systray. The
thinking is that the app will load faster if it is already in memory.
But, on a modern machine start times for applications are trivial and
RAM hogs slow everything else down. So, get yourself a startup manager
and clean out that systray and Startup folder. What you actually need
running at startup is pretty limited. Here is a freeware startup
manager called Starter:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/codestuff/features.shtml

 

[Bob Adkins]

Well hello all! I'd like to hear your preferences on a couple of freeware
apps, please!

1) What is the best & simplest freeware RAM manager for WinXP?

WinXP. It does great by itself, and a RAM manager doesn't really help.

2) What is the best & simplest Spyware locater/remover/preventer for XP?

Spybot Search & Destroy.

It immunizes against over 1500 spywares, and cleans over 12000 known spyware
files and registry entries.

Bob

Remove "kins" from address to reply.

 

[Keenan P.]

Well hello all! I'd like to hear your preferences on a couple of freeware
apps, please!

1) What is the best & simplest freeware RAM manager for WinXP?

2) What is the best & simplest Spyware locater/remover/preventer for XP?

Ram managers are not that effective imo, but I run FreeRamXPPro
(freeware) only to see where my ram level is. When I close down all
running apps I can free up ram if I choose. Having 512 ram and having so
many apps in my startup, I usually sit at the 200 ram level.
I'm running dual monitors - rather than keep my e-mail client open I
have Mailwasher running minimized to alert me to incoming mail. I can
scrap any spam with Mailwasher at this point.
I use Spybot, Adaware, SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard in concert.
Hope this helps,
POKO

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[e.t. and dct]

Thank you, sir! I appreciate your advice!!! It was so kind of you to go
that extra mile for me. I do so hate tobe such a bother, but a good portion
of my computering skills must have been filed away in some of the brain
cells that didn't make it through my anuerysm/stroke this past Memorial Day.
I welcome helpful advice and hope I don't tick anyone else off if I fail to
follow proper protocol. Thank you again!!! e.t.