starting XP

[blackfoot]

Hi All,

I have just installed to tryout Win XP Pro SP1 on new pc,
I see that 3 programs that are trying to go out as soon as I boot up,

livenote.exe
svchost.exe
spoolsv.exe

Is this normal or have I got hit, as I did go online with IE at first
to DL the following.

ZA
Firefox
Ad-Aware se
a2
Reg-cleaner

Can someone point me to Any do's and dont's webpages for XP please

Going good with win98SE but, sadly I need XP for office work

Thanks


Blackfoot

 

[badgolferman]

Hi All,

I have just installed to tryout Win XP Pro SP1 on new pc,
I see that 3 programs that are trying to go out as soon as I boot up,

livenote.exe http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/livenote/
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/svchost/
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/spoolsv/

Is this normal or have I got hit, as I did go online with IE at first
to DL the following.

 

[sh4d03]

Hi All,

I have just installed to tryout Win XP Pro SP1 on new pc,
I see that 3 programs that are trying to go out as soon as I boot up,

livenote.exe
svchost.exe
spoolsv.exe

Is this normal or have I got hit, as I did go online with IE at first
to DL the following.

ZA
Firefox
Ad-Aware se
a2
Reg-cleaner

Can someone point me to Any do's and dont's webpages for XP please

Going good with win98SE but, sadly I need XP for office work

Thanks


Blackfoot

It appears livenote.exe is part of a Lexmark printer/device?

svchost.exe and spoolsv.exe are all ok.

In terms of do's and don'ts

DO have an Antivirus program installed - a GOOD one.
DO keep your Antivirus program up to date with latest definitions.
DO run anti-spyware scans regularly:
http://www.dcnetworks.com.au/downloads.htm
Download the applications mentioned in the first three links. Keep them
up to date and scan with them as regularly as you find necessary for
your browsing habits. I have clients who can pull off about 20 elements
of spyware a day or myself who pulls off the same amount in about a month.
DO update yourself to Windows XP SP2 - maybe not straight away, but I'd
be looking into doing it soon.
DO keep your system updated with Windows Update. XP SP2 has a nice
automated feature to do this effortlessly.

DON'T forget all the DO's.

Sh4d03

 

[michaelxp]

Hi,

Here are a couple of recent article I wrote on XP do's and don'ts. Take
a peek you might find them interesting.

http://www.xpmaximized.com/archives/xp_dos_donts/index.html

Regards

Michael Huddleston
http://www.xpmaximized.com

 

[kurt wismer]

blackfoot wrote:
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Can someone point me to Any do's and dont's webpages for XP please

http://www.cablemodemhelp.com/xpsurvivalguide.pdf

 

[blackfoot]

Hi

,, will check out the links carefully

on the job now,

Thanks once again



Blackfoot