Kelly said:
As per part of response, beings you included your post via
the XP groups, you will indeed receive XP replies.
Good luck either way!
XP Groups??? The title says ie6 browser. If there is one
specifically for Windows 98, then please tell me that. Don't just
leave me high and dry.
Can anyone else help me? Thanks.
While it is true you posted in:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser
You also cross-posted in:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
- Notice - WINDOWSXP.general
Now - I would uninstall Norton. I will get argument on this, but for a
while now I contend the only worthwhile product Symantec put out is Ghost.
Yeah - I use Corporate Edition AV, but it's because it is the easiest to
manage via their console (and true enoough, McAfee failed me years ago.) In
any case - something like Avast! or AVG free will do the job very well - and
not cost you a penny - unless you pay for the Pro versions that is. They
also use less resources.
Then I would clean up your machine like I pointed out. Yes, some tips were
specific to Windows XP, many were not.
- You need to Uninstall unused applications. The link to the web page
explains this for other Windows OSes as well.
- You need to add to your arsenal of AntiSpyware, especially in Windows 9x.
Make sure you have AdAware SE 1.06 (just released) and not 1.5 or prior.
Make sure you have Spybot Search and Destroy 1.31TX or later. Add
SpywareBlaster and IE-SpyAd to your list and immunize that system as well as
using the immunization features of Spybot Search and Destroy. If you don't
immunize/change your habits - what was the point of cleaning up?
- You need to scan with an antivirus application that is NOT on your PC tand
is therefore NOT already possibly compromised. I listed several online
scans.
- You need to be sure you do not have anything loading up at startup you
don't need. At least one of the links will help you go through your
startups no matter what Windows OS you have.
- You could tweak using MS TweakUI 1.33 some of the settings you have. You
could also mess with your pagefile size and temporary internet files size as
was in the tips. Just do a little research using Google first.
- You need to be sure you have the latest manufacturer (not Microsoft)
versions of the drivers for your hardware for your Windows OS.
- You need to be sure your backups (documents, spreadsheets, pictures,
drawings, email, contacts, favorites, etc) are up to date.
- You need to be sure you have ran a scandisk and a defrag AFTER you have
done all the rest above.
