Re: OT (re my wife's XP has become painfully slow)

Art wrote:

>--- Michael <volinaz@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Have you tried ctrl+alt+del | Task Manager | Processes and see what
>>is
>>using all the memory and CPU ?? I would start here. I to ran XP with
>>Norton (never a glitch!) and T-bird | Firebird and NEVER had an
>>issue. I
>>would start with virus scan, spyware scan (search google), kill
>>processes!!
>>
>>
>What?
>Did you read my question?
>I have never had an issue with NIS, hence my question.
>Please state what you are responding to, if you are not
>responding to my query.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Art
>
>
>
Has nothing to do with NIS. If you want to see what is bogging down the
system open Task Manager and look at the processes that are using the
most memory and CPU power. Defrag will not help you as NTFS is
journaled. There is obviously some spyware or trojan using up system
resources.

>>Art wrote:
>>
>>
>>>--- Anthony Boynes <anthonyboynes@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>--- Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Sorry to bother y'all with this question, but I wondered if any
>>>>>of you nice folks could offer suggestions to remedy this severe
>>>>>slowdown. Might defrag or killing off some temp files help?
>>>>>
>>>>>joe@actionline.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>...
>
>
>>>>I would recommend ditching Norton Anti-virus. It used to be good
>>>>
>>>>
>>but
>>
>>
>>>>in
>>>>recent years has become bloated and a source numerous problem in
>>>>itself -
>>>>in my opinion. Personally I now like F-Prot when it comes to a
>>>>Windows
>>>>virus scanner. Trend Micro is another good choice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Hi Anthony,
>>>
>>>I have an NIS sub. Are you suggesting I go with F-Prot? If so,
>>>would it be cheaper than my current sub of $39.9 for my annual
>>>subscription? If so, what assurance do I have that I will not
>>>be compromising my network security?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Art
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
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