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

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Author: Michael
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: OT (re my wife's XP has become painfully slow)
Get over it! He is a member and so am I. He uses Linux and so do I , see
the connection?

Richard Whitney wrote:

>For crying out loud!
>
>I'm tired of this thread.
>Art's system is not slowed down, Josef's is.
>
>Now, take it outside (of this list)
>
>Richard
>
>Quoting Michael <>:
>
>
>
>>Art wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>--- Michael <> 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 <> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>--- Josef Lowder <> 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?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>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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