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

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Author: Richard Whitney
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: OT (re my wife's XP has become painfully slow)
Quoting Michael <>:

> Get over it! He is a member and so am I. He uses Linux and so do I , see
> the connection?
>


I'm a member
der.hans is a member

if we start talking about the pub down the street - does list membership make
it ok?


> 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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