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Thread ID: 47151 2004-07-17 11:49:00 Rant: Win XP pro/home sucks! stu120404 (268) Press F1
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253065 2004-07-20 13:20:00 > No, spyware / ad-aware, can touch this computer :D
> (as I am running Ad-aware 6 & Spybot - Search &
> Destroy 1.2 & using where every possible using
> Mozilla Firefox )

Stu, you might want to upgrade to Spybot 1.3 - the latest version is not available from the update facility in 1.2, a fresh download / install file is available from here (www.safer-networking.org)

Plus you might want to turn off the auto-indexing thingy on the hard drive (under my computer, select hard drive, right click, properties, untick auto-index) - waste of space and in your case, precious resources 'cos it is working constantly in the background
:)
andrew93 (249)
253066 2004-07-20 13:35:00 Do try this it wont hurt:
Goto System Properties > Advanced > Preformance Settings > Visual Effects > Adjust for best preformance, then turn on the bottom two and your computer will preform instantly much faster and still have the feel of XP

Rob
Rob99 (151)
253067 2004-07-21 05:20:00 Stu, did you take note of this sentence?

> I've only had one bad crash in 2 months of use and that was caused by my flakey TV card which constantly crashes in 98 (so much so that I rarely use it).

You mentioned to me the other day something about your TV card - have you considered removing it and seeing if your problems disappear? It would be well worth a try. :-)
Susan B (19)
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