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| Thread ID: 45915 | 2004-06-07 05:20:00 | My Prev Post re Ram attention Susan B | heaton (3697) | Press F1 |
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| 242399 | 2004-06-07 05:20:00 | Regarding my prev post about RAM: Thank you Susan B and others. This problem seemed to start when after I installed Zone Alarm Pro and after scanning with spybot, Adaware, Cleaning out temp files and easycleaning the register the problem STILL REMAINED i.e. programmes would not shut down. Well before tearing my hair out I decided to uninstall Zone Alarm Pro and go back to the free version and not only is the computer going faster but the problem appears to be fixed. So what the heck Zone Alarm Pro did to my machine I will never know but maybe others can learn from my experience with it. Cheers........Heaton |
heaton (3697) | ||
| 242400 | 2004-06-07 05:27:00 | If you had disabled it on start-up then it would have identified it as the responsible party immediately. | metla (154) | ||
| 242401 | 2004-06-07 08:49:00 | Glad to hear that you got your problem sorted, Heaton, well done. :-) There have been a couple of threads here over the past week regarding the latest free version of ZoneAlarm, 5.0, causing problems for some people so you may wish to stay away from that one until it gets sorted out. I hope you hadn't paid for the pro version of ZA only to find out that it caused problems. > If you had disabled it on start-up then it would have identified it as the responsible party immediately. That is true Metla, but no one advised Heaton to try this and inexperienced people do not always know that it is an option. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 242402 | 2004-06-07 09:46:00 | meh heh heh,i looked up the thread before i posted and i did indeed recomend it. | metla (154) | ||
| 242403 | 2004-06-07 11:40:00 | Ooops, sorry Metla. You did indeed recommend to disable everything starting up. :8} | Susan B (19) | ||
| 242404 | 2004-06-07 13:01:00 | > If you had disabled it on start-up then it would have > identified it as the responsible party immediately. Sorry Metla Zone alarm when installed does all sorts of things to TCP/IP stack, disabling its startup in Msconfig will effectivly disable web browsing. I did this once and was advised that a reinstall of the OS was the cure for me being unable to browse the interent unless I knew the ip of the web site I wished to go to, I simply allowed it to startup on load of the OS and I was once again able to browse the interent as I was used to. zone labs even warn you on the site to be careful when unistalling this program. There are some pretty clear instructions on the uninstallation procedure on their web site. |
beama (111) | ||
| 242405 | 2004-06-07 18:36:00 | Hi Heaton, As someone three years younger than you I feel I am in the right age group to offer appropiatee advice. Firstly , yes you do need more ram. In my opinion 512 mb is the bare minimum for win xp. Secondly ,unload Zone alarm and throw it away. Ditto for most other "protecter " software. I assume that, like me, your computer is simply for hobby use. No critical secret files. So what does it matter if some program "writes home" with info about what is on your computer? At one time I used to re-format my hard drive about every three months,mainly because of problems caused by too many security programs. I got a new computer about six months ago and vowed that I would never do a reformat again. So far ,so good. I have Norton anti-virus, Adaware, and spy bot search and destroy installed and that's it. I run the last two about once a week and leave NAV to look after itself. So far,not a single problem. I can forget worrying about viruses and spyware etc. One thing I would recommend is to use an ISP that scans your incomming mail for viruses and Spam. I am with QUIK. Since signing up with them I have not seen a virus or a single piece of spam. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 242406 | 2004-06-07 22:12:00 | > Secondly ,unload Zone alarm and throw it away . Ditto > for most other "protecter " software . Hi Jack, I' m curious,Are you using xp's built in firewall? Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 242407 | 2004-06-07 22:17:00 | Yes, Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 242408 | 2004-06-07 22:40:00 | Jack,Good to see you are using some "protecter " software even if it isn't user friendly. Steve |
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