If you are a computer 'noob' like myself, read this (if your computer is sluggish)

[Matt S]

hey all

Ok, I know just enough to get myself in trouble.....while I do download tv shows on occasion and stream movies via netflix or hulu or whatnot, I make sure to have the triple protection: virus, firewall and spy ware...always run them - usually once every other day, etc....but as of late, my system had been slow...I got the 'Not responding' message every other minute.....started giving up hope...

....So, I decided to run a program that helps me check for driver updates, and bam! Had to update 9 different ones; took an hour, but now my computer is fast (again)

lesson of thread: dont forget those driver updates!!!

 

[Darth Waller]

What program did you run to find out what drivers you needed to update?

 

[Skiman]

https://www.avg.com/us-en/home-and-office-security-ppc1?ctype=ppc_us_gs_0002
https://www.superantispyware.com/?tag=GOOGLE-SUPERANTISPYWARE
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
https://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
https://free.antivirus.com/cwshredder/
https://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/

Lots of great stuff right here
https://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/

Other useful information.... stuff that can slow you CPU neural net processor.
https://www.spywareinfoforum.com/

Bring it because it's been brung!!!!!

 

[The Craw]

the problem with AV/spyware programs is that none of them will catch everything. i used to use 3 different spyware programs and i'd run them 1 after the other and all 3 would find different things.

 

[Kuzeh]

https://www.avg.com/us-en/home-and-office-security-ppc1?ctype=ppc_us_gs_0002
https://www.superantispyware.com/?tag=GOOGLE-SUPERANTISPYWARE
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
https://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
https://free.antivirus.com/cwshredder/
https://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/

Lots of great stuff right here
https://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/

Other useful information.... stuff that can slow you CPU neural net processor.
https://www.spywareinfoforum.com/

Bring it because it's been brung!!!!!

Here's a better one:

https://www.apple.com/

 

[Skiman]

...sauce....

 

[Matt S]

What program did you run to find out what drivers you needed to update?

I had never heard of it...called driver genius pro edition....now, it wasnt free (reason I was generic in my topic cause this really aint a plug), but it worked

I have been basically using google to look at suggestions...and all the obvious ones came up: dump temp files, check for virus/spyware, defrag the harddrive, etc

Did all that, and nothing had been working....paid the $ out of desperation, but it seems to have worked........

I should meantion that I have been using the MS Windows Live Care, combined with Spy Dr, then doing the occasional check with Spybot search


I agree with the above comment about not all vireus/spyware catching everything...they just dont. Even ran the programs in Safe mode....seemed to catch extra stuff, but not really practical

 

[POWER1010]

https://www.avg.com/us-en/home-and-office-security-ppc1?ctype=ppc_us_gs_0002
https://www.superantispyware.com/?tag=GOOGLE-SUPERANTISPYWARE
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
https://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
https://free.antivirus.com/cwshredder/
https://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/

Lots of great stuff right here
https://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/

Other useful information.... stuff that can slow you CPU neural net processor.
https://www.spywareinfoforum.com/

Bring it because it's been brung!!!!!

Why does everything always have to be brought about or brung....

 

[Skiman]

Why does everything always have to be brought about or brung....

 

[Something Sexy]

I cannot stress enough, if you are a bit torrent user or you download TV shows or what not USE Pure Guardian 2. One of the best apps made.

https://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/

 

[Matt S]

Thanks, SS!

Man, what a good 'computer' day....got my rig working well again, updated everything, created a guest accnt so I can have some sense of security if people stay with me, AND finally found a way to have a pic displayed in its native resolution (or size, really) for the background image..!!!!

Someone tell me Windows 7 is way more user friendly than Vista

 

[Skiman]

I cannot stress enough, if you are a bit torrent user or you download TV shows or what not USE Pure Guardian 2. One of the best apps made.

https://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/

no 64bit Vista or 7?

 

[GrueSam]

Here's a better one:

https://www.apple.com/

LOL

 

[Something Sexy]

no 64bit Vista or 7?

Vista is for n00bs. I will admit I haven't tried it for Windows 7 yet as I just switched over. I am sure it will be out soon.

 

[Skiman]

Vista is for n00bs. I will admit I haven't tried it for Windows 7 yet as I just switched over. I am sure it will be out soon.

Kewl, and hardly...

two things I cannot be n00bs about is comps and lifting.

maybe Turtles and Biffy, but NOT DIS>

 

[Skiman]

here's another suggestion as well for others that might not now...

How to rebuild Indexes (Windows XP & Vista)

This could take a while so watch a movie or something unless you have a pretty speeding machine.

Ski

 

[Matt S]

Thanks, Skiman - doing that now.....

 

[Something Sexy]

Kewl, and hardly...

two things I cannot be n00bs about is comps and lifting.

maybe Turtles and Biffy, but NOT DIS>

Hahaha, I wouldn't get within a 10 foot fiber optic cable of Vista.

 

[Skiman]

...sauce...

Sexy were you born in teh 80's?

 

[Something Sexy]

...sauce...

Sexy were you born in teh 80's?

Yessssssir.