Hi BB, "As to XP Firewall it is only a one way. And I myself I do not need two Firewalls as I have a Router " We've had this discussion in...
I don't think its XP's firewall that caused Norton's not to install (that's the inference I'm getting from Queuedecoton). There is something else...
Hello wmergen, "Do I need to uninstall the all the Windows XP updates in my Add/Remove Software listing " No. " Is it sufficient to just...
Hi Pete, Click on "view" > "show kernel times ". Regards - Charles
I think the red indicates the usage of the core OS components such as the multiple Svchost.exe entries. I'm quessing here, so far I can't find any...
Hey BB, You're right about NAV being a resource hog, certainly on a 9X system. Not easy to get rid of though! You went to AVG, I went to...
Hello jgessing It does sound normal, I have red at the bottom as well. Regards - Charles
What version of NAV are you running? If I remember correctly, NAV2001 would not run on XP well. Have to upgrade to NAV2002 or now NAV2003....
With the release of v1.4 http://www.jv16.org/ jvPT will no longer be free. There is a 30 day free trial without any limitations on the program's...
Hi Ron, How much disk space is allocated to SR? System > System restore tab. The default setting is 12% of HD space. Peakrel Bez,...
Hi Newt, "but last time I read any of his stuff, he seemed very biased toward Zone Alarm. " Not lately. He does however rant on about...
Hello abx, To start, look at these sites: http://www.howstuffworks.com/firewall.htm http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/firewall-seen.html...
Hello Kevin, In my particular dialup setup, if I close IE or MSN Explorer, I still have to sign out and than seperately disconnect. I like...
Hey BB, "minimize the existing windows to see if there is a Firewall window underneath asking about Permit or Deny. " Very good point!...
Hi Pete, Disk Keeper makes sense, especially with all those partitions. A program that mimics safe mode's functions does not, certainly not...
I'm not clear on what the point is of doing Defrag in "normal" mode. Canfield: "I was told once that there was some type of software that...
Hello Miz, "The Applications tab lists the programs running. " Right, and this tab does not show all the processes and how much memory the...
Hello Spookie, Read this thread and take some or all of the advice that Mike & I specified...
What OS are you running? If XP, you can't remove IE6. What you did was remove references to it. To get it back, go into the "add/remove...
Defrag should be run in safe mode: F8 key on bootup. Chkdsk when asked for by the user is scheduled by XP on next bootup and is done in Safe...
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