Computer Clean up

[Magruter]

Well over the weekend i installed a few new programs like photoshop, a cd label creator and business card maker. Now my pc is running alll fussy. I've had it for a year, i defrag about everyother month, i've never formatted, Never ran any spyware progs, i have norton systematic running in the back round but that about it. Anyone have any suggestions/programs i can use to clean her up?

[All Kill3r]

windows cd

[Guest zerodamage]

first: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html

 

then: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

 

Finally to prevent the junk: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

 

Then I would install this and disable unneccassary crap:

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

 

 

 

Then consider this for the heck of it:

http://housecall.antivirus.com

 

And lets not forget windows update via your Start Button

 

 

You can also tweak up your xp services here: http://www.blackviper.com

Edited September 8, 2004 by zerodamage

[Magruter]

Cool i'll do all this stuff tonight, thanks!!!!

[All Kill3r]

pinned ?

 

i bet installing all that junk to clean up more junk doesn't help as much as my windows cd.

 

[Preacher]

pinned ?

 

i bet installing all that junk to clean up more junk doesn't help as much as my windows cd.

 

 

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Yep nothing quite as nice as a clean install

[appalachian_fox]

4mat? I concur.

 

Remember the Three Ree's of Windows:

 

1) REstart.

2) REinstall.

3) REformat.

[Guest zerodamage]

did this ever help Mag? A format & reinstall should only be done as a last resort. I've been doing spyware cleanup for a long time and i can tell you that a format/reinstall is only required about 5% of the time.

[Kenger]

I just did it :-/ had over 500 files / keys / values found :-/

[Primus]

Soyware programs are just as important if not even more important as a good antivirus program. Spyware is out of control anymore, you almost have to have 2 or 3 of them to get them all.

 

Try this one also its still in beta but its pretty good I think ZD posted a topic about it earlier if I'm not mistaken.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en

[appalachian_fox]

Soyware programs are just as important if not even more important as a good antivirus program.

 

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Yeah. I hate soy.

 

[Slaphappy]

ya even half a bottle of soy can ruin a well protected computer

[mongoloido]

For virus/spyware problems:

 

http://www.gamrs.co/forums/in...showtopic=16726

 

Otherwise, it can never be stressed enough to update the drivers on everything you have installed on your computer.