[access-uk] Re: Advice on maintaining other people's machines

Just as long as a virus hasn't taken her machine down by then. Having an out of date antivirus is one thing but having no antivirus at all could be a little awquard, especially if she uses Outlook, Eudora or something similar to download mail. 

At 21:51 27/10/2008, you wrote:
Oh yes good point! I could go through a system restore if Marie really wants to do that, but if it can wait till Saturday, the next time I'll see her, then that would also be great, but if she's stuck I'll sure suggest that to her. 

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:26 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Advice on maintaining other people's machines



Hi Chris,

I think if you are going to do that, you should be a little more careful.

First, you should make a restore point if possible.  Second, you should back
up if possible, anything you uninstall, and never change anything you can't
reverse.

I am not pointing the finger, I have done all this myself, so I know,
believe me.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
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Chris Hallsworth
Sent: Monday 27 October 2008 21:13
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Advice on maintaining other people's machines

Hi all,
I went to do some maintenance yesterday at my friend's house using her
laptop running XP Home. I uninstalled everything, including her antivirus,
and didn't realize that her DVD drive wasn't working properly till too late.

So I've now left her without an antivirus, but managed to get her some
antispyware protection. What do you all think of me checking stuff out
before doing any such maintenance? I didn't know this should have been done
before anything else till tonight. Any comments on this would be greatly
appreciated. I just hope she manages to find at least AVG 7.5 Free as she's
still using JAWS 8. Thanks in advance!

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