[pchelpers] Re: Manually Remove crippled AVG
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:19:24 +1300
On 11/11/2010 3:53 p.m., Cyril Halbach wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I had no trouble finding where AVG resided. Vista would not let me
> delete the
> folder however until I blew away the Keys in the registry as I mentioned
> to Jackie.
>
> Thanks for the reply. AVG has been working pretty well for me. The
> latest version
> looks like a pretty good one for being FREE. It monitors quite a number
> of items and
> seems to do pretty well with its scans etc.
>
> Not quite sure how it got bombed but last week something happened that a
> relatively new
> 1TB internal Seagate drive bit the dust taking with it some serious
> backup items. Still under
> warranty but that does not get my files back.
>
> By the way I have a copy of Ubuntu. Looks like a good OS but I am sure
> it will be quite
> a learning curve. However if I find some time I will play around with it.
>
> Cy
You are right about the learning curve. It is good for web browsing, but
email setup may be more difficult. Before installing it may be wise to
contact a local Linux user group (LUG) to get some guidance on the
matters you will need to deal with.
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