[TechAssist] Re: Windows XP Home.
- From: "Damon" <damoneb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:10:19 -0500
You can set it up to scan 1 drive or only specfic Folders too.....
My 30 gig drive takes about 30 minutes with 16 gigs of files.
Damon B
Telrad Electronics
Fort Wayne IN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 11:24 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP Home.
> 80 gig partitioned as C&D and an external 160 gig that I use for storage
of
> old drive copies from long gone computers and for home movies from
> video-cam.
>
> I'm trying to find a way to tell it not to scan that drive but I haven't
> figured out how yet. I think I was able to do that with McAfee on my
> previous computer, to shorten the scan time. I don't see any sense in
> scanning stuff that hasn't been changed in years.
>
> Russ Hoyt
> Hoyt's TV
> Exeter, NH
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Myers" <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 11:41 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP Home.
>
>
> > 20 hours for Norton to run AV scan, wow! BIG HD with a zillion files? Or
> > is Norton really that bad?
> >
> > The Old Master Technician
> > ********************************
> > Since 1972 *
> > Jim Myers *
> > Telrad Electronics *
> > Fort Wayne Indiana *
> > ********************************
> >
> >
> > Hoyt's TV wrote:
> >> Ed, have you run AdAware and SpyBot?
> >> I run them every week. Seems to keep that problem to a minimum.
> >>
> >> Sorry it took me so long to answer this but my Norton is set to begin
> >> it's
> >> AV scan at 11:00pm on Fridays. I let it do a complete scan this time
and
> >> it
> >> finished up at about 6:00pm Saturday. So I didn't use the computer all
> >> day
> >> yesterday.
> >>
> >>
> >> Russ Hoyt
> >> Hoyt's TV
> >> Exeter, NH
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 7:02 PM
> >> Subject: [TechAssist] Windows XP Home.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Anyone know how to get rid of "crap" in Windows XP Home, without
> >>>reinstalling the whole works.
> >>>My XP is starting to be "flaky"...if I hit "My Computer" may take 3 to
4
> >>>minutes to show me the screen.
> >>>I have been using Symantec's System Works to fix files that may have
> >>>become
> >>>un-linked.
> >>>
> >>>It there a part of Windows XP that will check your OS...and get rid of
> >>>files
> >>>that slow down your computer.
> >>>
> >>>Miss-linked files, or a general check?
> >>>
> >>>-Ed-
> >>>
> >>>Tel-Tek Electronics
> >>>Ontario-Canada
> >>>
> >>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>>teltek@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>
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