[TechAssist] Re: Windows XP Home.

  • From: Bil Green <magpulser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Jim Myers <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:13:30 -0700

Hi Jim,

Just do the on-line scan using Panda and Housecall and you'll see
the difference.
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Bil

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M-Pulse 5000 magnetic pulse generator
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Sunday, September 18, 2005, 8:41:51 AM, you wrote:

JM> 20 hours for Norton to run AV scan, wow! BIG HD with a zillion files? Or 
JM> is Norton really that bad?

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JM> 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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