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<blockquote data-quote="WireEater" data-source="post: 8713639" data-attributes="member: 11027"><p>1. If you find yourself surfing out of the realms of "safe trusted" websites then I'd advise using anti-virus. You can't contract a virus unless you execute it. So if you don't do a lot of downloading and opening unknown files from unknown websites, yes you could do without one. It's really doesn't hurt to run one for the purpose of peace of mind. I would recommend Kaspersky. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>2. There isn't a software that exists that will get your computer running like it "use" to. These programs are gimmicks and I'd never spend money for them. For one, when your computer was quick, the programs were less demanding, not requiring as much memory and CPU. Secondly, running an old installation of windows, you are probably carrying around so much trash now from all the installations, uninstalls, downloads, patches that it's impossible to go through and clean it out.</p><p></p><p>The best you can do is try and clean out all of the temp file locations, flush your internet browsing cache (download crap cleaner, it's free and cleans these area out for you. It also scans your registry for invalid entrys and cleans them as well. </p><p></p><p>If you know what you are doing I would run the autoruns tool for windows (download it from MS tech site) and turn off any programs, services that you KNOW you don't need. You can easily shave off hundreds of megs worth of system resources.</p><p></p><p>I would also suggest running malware scans using multiple programs like Spybot Search and Sestroy and MalwareBytes which are free programs.</p><p></p><p>But like i said, you will never get it running quick like it was unless you do a complete wipe and start from scratch. This will require you to own a copies of windows and you will need all of your drivers because depending on the windows, it probably won't contain the drivers for your devices unless it's a really old system.</p><p></p><p>I would also suggest spending $30 dollars and getting new memory, it will make a HUGE performance increase. If it's an older system you probably have 512mb of memory because it was the standard then. Your system probably takes DDR2 which could be had for $24+shipping from new egg for 2x1GB sticks.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>3. The easiest way is just to back it up on the drive. Probably the most important area to back up off a computer is going to be your document and settings folder. This will be the default location for all of your favorites, pictures, videos, pst files, etc. Generally this really should be the ONLY place you need to back up. Generally programs don't save into program folders.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>4. I find this completely useless for someone who isn't handling crucial, important information. The only purpose for this would be disaster recovery. Unless you feel like a couple word documents and some pictures are worth $600 a year, then go for it. You could buy 10+ hard drives with that money and bury them around the world with your data on them if you were that worried. These are marketing gimmicks for the average consumer who don't know better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WireEater, post: 8713639, member: 11027"] 1. If you find yourself surfing out of the realms of "safe trusted" websites then I'd advise using anti-virus. You can't contract a virus unless you execute it. So if you don't do a lot of downloading and opening unknown files from unknown websites, yes you could do without one. It's really doesn't hurt to run one for the purpose of peace of mind. I would recommend Kaspersky. 2. There isn't a software that exists that will get your computer running like it "use" to. These programs are gimmicks and I'd never spend money for them. For one, when your computer was quick, the programs were less demanding, not requiring as much memory and CPU. Secondly, running an old installation of windows, you are probably carrying around so much trash now from all the installations, uninstalls, downloads, patches that it's impossible to go through and clean it out. The best you can do is try and clean out all of the temp file locations, flush your internet browsing cache (download crap cleaner, it's free and cleans these area out for you. It also scans your registry for invalid entrys and cleans them as well. If you know what you are doing I would run the autoruns tool for windows (download it from MS tech site) and turn off any programs, services that you KNOW you don't need. You can easily shave off hundreds of megs worth of system resources. I would also suggest running malware scans using multiple programs like Spybot Search and Sestroy and MalwareBytes which are free programs. But like i said, you will never get it running quick like it was unless you do a complete wipe and start from scratch. This will require you to own a copies of windows and you will need all of your drivers because depending on the windows, it probably won't contain the drivers for your devices unless it's a really old system. I would also suggest spending $30 dollars and getting new memory, it will make a HUGE performance increase. If it's an older system you probably have 512mb of memory because it was the standard then. Your system probably takes DDR2 which could be had for $24+shipping from new egg for 2x1GB sticks. 3. The easiest way is just to back it up on the drive. Probably the most important area to back up off a computer is going to be your document and settings folder. This will be the default location for all of your favorites, pictures, videos, pst files, etc. Generally this really should be the ONLY place you need to back up. Generally programs don't save into program folders. 4. I find this completely useless for someone who isn't handling crucial, important information. The only purpose for this would be disaster recovery. Unless you feel like a couple word documents and some pictures are worth $600 a year, then go for it. You could buy 10+ hard drives with that money and bury them around the world with your data on them if you were that worried. These are marketing gimmicks for the average consumer who don't know better. [/QUOTE]
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