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Ray in Kigwood

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Most of the time I use Linux.



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I also use 'Winders.



My systems run extremely well and I have never been plaqued with problems. My regimen for windows works quite well and I thought I would share them with ya'll



When I use 'winders for anti virus I use two free programs that together according to slash dot and some other sites I visit.... work as well or better that any purchased version.



I use Avast



Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition



and AVG



AVG Free Advisor - AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition



I also used in conjuction



Spybot for spyware,



The home of Spybot-S&D!



and I use Adaware for other nasties



Ad-Aware 2007 Free - Lavasoft



I use ccleaner for cleanups.



www.ccleaner.com/



These programs are for my Winders setup and keeps everything ticking along quite smoothly and all work together fine.



Wanna know the best part?



ALL of them are free. Even the Antiviral programs and the updates. I have an extensive computer network in my home consisting of a large server, 5 desktops, 4 laptops, print servers, 2 laser jets, 3 laser printers, streaming video and music to everything, both wireless and wired....



My setup has been jammin for numerous years with no problems using the programs I mentioned for winders...



All of my 'puters dual boot in winders and Linux.

Linux for the most part just runs and runs...Does not require all the crap winders does...



Do ya want a free killer photoshop program?



GIMP - for Windows



Do ya want a killer office program as good as MS winders stuff?



Go to OpenOffice.org: Home and download the winders version



Do ya� like the IM stuff?



Try this one......... Home | Pidgin



or a great defrag program waaaay better than windoze...



go to Disk Defrag - Reclaim the Speed Of Your Disks



here is an awesome media player with numerous codecs and plays all types of stuff



VLC media player - Overview





Should you wish to try LINUX easily and without fear....and not do any harm to your existing computer system.....



Go to Wubi - The Easiest Way to Linux



Wubi is an unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other application. If you heard about Linux and Ubuntu, if you wanted to try them but you were afraid, this is for you.

















ALL the stuff I just showed you is safe, no popups, viri or other nasty crap that usually comes with free programs.



I hope some of you will find this information uselfull an that it will help you in some small way...



ENJOY!
 
Running that defrag program right now. Amazing how well it runs without bogging down the PC. Thanks for the tips.
 
nice tips Ray, I also have a similar regimen as you when it comes to Windows. I don't really see the point in paying for some of these programs, but based on the recent rave reviews of the Norton programs, I've actually thought about buying one program to handle everything instead of having one for this, and another for that. I've been burned in the past by Norton with all that bloatware they installed onto my system and that's what got me using the free, better alternatives.



One program I'd like to add to your list is SpyWareBlaster, in addition to using SpyBot (recently updated so it doesn't take so long to load) and AdAware 2007.



I like to dabble around in Linux, but as much progress they've made in making it a user-friendly system, I don't think it'll ever be as mainstream as Windows or Mac OS. While you can do more with the OS right out of the box with a good Linux distro, there are just some things that don't work as easily as it should.



For example, watching a DVD on my laptop. I'm pretty computer savvy but as experienced as I am with computers, I could not figure out how to watch a DVD without having to pay for certain codecs. And if you have a newer device that doesn't have Linux drivers, good luck trying to find one that works.



I'm not a big Mac fan, but I feel Windows and Macs offers a "finished" product while many things in Linux feels like they're in beta stage, a work-in-progress, or a college student's project. I just don't get why people say Linux is more stable (because most servers are linux based?) when I find Linux and its apps to be much buggier than most products I use in Windows. I guess if stable means less reboots, then I will agree with that but stability for me also comes from the programs running within the OS and in that respect, I find that a lot more Linux apps crash on me than in Windows.



While there are many good alternative and free programs for Linux, one thing that I find that Linux lacks is a good personal finance software program comparable to Quicken/Quickbooks or Microsoft Money. GnuCash and KMyMoney is alright, if it was 1990 but it's far from what Quicken or Money can do. I'm not big on paying for programs, especially when I can get things for free (legally and illegally) but once you use Linux, you have a bigger appreciation for the developers and programmers and software companies out there writing these programs for us.
 
I use gimp and avg. Both great although for a while I did't use a anti-anything and had no problem nor did my machine that I built myself have any attacks.
 
an old semi member coming back to add my 2c. I do computer repair as a side job.



AVOID the any version of Norton PERIOD. It does nothing but slow systems down. If you WANT to pay for an antivirus go for NOD32 best for pay antivirus on the net.



Also, I no longer recommend Ad-Aware...it pains me to do it because it served me reliably for so long, but after they were bought out and the original person was more or less pushed aside. There has been nothing but internal conflict in that company and it just is not much of a reliable program anymore.



Spybot is great. Still free and still works wonders. I also agree with SpywareBlaster, it has its benefits compared to Spybot and its drawbacks as well. Overall not a bad program though.



You free antivirus programs are spot on. I use a full version of AVG that came with a mag subscription.
 
Another free program I forgot to mention is SuperAntiSpyware. The definitions are updated on almost a daily basis and for me, it catches more things than SpyBot or AdAware, which I agree has not kept up over the years.



The one program I haven't tried on Ray's list is Auslogics' Disk Defrag. I've always just used Disk Defrag from Windows itself, so it'll be interesting to see the differences between the 2.
 
Used most of those and have recently did an XP reinstall to clean out my system. Didn't remember taking that many pictures. LOL



Also not a big fan of Norton, have used it from day one on this computer and it was painfully slow. Trying Avast right now.



Another program i am trying is Sandboxie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . trying to keep the crap out before it even starts.
 
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