Comments on: Recommended programs for a new computer?

By: rayhan0701

rayhan0701 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:23:28 +0000

As a antivirus you are using norton 360. It's not good enough. It can slow down your computer. I think you should use kaspersky Internet Security which is a lot faster and safer antivirus. For downloadind files Internet download manager. For watching dvd and blue-ray Power dvd 7.
Defragment- Auslogics disk defrag
History cleaning- CCleaner
zip Compression- Winrar.
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By: LittleWolf

LittleWolf — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:49:48 +0000

Dump Norton 360. It slows computers. You will need to download and run the Norton 360 Removal Tool from Symantec on line Support. Nothing else gets rid of Norton stuff completely. Then run your Registry Cleaner and CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/).

Clean out the OEM software you don't want with PC Decrapifier (http://pcdecrapifier.com/download). Replace Norton 360 with AVG Anti-Virus and AVG Anti-Spyware Free Editions (http://free.grisoft.com), and use the Zone Alarm Free Firewall (http://www.filehippo.com/download_zonealarm_free/). (Don't try to download Zone Alarm Free from the company web site — it is impossible to find there.) Defragment using the Windows Defragmenter (Disk Tools). Use your other spyware remover alongside of AVG Free. They won't conflict.

You will probably want OpenOffice.Org (http://www.openoffice.org/) for most of your non- Internet activities. Make sure you get the Firefox versions of FlashPlayer Plug in and Foxit Reader (reads PDF Files without the Adobe bloatware). Both are Firefox add-ons.

I prefer not to be bothered by on line ads, so I use the Firefox NoScript and AdBlocker add-ons. I like to share and back up my Firefox Extensions and Themes, so I use the FEBE add-on.

Use ThreatFire 3 (http://www.threatfire.com/download/) for protection against new on-line threats in real time, but do not buy the PC Tools cleanup option.

Apple iTunes and QuickTime are also popular but optional programs.

Just don't add more programs than you need — they can add up and slow down an otherwise fast PC.

And for backups, get a large external hard drive and Acronis True Image Home. Back up your system each month, and your files as needed. You can set up folders on an external drive and just use Windows copy/paste to make backups of your files, except for iTunes Libraries, which need to be backed up as the program instructs. Never compute without backups!

Clean up your system with the system cleanup tools every week, and run all anti-virus and anti-spyware scans twice weekly (quick scans) and once every week or two in Deep Scan modes. Defragment when Windows says it's needed. (Check for fragmentation about once a month.)
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By: roentgen

roentgen — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:48:07 +0000

my advice is dont go download crazy
take ur time and get used to ur com
if u dl too many progarms at the same time u may end up w/ more problems than u want
take ur time c what is out there and if u really need it or r going to use it
as far as keeping ur com running great i will give u a link to a pdf download one is for vista other xp
it is a bit long but if u followsome or all of his advice u will b in good shape there r many useful links in the pdf…..
http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html
congrats on ur new laptop asi said before take ur time
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By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:38:36 +0000

I personally am not a fan of Norton and nor many people i know,,,anyway….here are some cool essential programs from Google..free!
http://freegooglepack.blogspot.com

These are all the Best programs for PC security..free!.
http://pcsecuritycentral.blogspot.com

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By: TomS...

TomS... — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:36:14 +0000

I usually recommend Windows Defender, because it's free and offers protection from the 'worst of the worst' offenders. The only issues I would have with your choices are 1) some of the programs probably won't play well together, and 2) some of them won't be supportable if you have a problem. (I once had a very hard time uninstalling an "uninstaller!") Finally, if your laptop is HP, you should have a recovery partition that will help restore things if you have a problem. Hope this helps…
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By: dellick17

dellick17 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:32:55 +0000

Technically Opera broswer is safer then firefox. But firefox has more add-ons for it then there are for Opera.
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By: cyberdoc

cyberdoc — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:32:50 +0000

Office suite from http://www.openoffice.org.
Adobe acrobat reader
Winrar.

Then create a Restore point.
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By: Ikmal E

Ikmal E — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:32:37 +0000

limewire, avg anti-virus, latest window media player, window live messenegr., adobe photoshop cs3,
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By: Martin E

Martin E — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:32:28 +0000

Norton isnt a good program, it is terrible infact. Ive got a program i downloaded called "Bitdefender" and its absolutely brilliant. Ive tried macafee, norton etc etc but none compare to bitdefender
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By: Chan L

Chan L — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:32:00 +0000

man your computer is better than in shape. you are good to go.
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