Re: Windows XP with more of 1 GB

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"Christy" wrote

Sorry about "hijacking". Most other boards I visit would rather you post to
an already existing question than have 10 questions about the same thing.

Anyway, I have 512mb now. I have set the page file more than once and it is
good for a while and then starts acting up again. I saw another message about
Norton possibly affecting it. Are you familiar with that?

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This isn't a board. This is actually a newsgroup hosted on an MS server. If you are accessing it using the web interface that is awful. You might want to look at using a newsreader to access these newsgroups. It really is much better. XP comes with a newsreader, Outlook Express. Here is a link for how to set it up for newsgroups.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

As to your issue with the page file, I can't say for sure that Norton is causing the problem but it has been known to cause problems with virtual memory. Unfortunately the program is bloated and takes as heavy toll on resources so you would be better off without it. You will find quite a few people in here who would suggest getting rid of it.

For anti-virus there are several free or low cost alternatives such as Avast, AntiVir, AVG and Ca eTrust. There are also some good, but more costly programs such as Kaspersky and NOD32. I haven't used either of those. I currently use Avast (free version), but any of those first four work well.

For firewall there are several free ones - Sunbelt Software's Kerio Personal Firewall, and Zone Alarm. I prefer Kerio.

For anti-spyware there is a variety of good, free programs. You should regularly use several of them and run scans in safe mode: Adaware SE, SpyBot S&D, Windows Defender, HijackThis, Spyware Blaster, Cwshredder.

I don't know how you connect to the internet but if possible look into using a router with NAT. It is a good first line of defense. Make sure the OS has SP2 installed with all updates.

Most important of all is safe computing and surfing habits.

http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html#III

http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

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Rock [MVP Windows Shell/User]

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