Re: upgrade XP Home to XP Prof

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Thank you very much Gary

I am afraid that I immunized with Spybot. Should I undo that, somehow?



Also, Spybot Search & Destroy, but DO NOT enable SD Helper of TeaTimer, and
don't Immunize. Just use it as an on-demand scanner that you run whenever
you do the rest of your maintenance.


Thank you

JB



"Gary S. Terhune" <none> escreveu na mensagem
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"Peter" <abc@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I did virus/trojan/spyware checks with various programs (McAfee,
Kaspersky, Trend, Spybot, Ad.aware, and several others) All is clean.
I uninstalled various programs to see if it helped. It did not.
I know McAfee slows things down considerably especially while it looks to
see if updates are needed, during download, and I suspect that it holds
onto memory after that. The same happens (I thgink) with Adobe Reader 8.
I am thinking of uninstalling it and trying to install an old Reader 5.

Yes, McAfee is horrible. Recommend you uninstall it and replace with
Avast! Antivirus and other tools. I use SpywareBlaster and AdAware 2007
(2008 not ready for prime time). Also, Spybot Search & Destroy, but DO NOT
enable SD Helper of TeaTimer, and don't Immunize. Just use it as an
on-demand scanner that you run whenever you do the rest of your
maintenance. Same with SuperAntiSpyware.

Adobe has just released Acrobat Reader 9.

I have a Toshiba laptop Satellite 1900-303, it has 256 Mb of memory which
I think may be not enough to run XP Home SP3, McAfee, etc.

You're absolutely right. WinXP, by itself, with light-weight stuff running
might be happy with 256MB, but you can't run anything more intensive,
aspecially if graphics are involved (pictures, videos, etc.)

The biggest suspect at the moment is the question of programs like McAfee
and Adobe not releasing memory after download and use.

Don't know about AcroReader, but get rid of McAfee.

Eventually, I may have to install the XP Home that comes with the
computer and start all over again. That would be my fisrt 'failure' in
many years using computers. I have a full XP professional and thought
maybe an upgrade would be a way of cleaning things up if they need
cleaning.

Nope.

Incidentally, I have defragmented the 30 Gb disk which only has 12 Gb in
it.

Didn't help, did it?

I do feel (I am not sure) that it runs faster in safe Mode. I have gone
through the rigmarole of selective start-ups and unchecked a whole load
of services and programmes from the start-up tabs in Msconfig. The
problem may be slightly better but the computer is still very slow on
start-up (could be due to hanshaking between the laptop, the router and
McAfee all fighting for an IP address). Then, later it gets better until
I open a .PDF file or there is McAfee or ASdobe downloads (I have stopped
automatic downloads now).

Any more ideas?

You don't have enough RAM, it's that simple. Yes, get rid of McAfee, I
don't know about AcroReader 8, but you MUST upgrade your RAM.
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Satellite%201900%20Series%20%28DDR%29(I
*think* that's your model, but you need to cross-reference with
themanual.)> Thank you for your interest.Sure. Glad you finally mentioned
the amount of RAM you have. It simply isn'tenough and explains pretty much
everything.> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> escreveu na
mensagemnews:eXnXjGQ8IHA.2332@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> "just about
everything" is not informative. Just what does that phraseinclude, in a
much detail as you can manage? What have you suspected, whatutilities have
you run, etc.? What applications do you use regularly, andwhat
applications are running in the background?>>>> -->> Gary S. Terhune>>
MS-MVP Shell/User>> http://grystmill.com>>>> "Peter" <abc@xxxxxxxx> wrote
in messagenews:O9qYbBQ8IHA.3736@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> I've tried just
about everything. But, if you have the time andpatience to help
me...>>>>>> What about the upgrade?>>>>>> Thanks>>>>>> JB>>>>>>>>>>>> "R.
McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu na
mensagemnews:%23rFQu9P8IHA.616@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>> No. Most slow
computers can be fixed but it's a methodical and time>>>> consuming
process. The Registry is way down on the list of reasons>>>> why a
computer becomes sluggish.>>>>>>>> "Peter" <abc@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
messagenews:OC0834P8IHA.2548@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>>>I have a very
slow laptop. I am sure that it is very clean. However, Isuspect that over
the years the Registry may have suffered a 'bump' or two.If the reason for
the slowness was there, would an upgrade from XP Home toXP Professional
make sure that any problems withe registry and other partsof the system
would be totally solved?>>>>>>>>>> Thank you>>>>>>>>>>
JB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>



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