Re: how many users ok?

Not much in notification area..no big deal.
As far as registry. Well, I do use RegSeeker, a free ( I like free! )
application that does a great job, however, I am forcing myself to learn
more about the registry so I can rely less on applications.

Now, about this...

Norton has some nice functions, such as windoctor and hard drive
> optimization (defragmenting and optimizing the hard drive (based on
> application usage info), so that programs used often are placed in the
> same area on the HD. It scans the registry in many different ways and
> sometimes finds 20 errors in the registry from software that didn't
> uninstall properly and that sort of thing. It also finds missing
> applications for many registry entries, and removes those entries.
> With all the problems that people have with the registry, I feel alot
> better having it trimmed and cleaned and I'm hesitant to remove Norton
> as it does a lot more than virus scanning


There is much debate on different forums, and with those that know a whole
lot more than I do, but the general consensuses is that about the only
registry items that you need to worry about are the ones that are placed
there by maleware/spyware, etc. and that, although entries that lead
nowhere, or are obsolete can be annoying, they really do not matter in
performance issues for your computer. In fact, the reason why I am trying
to learn more about the registry is that even very good applications like
RegSeeker can remove much needed registry entries, so rather than leaving it
up to an application to make my decisions, I want to learn to do it for
myself.
Yes, the registry can become corrupt. It happens, but then, of course there
are methods for repairing that, too.
The thing about applications like Norton that do all that is that typically,
they are both real-time scanners, which is a good thing, but also, for the
other things that they do, they require ton of resources to do what other,
( free ;) applications do with far less resources being sucked up.
So, anyway, it boils down to personal choice and I'll give it a rest now, :)

Now, as far as Google and the names, etc. I did not like that feature when
I discovered it, but there was a link somewhere on the page that gave the
option to remove my names, etc. from there search results.

Google, or any search engine for that matter is a great tool for learning.
Type in anything you want to learn about...and BOOM, a page full of links to
all kinds of info. You can even get your county property tax info, or
anyone else's for that matter, as long as you have the street address. It
really is amazing.

Here is a link to the Microsoft Knowledge Base..tons of help there.
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1


Another thing I just thought of...scanning. Do you use anything other than
Norton? Some very good, and in my opinion, 'can't do without' programs are
Ad-Aware Se, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Spyware Blaster. Same place,
Major Geeks... ( save it to your favorites ) They each have a function,
SpyBot and Ad-Aware are very similar..they hunt for and remove spy/maleware
infections. Spyware Blaster prevents things form reaching your system. And
another one, Spyware Guard..another good one. I have them all, I update and
run them all the time, particularly when I have done a lot of searching on
the internet for pc answers. As soon as I'm done I run scan..ya never know
what sites are clean and which sites are dirty.
Then , as you have more that one user account, you should run all
applications for all accounts, not just the main admin account.
And, running all scanning, etc applications in Safe Mode is the best way to
do it. While in normal mode, Windows is utilizing drivers etc, that can
interfere with scanning, but when in Safe Mode, only minimal drivers, etc
are loaded, resulting in a more thorough scan.



<TRABEM> wrote in message news:i16hg15gqpcmi3dt0clhs6eaqun52eai8r@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>>Okay,
>>first, it was easy getting info on those items in msconfig. All you do is
>>copy ( or type when copy & paste functions don't work) whatever you want
>>to
>>research into your search engine, I use Google. For example, put
>>igfxtray
>>in your search address and see what comes up. I did that for each one.
>>
>
> I didn't know that about google, thanks. I just discovered last week
> that you can type any pone number with area code into it and get the
> address of the person who pays the bill for that number.
>
>
>>
>>[quote] I started to do this, but got confused by the 'radio buttons'
>>term. On
>>> my general tab, I have 5 items that I can check or uncheck. The first
>>> 4 items are squares, the last item is a round check box.
>>>
>>> From top to bottom, they are:
>>>
>>> process system.ini
>>> process win.ini
>>> load system services
>>> load startup items
>>> use original boot.ini
>>
>>Sorry, radio buttons is the term used to describe the little squares, or
>>sometimes circles that you can place a mark in to select or deselect an
>>item.
>>Once you select 'Selective Mode, place a mark next to load system
>>services,
>>startup items use original ini. which, as I recall is how they will be
>>automatically set once you choose selective startup, but I can't remember.
>>
>>
>
> OK, I'll take another look at it.
>
>
>>
>>[quote] OK, we have DSL and our outboard DSL modem connects directly into
>>the
>>> NIC card. Since I will probably never use the internal 56 K modem, is
>>> this item totally un-necessary? [quote]
>>
>> You can try remove it via add/remove, but I had trouble with my system
>>when I tried to remove mine. I just went to device manager and disabled
>>it.
>>It take no space or memory and disabling it was enough for me, but you can
>>try for yourself, as we have different modems etc.
>>
>
> I'll leave the software in there because we might need to use a dial
> up modem someday..especially since the system is portable (laptop).
>
>
>>
>>But I still wonder why your Anti virus is not listed. Sheesh, ditch
>>Norton
>>and get one of the freeware versions of AVG or Avast.
>>
>
> I don't know why Norton isn't there. But, it does show up as an icon
> in the system tray (notification area). Clicking on the icon brings up
> Norton and allows the user to select various functions on demand.
>
> Norton has some nice functions, such as windoctor and hard drive
> optimization (defragmenting and optimizing the hard drive (based on
> application usage info), so that programs used often are placed in the
> same area on the HD. It scans the registry in many different ways and
> sometimes finds 20 errors in the registry from software that didn't
> uninstall properly and that sort of thing. It also finds missing
> applications for many registry entries, and removes those entries.
> With all the problems that people have with the registry, I feel alot
> better having it trimmed and cleaned and I'm hesitant to remove Norton
> as it does alot more than virus scanning.
>
> I am less than thrilled with their support however. When a problem is
> encountered, if it isn't listed on their website, they leave you
> hanging with no other means of resolving the problem except for a pay
> per call means. Since the problem could be their fault, I'm not sure I
> should get hosed down for an additional $49.99 just to bring it to
> their attention:>: Your mileage may vary.
>
> We might change to another virus scanner after Norton expires (in
> December).
>
>>
>>Oh, and another thing I just thought of, what is in you your system tray.
>>If nothing appears to be showing, click on the little chevron, which will
>>briefly display the contents. You don't have to post all of them, but how
>>many are there?
>>
>>
>>
>
> OK, listing them is easy-there aren't many:>:
>
> I have the volume control, the synaptics touchpad controls, the Norton
> scanner control and the power watch (since it's a laptop).
>
> That's it.
>
> Again, thanks for the help.
>
> T


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