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11. May 2009 @ 04:03 |
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Originally posted by jcalton88:
McAfee total protection doesn't work in windows 7. It will let the siteadvisor, and network protection work, but no virusscan or anything else.
Sucks(for me) because thats what I use and love.
I use Mcafee Virusscan across many machines for many years, but one of the later versions was a tad bloated or heavy for some of my slower machines. I switched everything to AVG quite some time back, works great and isn't too intrusive on my slowest machines at all. Give it a try, it's free or if you can't quite let go of Mcafee there's a paid AVG too.
edited for spelling goofs
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11. May 2009 @ 06:28 |
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What's that omega? XP? Tut tut :) I'm too lazy upgrade from XP on my PC upstairs and it's too full to dual boot (yep, the drive's that full)
They're constantly making faster and faster SSDs whilst still slowly bringing down prices, so just hold out for a bit until they become more mainstream and you should be able to get pretty fast ones for reasonable prices.
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11. May 2009 @ 11:13 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
I switched everything to AVG quite some time back
I did use/recommend AVG until the blue version came out from there it seemed to get heavy and slowwwww. So I swapped to Avira Antivir which splash screen/ads aside works well.
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11. May 2009 @ 11:22 |
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Yeah each to their own, i've tried a few, AVG was the best fit for me.
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11. May 2009 @ 13:02 |
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Well, I guess its just all mental because I feel like if I'm not paying for my antivirus that I'm not gonna be protected good.
I suppose I could always give it a try though.
How'd everyone like my killer scores?! I thought it would be better than that..
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11. May 2009 @ 13:13 |
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Originally posted by jcalton88:
Well, I guess its just all mental because I feel like if I'm not paying for my antivirus that I'm not gonna be protected good
Man...you gotta stop thinking that way. There are A LOT A LOT of VERY good freewares out there. Infact, sometimes a freeware is better than a paid for version of a utility, O.S., etc. Businesses become corrupted...e.g. GREEDY!
It is human nature though. So I won't bash big dog business man too hard LOL!
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11. May 2009 @ 13:15 |
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Laptops will always be worse than desktops in terms of the CPU and GPU - good CPUs and GPUs take up far too much space with their cooling units to be viable on a laptop - low heat output generally means low performance. Even £2000 laptops probably can't beat my desktop in games ;)
RAM in laptops, however, is nearly as good as the desktop equivalent, same with hard-drives. In a laptop the biggest let down will always be the graphics card.
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11. May 2009 @ 16:15 |
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Re Free software ~ there is indeed no reason to feel that free software is inferior to paid software, just look at Imgburn, DVD Shrink, DVD Rebuilder, DVDFab etc etc. I purchased DVD Rebuilder and DVDFab purely to show my thanks to the authors, was perfectly happy using the freebie versions.
A couple bits of news/info ~
Microsoft to Test Windows 7 Updating Functionality
Originally posted by Paul Thurrott @ windowsitpro.com:
Microsoft this week will deliver a number of test software updates to
PCs running the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) build to test the
upcoming OS's ability to handle various update scenarios. This is the
second major test of this Windows 7 capability. The first followed in
the wake of the Windows 7 beta, back in February.
"Starting on May 12, we will begin a verification of some update
scenarios on [the] Windows 7 [RC], similar to the update verification we
did for [the] Windows 7 Beta," a posting to the Microsoft Update team
blog reads. "We need to verify the update infrastructure to ensure that
when we need to release real updates, the process will run smoothly.
There will be at most 10 updates, and as before, they will not deliver
any new features or fixes."
People running the Windows 7 RC will need to utilize the Windows Update
control panel beginning on Tuesday to see the mock updates, Microsoft
says. That is, they won't be delivered automatically to PCs, so users
who don't want to participate in the test will be unaffected. Those who
do download and install the updates will send telemetry information to
Microsoft automatically so that the software giant can analyze the
results. Those users who visit Windows Update can also choose to hide
the mock updates so that they won't appear again.
Windows 7 (build 7000) to the Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100)
Originally posted by Paul Thurrott @ windowsitpro.com:
Microsoft developers wanted to focus on the common end user upgrade
experience, which will be from Windows Vista to Windows 7, and didn't
want to waste cycles on getting a perfect upgrade experience from a
beta. It is also expected that there will be no direct upgrade from the
Release Candidate to the final release.
There is, however, a way you can do an in-place upgrade. This method
will probably also work for an upgrade from RC to final.
*Copy the contents of the Windows 7 RC to your local hard disk.
*Access the Source directory within the copied Windows 7 RC
location.
*Open cversion.ini in Notepad.
*Change the MinClient value from 7100 to 7000, as shown here:
[HostBuild]
MinClient=7000
MinServer=7000
*Save the file.
*You'll now be able to perform an in-place upgrade from the beta to
the RC.
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12. May 2009 @ 05:50 |
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13. May 2009 @ 06:27 |
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Thanks creaky for the rocketdock info :)
My current desktop, image from interfacelift...
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13. May 2009 @ 13:29 |
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Quick note the software to remove Beta time limit/Send feedback button/Watermark has been rumbled.
Every so often you are informed your windows isn't genuine and you can click to learn more..
So I've undone it still no watermark or feedback though :-)
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13. May 2009 @ 13:31 |
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13. May 2009 @ 13:33 |
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I'm downloading 32-bit...
I've had it once!
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13. May 2009 @ 14:48 |
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I like this screensaver. The first time I saw it, was on display in either costco, bestbuy, circuit city, etc. Here is a thought to make it a little better. Because currently they simply look like balls on a pool table. If they were to allow their light source to move slowly, it might appear like the rising/setting sun :D Perhaps even brief moments of glare, or simply more settings for the screensaver.
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14. May 2009 @ 10:57 |
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17. May 2009 @ 09:55 |
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Bet you had a fun few days Creaky....Looking at weather
Got 32-bit RC :-)
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17. May 2009 @ 23:26 |
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Windows 7 suggests that Microsoft is really going to have to make up its mind about whether it can do online and if so how. So far, Google has made nearly all the running. If Microsoft can mount a credible challenge and platform, then fair enough. But if not, then maybe they should retreat to their core, which is Office and operating systems, dump the Windows Live stuff and reinstate a decent email client. Of course this would be seen as a significant retreat for them, but the present situation - there is no email client installed with Windows - is simply pants.
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20. May 2009 @ 13:38 |
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hmmm virtual scores are intresting..
That's with (what seems to be) optimal set-up
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20. May 2009 @ 13:44 |
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Being lazy and pasting my scores from another site ~
Originally posted by creaky:
A score of 3.1 ~ E6400 C2D 2.13GHz, Intel GMA 3000 (Onboard GFX), 4GB PC2-5300 Ram, Windows 7 RC1 x86.
(Dell Optiplex 745 SFF)
For a laugh i installed W7 RC1 on my AMD Athlon 2800XP machine - due to being unable to find Nvidia drivers (XP nor Vista) that would install, and as this was just a quick test. This is just the base W7 setup, no programs installed, no point, only 1GB Ram and pants graphics. So, before installing reinstalling Ubuntu 9.04 (though first am Trying Puppy Linux 4.20 as Puppy runs real nice on an old P4 laptop and my HP AMD Turion laptop) we have ~
~ Athlon 2800XP 2.08GHz, GeForce2 MX400 (running as generic pants graphics due to no drivers), 1GB PC2700 (166MHz) Ram, Windows 7 RC1 x86.
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12. June 2009 @ 10:13 |
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12. June 2009 @ 10:15 |
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ROFL no words the picture says it all....
My desktops looking rather slobby ATM. The picture is of the fire that we burnt our high school books on :-)
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28. June 2009 @ 11:58 |
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Was shown this on another site today, a nice simple way to differentiate between the different versions of Windows 7 ~
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windo...ompare-editions
Looks like it's either Premium for me, unless i decide i want Windows XP Mode in which case it'd be Professional. But don't want the other so called features over and above Professional ie don't want Domain join (it just sounds feeble and stupid, i'll continue to manually tweak my own settings thanks 'Nanny Microsoft'), Auto backup (same comment), Bitlocker (not interested in the least) or a choice of 35 languages (i only do English and Geek) :)
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28. June 2009 @ 12:26 |
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I think I'll buy Pro
on XP it was:
Home (Had media stuff and so on but missed some advanced networking business stuff.)
Professional (Had business stuff. Missed some media stuff from Home. Everyone bought it as it was the most expensive and thus 'the best')
Media Centre (Home edition with media centre added to extended life of XP)
On Vista it is:
Home Basic (Cheap as is possible misses pretty much everything only exists so they can say From £...)
Home premium (Missing business features but with big old media system and so on)
Business (Has business stuff. Misses some media stuff from Home premium.)
Ultimate (Done to appeal to the people who decided pro was 'the best' and get there pennies. Has everything.)
on 7 it will be:
Home premium (Cheapest has all the stuff people actually use)
Proffessional (Adds more business based stuff)
Ultimate (adds very little that actually does anything. Will appeal to people who bought Ultimate last time)
So it looks like for its simple versions 7 wins again!
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28. June 2009 @ 12:36 |
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Home Premium Upgrade - $49 - £49
Professional Upgrade - $99 - £99
For that reason alone (although still reasonably cheap), i'll be downloading instead of paying.
Don't **** with me Microsoft -.-
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28. June 2009 @ 12:42 |
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tut-tut I'm telling!!!
If you don't like the prices get LINUX!!!
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