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Brandon1
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I feel like over time of using my laptop and surfing the web, that my computer just gets slower and slower.

I delete cookies, I restart often, I shut down often, and I have AVS for my safety

9/11/2008 12:09:08 PM

BigMan157
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format and reinstall

[Edited on September 11, 2008 at 12:11 PM. Reason : or defrag, run spyware destroyers, registry cleaners, etc.]

9/11/2008 12:10:51 PM

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*nix

9/11/2008 12:13:10 PM

quagmire02
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1.) spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html)
2.) ad-aware free (http://lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php)
3.) ccleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/download)
4.) auslogics disk defrag (http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag)

in that order

9/11/2008 12:38:07 PM

StillFuchsia
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5) get firefox, then install noscript

9/11/2008 4:20:16 PM

gs7
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Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

9/11/2008 5:09:47 PM

Walter
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Quote :
"4.) auslogics disk defrag (http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag)"


what's the difference between this one and the defrag that comes with windows by microsoft?

9/11/2008 7:12:24 PM

quagmire02
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^ on XP, not much...on vista? it actually WORKS

vista's defrag sucks donkey balls so bad it's not even funny...the only reason i can figure that they don't put a time on it is because it will NEVER finish...auslogics finishes faster than XP's on the same machine, and works just as well

9/11/2008 7:14:38 PM

Wyloch
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F5

9/11/2008 8:15:29 PM

Specter
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DBAN

9/11/2008 10:39:09 PM

LimpyNuts
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^^^ I decided to try it out because it's free. i like it. it's pretty fast and it tells you what the hell it's doing, unlike most defrag software.

9/11/2008 11:00:29 PM

ScHpEnXeL
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format the god damn thing and reinstall.

9/11/2008 11:17:34 PM

GKMatt
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start -> run -> msconfig

turn off all that stupid background shit that loads when your computer starts up.

no need to have 47 icons next to the clock on the taskbar

9/12/2008 10:37:02 AM

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