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3GBs of RAM but still slow as ****
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lincsdan86 wrote: »I upgraded zone alarm after I had got AVG (odd I no), do you think i should take one off then? lol
Definitely!:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0 -
You have got 2 anti virus programs running there
thats not good,you should only have 1 antivirus program on pcsaving 50p a day
Proud to be dealing with my debts :j
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Not sure it's worth me replying anymore, but if you have 2 antivirus programs, you'll have a nightmare! They'll conflict, cause massive problems, including a very slow computer. They will work against each other. Only EVER have one anti-virus program installed.
Personally I'd disconnect from the internet, remove both, rebooting after removing each one, to ensure all remnants are removed. Then reinstall the one you want.0 -
Right I will get rid of AVG then, that should free up some memory0
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Once you only have 1 antivirus, try running this: http://www.ccleaner.com
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lincsdan86 wrote: »Right I will get rid of AVG then, that should free up some memory
It won't have much effect on your memory but it should improve your performance. I agree with isofa, remove both and reinstall the one that want to use.:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0 -
I thought Zone Alarm was a firewall and AVG was anti-virus?
I'm running Zone Alarm Pro and AVG 8 on Windows XP, with Sky Broadband.
Could I safely remove one of these? (My PC is now six years old and could do with some tweaks to speed it up :rotfl: )Proud to be dealing with my debts! :beer:
egg loan [strike]£10300[/strike] £2400
student loan [strike]£4500[/strike] ZERO!!!
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Trembling_Turnip wrote: »I thought Zone Alarm was a firewall and AVG was anti-virus?
I'm running Zone Alarm Pro and AVG 8 on Windows XP, with Sky Broadband.
Could I safely remove one of these? (My PC is now six years old and could do with some tweaks to speed it up :rotfl: )
No because they do totally different jobs!:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0 -
No you should be fine, you might not even need zone alarm if you have an updated windows firewall though.
The windows XP firewall does not give any outbound protection, so continuing to using ZA is much better!
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but still takes ages to load up
so why close it down - use the Hibernate function instead0
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