Saturday I sat down for email and the computer was barely working. Everything took minutes to function rather than seconds. Task manager would take minutes to come up.
I notice the cpu was running near 100 percent so started shutting down processes. It was still 100. I noticed that none of the processes were using the cpu.
After several hours of restoring which didn't finish and wiped out all my restore points, and trying to figure the mess out I notice AVG was needing updated but it wouldn't update so I uninstalled it. This corrected the slowness immediately. I reinstalled AVG, it updated a couple times and all is well.
I post this in case it might save you the six or so hours of headaches I went through. I was just about to go to the garage and get the xp install disk and start over :tonofbricks:
AVG on Vista: A heads up...
Discussion in 'Computers & Technology Forum' started by exscentric, Dec 31, 2007.
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exscentric Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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AVG?
It's not ringing a bell. I'm sure it's obvious and I'll bop myself in the noggin when you tell me, but it's still not ringing a bell . . . -
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AVG 7.5?
About 10back to 15 years ago the antiviral programs on
networked (and many individual machines as well) computers
used up more time than the viruses did.
(On the plus side, I didn't have to put up with the
bad things that the viruses did that got zapped by
the antiviral programs.)
Anyway, is AVG 7.5 worth $60 to protect my
$600 computer system?
Any
Victorious
Gideons?
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exscentric Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Not sure what AVG is for sure, probably Anti Virus Grisoft. Grisoft is the company that lets you use their AV software free for personal computers. I've used it a couple of years with no problems. I'd guess this is something to do with some of the updates I recieved from micorsoft earlier that day.
Yes, Ed. 7.5 but it is the free one, don't know about the costly one - I don't do costly unless I reaaaaaalllllly have to :laugh:
Probably that is why I get into so much trouble trying to make things work :thumbs: on the cheap. -
-- the works, well not cellphone) was better than the commercial
product I was using before. However, I've got a new laptop that
has Vista -- their virus checker & all isn't yet for Vista.
Is there a package I could use to Relocate to Microsoft Windows XP?
I have 3 desk computers, I need some commonality so if
I can do something on one, I can do it on the others.
(I also have 4 users in my house).
For Christmas we got a new computer whose output/input
is from/to a sewing machine. Car computers for 2 of my 3
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You should be able to buy xp and just install it on the vista laptop if that was what you wanted to do.
Vista seems like a nice system if I ever get the bugs worked out. I'm to the point already that I never know that it is there cept when it hickups all over me :laugh:
It hasn't been too big a problem with the xp/vista on the network, have two of each and they do well togeter - since I got all four on the same network name :laugh:
xp uses one name and Vista defaults to another.
Was watching one of those sewing machines the other day on a sewing show - YUKE did I just say I was watching a sewing show - well that is how bad TV is these days :thumbs: -
I'm not as unhappy with Vista as I used to be, but I upgraded to Ultimate.
I think it's the VAIO, I don't like as much as Vista. -
I have Vista Home Premium, and while I liked XP Pro better, at least Vista has been stable. Had to upgrade a lot of hardware, though...even my keyboard. :p