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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 07:02:42 -0400, "Bill Crocker"
<wcrocker007@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>I'm using 2Ghz, not that much faster. Look for a possible conflict of
>IRQ's, between your network card, and your video card. Make sure you have
>plug'n'play enabled in your system BIOS. There may also be an option to
>force a redetect of hardware, enable that. Check for unnecessary apps
>running in the background. What anti-virus and/or firewall software do you
>use? I'm using Norton's.
>
>Bill Crocker
>
Not to start a "this antivirus is better" thread, but I was
unpleasantly surprised at how very much better my computer ran after
removing all of Norton's stuff. I was a big fan of Norton as it never
failed me and seemed to be top shelf. About six months ago I had to
re-install my AV and firewall but what blew me out of the water was
how much faster my system became by just removing the symantec stuff
through add/remove and rebooting. After doing a bit of homework, I
found that Norton is a real resource hog. It does a fantastic job at
what it is designed for, but you have to weigh that against do you
need that much protection at that price of resources. I felt I didn't
and looked elsewhere. After advice from this group and others, I
settled on AVG for an AV (it's free and has done me well) and Kerio
for a firewall (also free but the registered version is much more
powerful than Norton firewall). Both require a bit of know-how but the
footprint on my system resources is probably a third of what Norton
needed.
Just my 2c.
--
Everything I believe could be wrong.
but I seem to get a bad ping
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