We have taken organization and cleaning up to a new level. I called the store where we bought out computer stuff and asked the tech dept to recommend someone to come clean out all of the installed things I hate. Number one on the list was Norton, two was Spy Sweeper. Three was anything that AOL had ever touched. I wanted the system I speak fluently - WordPerfect; not what Microsoft piles on. I enjoy Webcrawler. It just does what you ask it to without blinding you with ads and stuff you don't need or want. Ahhhh. Hot dog! Naturally, the computer store recommended some wonderful people. Very thorough, qualified, well-mannered. Even knew how to rub the Yorkie in just the right spot and patient about finding our group here. They were so skilled and quick it was nearly blinding. Wow. It's just unreal how much faster the computer can respond without having to carry all that dead weight around. My goodness. Outrageously dumb of me to be miserable when the computer could be un-installed and re-installed. Not quite as dumb as sewing on a $ 6,000 SM with a dull needle. (Wondered if I could get this on topic, didn't you?) Polly
Norton-ectomy
Sep 07, 2006
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Good for you, Polly. Had I known you needed to do that, I'd have come down to visit and cleaned up your PC in good fashion. I do that on a routine basis for others. Whenever I get a new PC, first thing I do is to reformat the hard drive to get rid of all the installed stuff that expires in 90 days anyway. I then install what I want (kinda favor the Microsoft Suite of products though). I like Ad-aware and SpyBot for keeping the advertising crap out of my hard drive. I use Qurb for spam and McAfee for firewall and virus protection that my ISP provides as part of the service (notice, I didn't say "free"). Never did like Norton anyway - to quirky with some of my other programs.
No, no, Alice. You were supposed to say that you never, ever made one stitch on the SM with a dull needle. I didn't know that you can actually buy a nekkid computer and have installed only what you want. It's like buying a SM with a high-level of embroidery capabilities. If you want it - go for it. If you are never, ever going to use it - no need for it to be in the way or budget. Polly
Hi, Polly! What a coincidence, I just wiped all the Norton stuff off my old computer, and set up both new and old with the new Windows OneCare. I like that program for its transparency, and it "plays well with others" which the Norton stuff didn't do. But I won't be sure about its efficacy till I have used it for a while.
Needles go dull???? Who knew?
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