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George C @geojb90 (470) • Galati, Romania 12 Nov 08

Where I live there is a problem with anti viruses. Everyone is looking for something better then another. They all ask each other what anti virus they use, what can it do etc. etc. I think that anti viruses are stupid. From my...

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rocky1011 I'm sorry mate if i offend, but your statement is the most idiotic 1 i have read in years, i am a certified computer tech, and i have had thousands of dollars worth of computers come into my shop all riddled with virus's because the morons that owned them...

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dazzled @dazzled (66) • United States 31 Oct 08

What kind of operating system do you run on your computer? I run windows XP, even though I got my computer only a couple months ago. I have played around with Vista and dislike it and everyone I know that has Vista hates it. What...

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rocky1011 my friend you can run xp programs on vista and if an xp program has compatibility issues with vista you just got to the programs website and download its vista upgrade driver

2 Nov 08

dazzled @dazzled (66) • United States 31 Oct 08

What kind of operating system do you run on your computer? I run windows XP, even though I got my computer only a couple months ago. I have played around with Vista and dislike it and everyone I know that has Vista hates it. What...

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rocky1011 i am running vista home premium on a core 2 duo computer, and i have never had any problems with it, and as far as 1 of your comments has said he wont use vista because some applications are not vista ready yet, well that's utter BS, if an application works on...

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estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 27 Oct 08

My daughter vaguely remembers having software on an older laptop that was voice activated (no hands) typing. Does anyone know if you can get this for desktop computers? And what do I look for? I went to PC world and found "Dragon...

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rocky1011 thats ok i feel that if you have info that can help another person in their endeavours, and you dont give that info you are nothing but greedy and selfish, so rather than be branded a selfish moron, id rather offer up the info lol

29 Oct 08

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 27 Oct 08

My daughter vaguely remembers having software on an older laptop that was voice activated (no hands) typing. Does anyone know if you can get this for desktop computers? And what do I look for? I went to PC world and found "Dragon...

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rocky1011 i have vista home premium on my desktop computer, it comes with voice recognition programing, but not everyone likes vista,but there are other voice activated programs, google search for voice activation pc programs for the blind, there are a lot of them for...

28 Oct 08

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sunilkonda @sunilkonda (1215) • India 23 Sep 08

I have Norton anti virus 2007 already installed as an offer on my laptop when I bought it. Now the subscription has expired and I dont want to have a paid renewal for that, instead thinking to go for free 90 trials of McAfee or...

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rocky1011 yes you can run 2 antivirus programs together, the same as you can run multiple popup swyware and malware tools, and as far as norton goes i would remove it completely from the computer and place a smaller more efficient 1 or 2 in, i use avg and avast in my 5...

26 Sep 08

sunilkonda @sunilkonda (1215) • India 23 Sep 08

I have Norton anti virus 2007 already installed as an offer on my laptop when I bought it. Now the subscription has expired and I dont want to have a paid renewal for that, instead thinking to go for free 90 trials of McAfee or...

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rocky1011 in all my ten years of building,repairing and upgradeing computers, i have never read so much rubbish. i have been running 2 antivirus programs and 2 anti spyware programs in all of my 5 computers, and i am running 2 antivirus programs in my laptop. granted...

26 Sep 08

dana234 @dana234 (2114) • Spain 22 May 08

I´ve recently had my computer fixed and the technician said that free antivirus programs can damage the system in the long run. I had the free version of "avast" installed and it worked fine. When I still had "Norton", which I...

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rocky1011 Hello again, i was just reading some of the other comments that came after my own comment, and most of them are giving you very sound advice. but there was 1 comment that i did not totally agree with, the reasonm is i have been running double antivirus...

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dana234 @dana234 (2114) • Spain 22 May 08

I´ve recently had my computer fixed and the technician said that free antivirus programs can damage the system in the long run. I had the free version of "avast" installed and it worked fine. When I still had "Norton", which I...

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rocky1011 I have been using,fixing,rebuilding and installing software in computers for nearly 10 years now, and in all that time i have never had a computer come into my workshop, that was damaged by a free antivirus program, i have however had several computers come...

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steffyhoney @steffyhoney (706) • United States 1 Mar 08

My old laptop that my sister now has always shuts down, freezes, wont turn back on etc. Why would it do this? Could it be it needs better memory or something? Or is it something with a bigger problem? When your on it it will...

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rocky1011 as for your laptop shutting down and not starting again, this could mean that its rechargable battery is not holding charge anymore and needs replacing, but as for the freeze ups, there is a number of things that can cause this, windows clutter,cpu...

2 Mar 08

kashifmahmood @kashifmahmood (617) • Pakistan 1 Feb 08

I will probably give it to someone as mine is very old one and I am not going to get much for it and considering the fact that it can be used by others so I will just give it to one of my family members .

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rocky1011 why sell your old computer when for a couple hundred dollars you can refurbish it to be like new with more modern hardware, i refurbish old computers all the time for people, its my job, some people cant afford to buy a new computer for 1600 but can afford 1...

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BELMCstar @BELMCstar (1341) • Australia 23 Oct 07

I have a Flash Drive I use for backing items up. I would like a way of encrypting the data on it so that if it gets lost or stolen people cannot read the files on it. At the moment, some of the zipped files have a password...

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rocky1011 I dont know if your flashdrive is the same as mine, but with mine your can password the flashdrive so that a password is needed before you can access the files stored on the flashdrive, also a flashdrive can be used like an electronic key for your computer, a...

23 Oct 07

mistissa @mistissa (1349) • Netherlands 30 Sep 07

Hi people, ever since I started visiting a certain website I am getting these strange popups the whole time. For example I will be looking on myLot and all of a sudden this pop-up comes, everytime it says Looksearch, so the pop-up...

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rocky1011 i have been building computers for 7 years and i would not ever suggest norton of any kind to my clients, i have rebuilt dozens of computers over the years all of which used norton and had the most viruses of all the computers i have serviced, i would suggest...

3 Oct 07

mistissa @mistissa (1349) • Netherlands 30 Sep 07

Hi people, ever since I started visiting a certain website I am getting these strange popups the whole time. For example I will be looking on myLot and all of a sudden this pop-up comes, everytime it says Looksearch, so the pop-up...

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rocky1011 i use avast for viruses, it is a free download and updates itself automatically, for spyware i use adaware se and for popups i use 2 popup blockers, 1 is googles, that is supplied with their toolbar, and i got another 1 when i downloaded yahoo messenger,...

3 Oct 07

BELMCstar @BELMCstar (1341) • Australia 11 Sep 07

Can someone give me a link to find the free version of this? When I tried to do it before, it told me it was free, but then it said that I needed to pay for it. Thanks.

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rocky1011 Spybot?????????????????? now why would you want that when there are far better spyware scanners out there free. I use adaware se personal and googles spyware doctor. adaware se is a scanner, but spyware doctor is a background working all the time spyware...

16 Sep 07

rocky1011 @rocky1011 (61) • Australia 3 Aug 07

as from the 18th of july 2007 i have been blessed with the birth of my 4 and a half pound baby granddaughter, she was born 5 weeks and 5 days premature but is doing well, her parents named her TORI ISSABELLE FAYE --------- and...

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rocky1011 yes mate she was very small, she was 42 centimetres in length and weighed 4 and a half pounds, her tiny little wrist was no thicker than my thumb, but she is still a beautiful little girl. we are amazed at her rapid development, she is 2 weeks and 3 days...

4 Aug 07

rocky1011 @rocky1011 (61) • Australia 3 Aug 07

as from the 18th of july 2007 i have been blessed with the birth of my 4 and a half pound baby granddaughter, she was born 5 weeks and 5 days premature but is doing well, her parents named her TORI ISSABELLE FAYE --------- and...

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rocky1011 thank you lesnan. i am a proud grandfather and my wife is even a prouder grand mother

4 Aug 07

rocky1011 @rocky1011 (61) • Australia 3 Aug 07

as from the 18th of july 2007 i have been blessed with the birth of my 4 and a half pound baby granddaughter, she was born 5 weeks and 5 days premature but is doing well, her parents named her TORI ISSABELLE FAYE --------- and...

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