Re: computer oddity


"Paul D.Smith" <paul_d_smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1226917242.2433.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bill,

Avast requires you to register and they then e-mail you a registration
code - very quickly. You then insert this into Avast. You need to
re-register every year but it's free.
Yes. The problem was that I couldn't get to the place to insert the code. I
think I'll just wait and see what happens.


BTW, please tell me you're not like my father, who whenever he buys a
computer mag, feels to need to install everything on the freebie CD,
whether he will ever need it or not. You can end up with acres of crap
slowing down boot up like that.
No. In fact don't like anyone to install anything, and mag disks are totally
banned.


Finally, you might want to look at Adaware, or similar. You can, over
time, build up quite a list of naughty cookies and these can affect boot
up. AdAware will identify them and then you can delete them all. That
made a huge difference to my father's PC.
Can't I just delete all the cookies? That's what I do periodically.

Bill


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