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Well, do ya?
Nah, too lazy...just reinstall windows once in a while
I like the System tweaks and cache cleaner/ regcleaner type programs the best . Anything that makes it easy ,theres no excuse not to perform maintenance on your computer.
try to keep 2gig free hard drive space
defrag if loading times and stuff piss me off
spybot search and destroy every so often
Just run a spyware proggy every month or so when i remember, and have diskeeper defragmenting at night at 3am while i'm asleep.
I'm the only one that uses my comp nowadays, so i don't really need to worry about spyware and viruses all that much. :D (still check for 'em, but not worried about it :P).
Tried TuneUp Utilities 2006 yet? Great App.Quote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
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Originally Posted by Damnatory
Yep one of my fav.'s like Crapcleaner , Diskeeper or JV16 Power Tools . But some of the best Maint. programs are free too . :) Its nice to know how to do it manually but who has the time and you miss so many crap files .
Someone who says they they don't do maintenance must not update their Antivirus or spyware programs either . :rolleyes:
Speaking of Antivirus, I've seen atleast 4 computers now running a copy of Norton Antivirus with an outdated licence (OLD definitions!).Quote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
Each one of those people told me their Anti-virus protects them! What a mess!!!
I put NOD32 (10000000+ days license patch lol) on two of them...uninstalling the dead copy of Norton. The user obviously had some trial crap going on there.
maybe every fortnight i run jv16 and tuneup utilities and if i remember, maybe once a month on adaware and spybot and ccleaner. And when i empty my pc out a little after weeks/months of downloading do i run perfectdisk. I'm not really lazy but i'm not obsessed with maintenance. But i do feel good after doing some maintenance...dunno why lol.
I don't usually use antispyware programs to catch spyware and such. Instead, I regularly check processes, startup list, and alll the various folders where spyware likes to hide. anything that doesn't belong gets removed. every once in a while I run an anti spyware program to make sure that I am not missing anything. If I run into any problem that will take over half an hour to fix, my partions and such are set up so that I can start my unattended Windows install and reinstall.
I have a list of maintenance tasks that I like to perform at least once a month. (I have nearly finished refining the list)
Adaware and Spybot, Hi-Jack This, Scandisk, Defrag, AVG full test, then I compress my registry and back it up.
One thing that many of you did not mention was what about backups. I backup up all of my files to CDRW's. I have an old computer which I use to reformat the CDRW's on. My main documents, eg Word, Access and personal data etc I backup once a week. The rest eg music, jpegs and vids I backup up on a rolling basis.
I do not like the XP version of Scandisk that you run from My Computer, C drive, Properties, Tools etc. You seem to have very little control over it. Is there another version of Scandisk ? or Chkdsk for XP, or have I missed something.
Great Thread.
Regards
Digby
NZ
@digman, you can't run Chkdsk in windows xp you have to do it at boot , is that what you mean ? I like Diskeeper for that reason , when you do a boot defrag you can set up chkdsk aswell .
I 'm trying to remember I program I use to use to check the disk ,think it's called Norton Windoctor . Mabye give that a try ? Found it a Program called Norton Disk Doctor . :)
http://www.google.ca/search?hs=LxW&h...G=Search&meta=
I dont have ANY system tools and stuff like that. NOTHING!!! I used to but since i never get anything i dont feel like wasting memory on it.
@twisterx , tools are available to make our computeing life easier be it just clearing cache or cleaning cookies, defragging what ever . To say you don't use them is BS .
Well i don't know what i can say. I dont have firewall, antivirus, anit spyware and i haven't defragged since i reformated my system and i haven't cleaned it up even once. It still runs great.
I tweak it but i don't do maintence.
NAV scans twice a week in the middle of night and I run AD-Aware about once per month. That's it unless I need to run something else, in which case it's probably HiJackThis!
That system seems to work well b/c I've had this PC for about 3.5 years and I've never reformatted. :lookaroun
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Originally Posted by twisterX
Well good one but would love to see a Hyjackthis log from your computer ,or just be able to Remote Desktop it. :) Different strokes for different folks ,if your happy with your setup who am I to argue ? ;)
Code:Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 12:20:37 AM, on 3/23/2006
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
D:\Program Files\Logitech\iTouch\iTouch.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LVCOMSX.EXE
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\Msmsgs.exe
D:\Program Files\Logitech\MouseWare\system\em_exec.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\mdm.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
D:\Program Files\uTorrent\utorrent.exe
D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
D:\Program Files\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe
D:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [zBrowser Launcher] D:\Program Files\Logitech\iTouch\iTouch.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Logitech Utility] Logi_MwX.Exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LVCOMSX] C:\WINDOWS\system32\LVCOMSX.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EPSON Stylus CX4600 Series] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_FATI9AA.EXE /P26 "EPSON Stylus CX4600 Series" /O6 "USB001" /M "Stylus CX4600"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\Msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - Startup: Adobe Gamma.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - D:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O18 - Protocol: livecall - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O18 - Protocol: ms-help - {314111C7-A502-11D2-BBCA-00C04F8EC294} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Help\hxds.dll
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O18 - Protocol: talkto - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPodService - Apple Computer, Inc. - D:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
wheres the I use linux option :geek:
Looks good , that Realplayer is crappy tho . I would like to hear some of your tweaks thru the "PM" , mabey I could share some aswell . :)
I still think your missing out on some neat programs but thats anouther thread . :D
I run defrag (O&O Professional 64bit) and CCleaner daily.
That's about it really.
I used to Format/Reinstall WinXP annually. I felt that nothing does a good enough job of "cleaning" my system. Then I discovered BartsPE. It is a boot disk that allows you to perform real maintenance of Windows without running Windows. You run it in a Preinstall-Enviroment. It's much better than running in safe-mode. Just Google "Bart's PE". You won't be sorry.
BTW: it's free. Nothing to loose.