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Right.
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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"johnf" <john_f@bigpond.net.a> wrote in message
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> Sorry, forgot to mention that.
> But it was only supposed to be temporary to see if made any improvement
> over several days - besides, I did say 'clean your whole system first', so
> there should be nothing going out for a couple of days anyway
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> johnf
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>> However, be aware that the Windows firewall only monitors incoming, not
>> outgoing traffic. NIS and Zone Alarm do both.
>>
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>> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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>> "johnf" <john_f@bigpond.net.a> wrote in message
>> news:Oc21EfkFFHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Adaware AFAIK, will run with anything installed.
>>>
>>>
>>> Interesting that you're running Norton Personal Firewall, there've
>>> been so many "all-invasive" complaints about their latest products
>>> recently. I'd tend to completely uninstall it & also remove ANY traces
>>> from the
>>> Registry temporarily. then see if you note any change.
>>> After all, you do have XP's firewall as a backup.
>>> I dumped them about 4 years ago, as their one at the time (Gold, I
>>> think it was) started off fine, but after a few months my system
>>> slowed down completely -
>>> e.g., everything started to slow down, one thing for example I
>>> discovered was that if you opened a Word doc., it would completely vet
>>> it first before it would allow it to open, usually about 20-30 secs.,
>>> then do the same when you tried to close it.
>>> Also, you could 'disable' it, but parts of it still kept running in the
>>> background!
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> johnf
>>>
>>>> John- I do use Spybot. Will Adaware run compatibly with Norton
>>>> Personal Firewall? Thanks for your detailed reply to my SR question.
>>>> Ed
>>>> "johnf" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The options I would try is -
>>>>> 1. Do a complete system cleanup - go to Windows Explorer, right click
>>>>> on your main-drive, Properties/Disk Cleanup/OK
>>>>> 2. While in Windows Explorer, go to Documents and Settings, expand
>>>>> 'your user-name' in the tree, / Local settings & delete everything in
>>>>> both the Temp & Temp Internet files folders
>>>>> 3. Install both Adaware & Sybot to finish cleaning your system out -
>>>>> they're both safe to use.)
>>>>> 4. Check if that improves your system.
>>>>> 5. If everything now seems to be working fine, right click on My
>>>>> Computer (on the Desktop), Properties, select the System Restore tab,
>>>>> check the 'Turn off System Restore" box, reboot, go back & uncheck
>>>>> that box.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> johnf
>>>>>
>>>>> > About six weeks ago I felt that my system was bogging down and
>>>>> > running more slowly than I thought it should. I accessed System
>>>>> > Restore, and received the message "Unsuccessful restoration, use
>>>>> > previous day." I repeated each preceding day's restore point with
>>>>> > no success. Then I did nothing. After a week everything seemed to
>>>>> > be acting fine--until today--when it slowed down again, almost to a
>>>>> > stop, after I accessed several files, and then it locked up.
>>>>> > Shutdown was the only option. After restarting I used System
>>>>> > Restore and it successfully brought everything back to normal from
>>>>> > the previous day's restore point. --- What has been happening
>>>>> > here and what can I do to keep System Restore working as it
>>>>> > should? --- Thanks for the help. --
>>>>> > Ed Avery
>
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