Blogging Ottinger (tim)Windows Cleaning, fixing, and de-gunking.
This remains a common theme: windows needs help to keep running. This week, Ron posted in a news group that he was having some severe performance problems, and a number of us offered various kinds of help, including ditching Murkysoft for greener pastures (Mac or Linux).
Conventional wisdom includes antivirus, firewalls, and the occasional re-imaging (reformat and re-install the machine).
I’ve long relied on Ad-Aware, PageDefrag and Grisoft tools.
Mr. J says that his machine was greatly improved using Registry Booster.
Michael suggest using Spybot Search & Destroy and Hijack This.
In general, avoid IE and Outlook because those are just ways to suck virii into your machine. Use Thunderbird or Incredimail and Firefox or Opera instead.
Of course, there are some other recommendations floating about the net. You may find them useful.
