Had to run a "recovery" disk on my laptop today.

puerco-bellies

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Thu Dec-27-07 12:55 AM
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Had to run a "recovery" disk on my laptop today.

We have two laptops, and both went down in the last couple of weeks. Today I had to run a recovery disk on one of them. The point is what is a good free anti-virus, and firewall?

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KitchenWitch

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Thu Dec-27-07 12:57 AM
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1. AVG antivirus has an excellent free edition

http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus-free-edition/

Not sure about free firewall.

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puerco-bellies

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Thu Dec-27-07 01:12 AM
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2. Cool, thanks.

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Diamond Dave

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Thu Dec-27-07 02:56 AM
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10. Outstanding choice

Not a fan of Zone Alarm due to dubious ownership practices.

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puerco-bellies

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Thu Dec-27-07 02:58 AM
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11. I deleted Zone Alarm

It killed my wireless connection for some reason.

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Wapsie B

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Thu Dec-27-07 01:16 AM
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3. Zone Alarm is a good firewall.

Edited on Thu Dec-27-07 01:17 AM by bushwentawol

http://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.html

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puerco-bellies

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Thu Dec-27-07 01:20 AM
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4. Right On!!!

Thanks, now hopefully I won't have to loose a bunch of files again.

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Wapsie B

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Thu Dec-27-07 01:26 AM
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5. My laptop died recently as well.

Thank god for extended warranties on some things anyway.

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puerco-bellies

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Thu Dec-27-07 01:37 AM
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8. Both laptops are over a year old, and without the extended warranties

Bought both at Fry's and we are so tired of their bullshit.

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bridgit

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Thu Dec-27-07 01:28 AM
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6. well that doesn't sound good...

:scared:

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havocmom

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Thu Dec-27-07 01:32 AM
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7. A silly question, but what brand, model printer do all you with computer problems have?

Cuz I know 5 people who all had computer problems, had to do recovery, all within a space of a couple weeks and ALL with the same printer. :wtf:

Was wondering (in my wee tiny, non-techie brain) if there was some sort of MS update/patch that made for a bad relationship with that particular printer. When we disconnected and deleted the printer, then did the recovery, the problems seem to have stopped. Prior to pulling the printer off, we had to keep doing the recovery over and over every few days.

Is it possible some update clashed with some printers?

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puerco-bellies

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Thu Dec-27-07 01:40 AM
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9. We have a couple of printers both have been off line recently

We are moving our office and have not used the printers. One is a HP and is a Epson. Both are clogging up my garage right now so I don't have the model numbers handy.

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