Myk wrote: > On Fri, 02 May 2008 09:39:51 -0400 > Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Greetings, >> >> If any of you have experience in this direction, perhaps you could >> suggest what I should recommend to my better half (Ivy). Her Inspiron is >> showing the all-too-familiar signs of infestation, slowing down to a >> crawl and sometimes even stopping completely. She's not ready for Linux >> yet, so she has to resolve this problem with XP. She's looking at some >> free and some commercial programs that claim to clean and repair the >> registry, but neither of us know if there are any especially recommended >> programs or utilities for such a job. >> >> Any advice from the dual-booters out there in LAU land ? >> > > >From the woes I've heard from the Windows folk I know, reinstalling seems to be the way to go, and is generally accepted as routine system maintenance :o > > ++backup, after installing all the apps and updates. > > My XP install has ZoneAlarm, AdAware and Avira Antivir, and Firefox of course. This seems to have been enough to prevent any issues for at least a couple of years. > - > Mike > > I would also recommend creating a partition for personal files (a D: drive), should it become necessary to restore the operating system this makes life much easier. The "my documents" default in windows is a bad idea. You can setup your drivers and install the programs you use then tweak things the way you like them and when you restore everything is in place. Arthur _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
