re: computer freeze at desktop
Friday, December 28, 2007 at 8:52 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
|the only things running at startup are Explorer, SysTray and Scanreg.
| Mark
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Some people use their scanners (or stuff like that) a lot
and do have a viable reason to have that software auto-load,
but there is no reason for most folks to have most junk slow down Startup.
|I even disabled the Anti-Virus.
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I only crank up my malware killers every few weeks
--but I think about what I'm doing on my computer (and elsewhere)
before I do things.
I find that IF you use the proper caution,
cache of http://techguylabs.com/radio/ShowNotes/Show327#toc3
keeping resource-hog CYA[1] apps running all the time is a waste;
it's the folks that are senseless in the rest of their lives
who need this kind of pseudo-security blanket.[2]
[1] Cover Your @$$
[2] ...and their bad practices will get them in deep $#!+ before long anyway.
If they are lax with their malware killer updates--or even if they're not[3]--
it's just a matter of time before those types get infected.
[3] There's a latency between when a new exploit is released into the wild
and the availability of an update to deal with it.
(See the last part of The Tech Guy's Rule #3.)
- Written in response to:
- re: computer freeze at desktop (Mark: Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 11:42 pm)
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