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re: Spybot Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 10:37 am Posted by Andrew Benton (258 messages posted) If you initiate the download the firewall should let it pass without a problem. Spybot has a good help/tutorial section. In the folder it makes in your start menu/programs list it gives you the choice to start it in simple or advanced mode. I prefer advanced as it has a tool for looking at and changing the programs that run at startup, the programs that run in the background. I use that all the time. So many programs set themselves to run all the time, taking up RAM and CPU cycles. Thin them out to just the ones you need. On Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 10:13 am, Miller wrote: >Do I have to disable Norton firewall to install spypot? >and does it come with instructions on how to use it? >Thanks, Miller [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Spybot Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 11:00 am Posted by Miller (113 messages posted) Thanks for the information, I am new at this. Miller On Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 10:37 am, Andrew Benton wrote: >If you initiate the download the firewall should let it pass without a problem. Spybot >has a good help/tutorial section. In the folder it makes in your start menu/programs >list it gives you the choice to start it in simple or advanced mode. I prefer advanced >as it has a tool for looking at and changing the programs that run at startup, the >programs that run in the background. I use that all the time. So many programs set >themselves to run all the time, taking up RAM and CPU cycles. Thin them out to just >the ones you need. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Spybot Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 6:30 pm Posted by Tom Swanson (5553 messages posted) Spybot will tell you - every time you run it - that you do so at your own risk. Read the introduction and be a little cautious with you registry. It is well worth the time and effort but careless use can drive you up a tree. I use it daily and have NEVER had a problem. Spybot allows you to undo everything it does if something goes wrong. On Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 11:00 am, Miller wrote: >Thanks for the information, I am new at this. Miller > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Spybot Friday, August 22, 2003 at 7:52 am Posted by Miller (113 messages posted) What is the registry? is that the big extension of the popup start menu? Miller On Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 6:30 pm, Tom Swanson wrote: >Spybot will tell you - every time you run it - that you do so at your own risk. Read >the introduction and be a little cautious with you registry. It is well worth the >time and effort but careless use can drive you up a tree. > >I use it daily and have NEVER had a problem. Spybot allows you to undo everything >it does if something goes wrong. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Spybot Friday, August 22, 2003 at 1:31 pm Posted by Tom Swanson (5553 messages posted) The registry is about the same as the old *.ini files that Windows used. It tells windows all the details about your computer and available programs, hardware etc. If something gets messed up, your computer may do anything from have a brief hangup to refusal to start. It might be best to have Spybot skip the registry until you have learned more about it. May of us do that or restrict registry scan to occasional runs. Spybot will give you added advice on this subject also. On Friday, August 22, 2003 at 7:52 am, Miller wrote: >What is the registry? is that the big extension of the popup start menu? Miller > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Spybot Friday, August 22, 2003 at 3:52 pm Posted by Miller (113 messages posted) I don't know anything about the old files, lol, I never touched a puter till a year ago. this windows xp is all I ever touched, Thanks for your help, PS, You can't tell from my name but I am a great Grandma, lol, just an old dog, proving I can learn new tricks, just takes alittle longer, Thanks again, Miller On Friday, August 22, 2003 at 1:31 pm, Tom Swanson wrote: >The registry is about the same as the old *.ini files that Windows used. It tells >windows all the details about your computer and available programs, hardware etc. >If something gets messed up, your computer may do anything from have a brief hangup >to refusal to start. It might be best to have Spybot skip the registry until you >have learned more about it. May of us do that or restrict registry scan to occasional >runs. Spybot will give you added advice on this subject also. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum