I replaced my Norton Anti-Virus with something else, now it's hella faster.
What else can I dump to make it even faster?
2006-09-11 22:46:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Norton has a lot of overhead but it's reliability is the trade off.
I would rather have my pc a lttle slower but have the reliability to go anywhere I choose on the net
2006-09-11 22:50:24 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 opportunities are: a million)no longer sufficient RAM. if it is the case, the not straightforward disk gentle might want to flash plenty. possibly you've various different heritage classes operating besides. verify the bottom proper nook of the demonstrate. If there are more desirable than 6 little icons there, you're operating too many software programs concurrently. try a RAM improve (no want to spend more desirable than $40) 2)it would want to be appearing some initial scanning, besides the very undeniable reality that I imagine that would want to have occurred in the course of the setup. Kinda not straightforward to inform what's causing it with out searching at your laptop.
2016-11-26 19:24:05 · answer #2 · answered by pires 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When automatic checking of an anti-virus program are enabled it always slows down the computer because it checks the virii in pages and mails before opening it. You can disable the automatic checking (check only manually) its a little risky but faster.
2006-09-11 22:57:44 · answer #3 · answered by Rustic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Norton is junk. Maybe the other things you can dump are all the junk that Norton failed to do anything about, like viruses.
2006-09-11 22:52:44 · answer #4 · answered by Robert B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you're using xp goto run & type msconfig
You'll see a list of things that are starting up when the computer does. The only things you really need are your firewall & antivirus program.
PS I like AVG antivirus. It's free & small & works like a champ.
2006-09-11 22:49:50 · answer #5 · answered by Rocket Surgeon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because its Norton
You should dump the indexing service(if you use NTFS hard disks), themes, prefetch(if you have an old computer)
Enable hibernation for fast reboots
2006-09-11 22:56:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dump it off a skyscrapper I bet it'll hit the ground pretyy fast!!!!!!!!!!
2006-09-11 22:50:02 · answer #7 · answered by kauaiboi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its uses a lot of cpu processes and consumes a lot space in the memory
2006-09-11 22:49:46 · answer #8 · answered by pogi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
norton sux... what did you replace it with?
2006-09-11 22:53:02 · answer #9 · answered by lnfrared Loaf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋