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[James333]

(12-09-2009, 02:26 PM)a mad pigeon Wrote: -Don't install things you don't need. Tons of programs have a potential for viruses, especially toolbars, Yahoo programs, internet games, etc.

yeah , I'm gonna click in the " YOU ARE THE 1.000.000 VISITOR. YOU ARE WINNER "

(12-09-2009, 02:26 PM)a mad pigeon Wrote: -Disable startup items that aren't necessary, like Quicktime, Steam, Adobe updater, iTunes, Java Platform, etc. They eat up RAM, CPU, and internet resources when they do nothing but sit there the entire time your computer is on.
Start > Run > msconfig > Startup tab

miracles happen when you do that , I also have found viruses with that way in other computers ( lol? )

(12-09-2009, 02:26 PM)a mad pigeon Wrote: -For more advanced computer users, do a clean install of Windows if it gets real bad or heavily infected with viruses. I would back up all important data to removable media or over the network, then scan it for viruses. Format all partitions on the drive, re-partition it, re-install Windows, reconfigure Windows. Done.

advanced users ? I did a clean installation of windows without knowing what the hell I were doing xD

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Now my tips

-Check with "WinRAR" if you have viruses in you computer ( It can see everything , just delete something and ou antivirus will detect it ( check C:\recycler for .exe files ))
-As a mad pigeon said , run msconfig and disable all the shit that you have at the startup , and if you see something like 948.exe or something like that fing it and delete it
-Open firefox with 200 add-ons , use it for like 1 or 2 hrs and then close the process = free RAM ( useful only in pc with 512 mb of ram or less )
-Check that the isos are not fragmented ( once I started to desfragment a partition in my HDD and I closed it , then when I tried to play brawl it was slow as **** )
-never leave a partition with less space than the page file have assigned to it ( once I leaved the C:\ drive with only 1 Gb and OMG )