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Nixer Cleaning My Laptop.

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  • 27-11-2008 8:21pm
    #1
    rediguana
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    Hey. Who wants to be a hero and clean my laptop and install some protection on it? It's wrecking my head.

    Please PM me. I got a great guy through this forum before but I lost all his details and I forget his name.


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    Alanstrainor
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    What's up with your laptop? Install the likes of avg free, and spybot search and destroy and give them ago. All that is very easy, just a few clicks worth of work.


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    rediguana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭rediguana


    I think it's already infected with a virus. I'm not very computer literate, I wouldn't know where to start. My wife's quite handy though but she doesn't really know what to with it either. That's why we were thinking of getting someone with a bit of expertise.

    The laptop still works, largely, but it's so so slow, and it's becoming more erratic.


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    Alanstrainor
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    rediguana wrote: »
    I think it's already infected with a virus. I'm not very computer literate, I wouldn't know where to start. My wife's quite handy though but she doesn't really know what to with it either. That's why we were thinking of getting someone with a bit of expertise.

    The laptop still works, largely, but it's so so slow, and it's becoming more erratic.

    http://free.avg.com/

    Spybot search and destroy

    When you have downloaded and installed those, restart your computer, shutting it down completely, turn it on, tap F8 until the windows boot options pop up, and chose to boot into safe mode, without networking. Then proceed to boot, and run full scans of both avg free and spybot.


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    rediguana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭rediguana


    I'll give that a bash so. Thanks very much.


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    FruitLover
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    www.ubuntu.com

    Forget about this anti-virus nonsense.


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    Donald-Duck
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    FruitLover wrote: »
    www.ubuntu.com

    Forget about this anti-virus nonsense.

    Considering he said hes not very comfortable with computers that is a very poor solution.


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    seraphimvc
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    FruitLover wrote: »
    www.ubuntu.com

    Forget about this anti-virus nonsense.
    lol

    best comment on OP ever


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    FruitLover
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    Donald-Duck wrote: »
    Considering he said hes not very comfortable with computers that is a very poor solution.

    Considering Ubuntu is easier to install and get working than Windows, it is a very good solution.


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    Donald-Duck
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    FruitLover wrote: »
    Considering Ubuntu is easier to install and get working than Windows, it is a very good solution.

    So what happens when he wants to watch a movie? He can download the 9/10 packages that will make some movies work? And taht doesn't even include Divx ones. Thats a whole other story.

    I use Ubuntu regularly, and someone who isn't comfortable with Windows would never touch a computer with Ubuntu on it.

    And easier to install? Sometimes. But I know when I install windows on my PC that my network card will be compatable


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    Alanstrainor
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    Donald-Duck wrote: »
    So what happens when he wants to watch a movie? He can download the 9/10 packages that will make some movies work? And taht doesn't even include Divx ones. Thats a whole other story.

    I use Ubuntu regularly, and someone who isn't comfortable with Windows would never touch a computer with Ubuntu on it.

    And easier to install? Sometimes. But I know when I install windows on my PC that my network card will be compatable

    I'd have to +1 that, i wouldn't be giving a machine with Ubuntu to some one who wasn't at least some what computer literate.


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    FruitLover
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    Donald-Duck wrote: »
    So what happens when he wants to watch a movie? He can download the 9/10 packages that will make some movies work?

    They install one package: VLC. All other dependencies are taken care of automatically by APT. And this is done through the in-built package manager. How many programs and codec packs and other crap do you need to find, then install on a base Windows XP install to get DivX movies working?

    And personally, I'd be more confident of Ubuntu having a NIC driver included on the OS install CD than (e.g.) XP.


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    #13
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Okay okay, how about we leave out the whole linux Vs windows debate lads, its clear that we each have our own opinions on this, so let's agree to disagree. The laptops forum really isn't the place for this discussion, and this thread has spiralled way off topic.
    Cheers,
    Al.


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