What Internet Browser Do You Use?

[itsbaddangel]

I've learned from this same situation....use an external backup (or two, I've seen one of those fail too)...
Ok..so now I know why the mulligan wasn't banning much today. lol Guess we'll have to give him a break for his kindness.

If you're able to get online at all, try an online storage service. I use Box.net | Online file sharing, content management, collaboration
They usually give you a free trial period. I'd hate to lose all my music.
Good luck!!!

[Roboyorkie]

Run Iobit's Advance system care, this will clear all temp files, cookies, and the works, download from here Speed Up Slow Computer, Keep PC and Internet Secure, Freeware Download - IObit, you can also send me a pm, if you would like to setup a appointment for me to look over your storage issues.

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by Princess10

running the ccleaner full force didn't do much good. i do know my passwords, i switch them up a bit & may have to try a couple times but i know my e-mail for sure in case i get locked out & need to have it reset.

Jmulls (my banning rival) has been a wonderful help all day today trying to get me up and running. he is not very hopeful much can be done at this point except a reinstall of windows which means wiping out everything i don't back up.

my memory says i'm using 43.8Gb/144GB on C drive, but now norton is giving me high memory usage warnings. i've tried to uninstall and delete everything i can but it's just not working.

i believe all of my pics are on shutterfly (6GB), but i have almost 5 1/2 GB of music i don't want to lose. i have blank cd's, but with the way this thing is running it will take an eternity to burn everything.

thanks sooooo much, everyone, for all of your words of wisdom. i always feel so much better hearing from someone that has experienced something, not someone trying to sell something!
feel free to keep ideas coming as they come to you....if you're all out, like me, i understand!

Have you read any of the threads about the message from Norton?



Here is one:

Warning of high memory use - Norton Community


Here is something else you may want to check out.

Allow Performance Monitoring Alerts to be Configur... - Norton Community

[diannenet]

I do not like Norton. It slows your computer down and controls your computer instead of you controlling your computer. I use AVG Free and have had no problems.

[JMuedog]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

I always use Mozilla. But, it's interesting you said this...bc now I realized how "draggy" my browser has been for about a week...it longer hesitation after any click I make, like it can't keep up. Is that similar to what's happening with you too?

I've been having this exact issue with Firefox! I've been restarting it several times a day and am just fed up! I downloaded the new version of IE which I had sworn off long ago and wow I'm impressed. I just cant' get out of the habit of using Firefox.

[Princess10]

here's a little update....i followed much advice, looked into the online storage, will further tomorrow, went to the site roboyorkie recommended, checked out the norton message & switched the setting, defragged disk drive, tried to even out my disk usage or something and probably a bunch of other stuff that i can't remember because my brain is pc fried today!

but....i did write a few things down that may shock you, as they sure did me. mully aka jim aka polo's daddy-o, had me go to a clean up site & it found 1,200 errors but would only clean 100 for free. he said he didn't know that because he had never seen 1,200 errors........roboyorkie told me to go to a diff one, basically on the same site, but totally free, and.........it said i have:
15.81MB of damaged files
196 fragmented files
7 security holes
10,494 errors!!!!

a bunch of other stuff too, but i just wanted to share the juiciest gossip. it fixed all of them best i can tell. there are tons of options of things it can do, i put it to the test and def got my monies worth ($0)! lol. i'm back on mozilla, have spell check back tho i still choose not to capitalize, things are considerably faster, tho not up to par, i believe we are on the right path. thanks so, so, so much!

[Jmulls]

Clean up your act girl lol.... stay off those sites!!!! I shot a pm with a way to look at your memory use.. don't get memory and disk sapce confused... Your issue is with memory... and what all is competing for it... Good greif 10k issues... you kill me... but sounds like you took a step forward ... check your PM, and I am only nice to you once so don't get used to it..

[Roboyorkie]

Glad I could have been of service to you.

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by diannenet

I do not like Norton. It slows your computer down and controls your computer instead of you controlling your computer. I use AVG Free and have had no problems.

I don't like it either. My computer got a virus while using Norton. When I took it in to get it cleaned up, they recommended Microsoft Security Essentials which is free. So far so good.

[itsbaddangel]

Originally Posted by Jmulls

Clean up your act girl lol.... stay off those sites!!!! I shot a pm with a way to look at your memory use.. don't get memory and disk sapce confused... Your issue is with memory... and what all is competing for it... Good greif 10k issues... you kill me... but sounds like you took a step forward ... check your PM, and I am only nice to you once so don't get used to it..

That's not true...he's nice aLOT...but don't tell mully I said that. Polo doesn't want everyone to know.

I use AVG free and LOVE it. Norton sucked the life out of my computer before I switched.

[Princess10]

i had avg free then a local pc shop here told me to get norton. i have a 60 day free trial so i'm not stuck with it. i had it before on my ex's pc, about 4-5 years ago & he still got a major virus. we contacted norton and we had to pay i think $90 to have it removed, as they said it was too advanced to be detected by them, etc. etc.

this 2011 version has constantly updating definitions and scans for much more than avg. with the new software roboyorkie told me about i think, hope and pray the two will cover almost everything. the downside is it will cost me $70 for 2 computers for a year.

idk what i'll do yet, looks like i have to do hard system restore so i want every preventable thing under the sun on there so i don't have to do this again!

[itsbaddangel]

The beauty of AVG...FREE!!!!

[Roboyorkie]

you can also download microsoft security essentials. Its a free program, and goes great with AVG Free. Before you do a full restore, have you ran Smart defrag from Iobit? Should fix any other issues you might be having with speed.

[Jmulls]

Robo,
I got a reply this Am that the subject PC was running loud, and there was a red X... with the following error message..."C/: system delay restore write failed or similar". I do not know if Norton was performing a backup...

I am awaiting a reply, but am concerned that the Hard drive is failing ... , uless the loud noise was a fan, but the error message is indicative of a writing issue...and even if it was a backup... why did the write fail?

[Princess10]

yes, i ran the smart defrag the same day i downloaded the other tools you recommended. if i remember correctly, that didn't find any real issues.


i'm just thinking more and more this thing is just begging for an immediate invitation to the parking lot via my 3rd floor window!