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cheers for the guide, printing it out now.... very useful for a noob like myself.
Thanks Badass
Thanks Badass
**Baddass' Guide to Windows Performance, Optimization, Security and Tweaking**
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Soldato
Anti virus listings needs updating i think as the last edit was in 2005. Things may have changed somewhat. Anyone up to the challange lol. 
Soldato
I wouldn't mind having a go at this. Got plenty of time on my hands.Anti virus listings needs updating i think as the last edit was in 2005. Things may have changed somewhat. Anyone up to the challange lol.
Let me know what sources to look at to get the facts from. I assume you mean the results with each av having a %age score from a test? Or do you mean just naming the top ten antivirus packages as per reputation?
Soldato
A good way to test would be to setup a VM machine with an unpatched version of XP in it. Let it faff on the net for a bit, goto a few dodgy sites, then save the state its in.
Load up an AV on it and see what it finds, then move to the next, then the next, ect;
Compare scores like that?
Load up an AV on it and see what it finds, then move to the next, then the next, ect;
Compare scores like that?
Soldato
Hmm a bit more technical than I was thinking. I might be able to do this but it'd take me some time to set up. I'll see if I have some time for this.
Soldato
You volunteering? 
Soldato
Just wondering, any chance of getting this added to the sticky?
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17837623
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17837623
Soldato
Does Windows Update really use that much memory?
Soldato
Sorry if I appear to be pedantic but are we talking XP or Vista? Through IE or Automatic Updates?
Guys do you know about the offline update maker? I always use this tool when I do a clean install, though I'm not one of these people that reinstalls every 5 minutes lol, I believe with a bit of maintenance you can usually keep going indefinitely unless you encounter some really nasty software. Anyway this program will download all Windows updates and let you burn them to a DVD, so when you come to install your new PC, if you make this update DVD first, you don't even have to have it connected to the internet until it is patched and up to date. I don't even connect the network cable until I've done this and installed a firewall.
You can grab offline update maker here (XP and Vista) :- http://www.heise.de/ct/projekte/offlineupdate/
(page is german but util is English)
You can grab offline update maker here (XP and Vista) :- http://www.heise.de/ct/projekte/offlineupdate/
(page is german but util is English)
I'll second this, i'm going to get my new system built tomorrow and install Vista- it would be excellent to have a guide on how to improve it/get rid of anything useless as I haven't got the slightest clue about it!
Associate
Some useful stuff in here, ill be sure to try them all out.
Baddass, m8... this has been all posted before.
dude be thankful this cant have just been a 5 min job
Associate
This guide is very useful - will use it for future formats! thanks!
I've used plenty of these hints and tips and they've all worked a treat. This is a thread I keep coming back to and then I realised I hadn't said thank you. So a big thank you from me Baddass for putting this together (and all of the other posters who have contributed), it's a real gem of a thread
Al
Al
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superb post be using some of these defo
Associate
Great guide thanx a lot for putting the effort in to make it.