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1Help Me With Some information Empty Help Me With Some information Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:59 pm

rosencrentz

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There are so many programs installed on my computer, but some have never been used. If I remove them will my computer start up quicker?

Acrobat.com last used in 2008 and is using 1. 94MB

Acer e manager for notebook 9.41MB, and last used in 2007

Adobe acrobat 5.0 2008 using 14.22MB



The list goes on and on.

http://www.elansofas.com

2Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:04 pm

eViL tRoLl

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Get rid of the junk. adobe should be "reader x".

3Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:15 pm

rosencrentz

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What does that mean??

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4Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:16 pm

rosencrentz

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Please speak "old man" is stupid English!

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5Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:49 pm

eViL tRoLl

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acrobat 5 is very out of date, the new version is called X (like roman numeral for 10). This may not necessarily make your computer start faster, for that you will have to figure out what's all happening at boot time. To find that out, run "msconfig" and see what services and startup programs are there.

6Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:39 pm

Triniman

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Have you ever searched for and removed spyware? Google it.

7Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:57 am

AGEsAces

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Ok..first troll...remember who you are instructing...

MSConfig is not going to be good for him to start fiddling with.

Rosie...go to www.download.com

search there for SpyBot S&D...and download and install that program.

It will help search your computer for Adware and SpyWare programs and remove them.

As far as your Acrobat issues.
Go to your Control Panel (from the Start Menu), choose "Add/Remove Programs"
Remove anything that says "Adobe" in it.
Then:
Go to http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Get the latest reader (make sure to uncheck the "get Google Chrome" box first)

This will remove all the old stuff and put the latest reader in for you (and it's all free).

That might help your machine.

http://www.photage.ca

8Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:04 am

Triniman

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Failing that, use the password FDISK.

9Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:26 am

AGEsAces

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you're just mean Trini

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10Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:35 am

Triniman

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A fresh hard drive is sometimes a good thing.

11Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:16 pm

rosencrentz

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There are so many programs installed on my computer , and I assume thaT IS WHAT MAKES OPENING IT TAKE SO LOnG?

There is something called Brother MFL-Pro Suite that says it hasn't been used , but that has to be my printer program?

My kids have told me not to remove stuff because the last time I did my computer went silent! lol

Java (TM) 6 Update 3 is using 133MB of whatever , and it says used rarely1 Why should I keep something in that isn't being used?

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12Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:54 pm

AGEsAces

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Rosie, the software in your computer won't really make your computer run slower.

the software being USED each time you turn the computer on is what slows it down.

There's a place right around the corner from your store that offers free Virus removal, and inexpensive PC Tune-ups.

I might recommend you stop there.

On the corner of St. Matthews & Erin? (I think)...it's called Elm Computers

http://www.photage.ca

13Help Me With Some information Empty Re: Help Me With Some information Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:09 am

rosencrentz

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So I took out adobe 5 yesterday and now I am trying to open some emails and of course I cannot open the files! I am currently installing adobe x.

I wonder why the computer said used hardly ever if it needed adobe to open the messages.

My kids advice seems pretty smart - leave it alone.

I have run other software to get rid of 2 whatevers and eliminate the cookies which aren't a threat.

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