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Redux on Hibernate
Some time ago, we had lengthy discussions in this newsgroup and I
received much valuable help in getting my XP/Home Edition to hibernate properly. It has been working well now, for some time, and I'd like to recount most of what I've done to keep it this way. I allow no 'automatic' *anything* from software that is anxious to update. That includes Windows Update, and Symantec/Norton Live Update, and Idle Time Scans. It includes Save & Restore of all kinds, which I disabled in Services.msn and bring out of retirement only when I decide that I want to create a 'Restore Point'. It includes Norton Anti-Virus which has a dozen anti-everything protections which are not easy to subdue. And thanks again (and Season' Greetings) to all who led me toward a successful solution. |
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While turning off Window's Automatic Updates is not going to cause the end
of the world, it's fairly important that if you do this that you also try to keep your XP installation updated with the latest Microsoft Updates by actually visiting the Windows Update website and manually downloading and installing them. Not to do so will leave many security holes in your operating system. And leave your computer less likely to be able to integrate with the latest software and data over the internet. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "William Lurie" wrote in message ... Some time ago, we had lengthy discussions in this newsgroup and I received much valuable help in getting my XP/Home Edition to hibernate properly. It has been working well now, for some time, and I'd like to recount most of what I've done to keep it this way. I allow no 'automatic' *anything* from software that is anxious to update. That includes Windows Update, and Symantec/Norton Live Update, and Idle Time Scans. It includes Save & Restore of all kinds, which I disabled in Services.msn and bring out of retirement only when I decide that I want to create a 'Restore Point'. It includes Norton Anti-Virus which has a dozen anti-everything protections which are not easy to subdue. And thanks again (and Season' Greetings) to all who led me toward a successful solution. |
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With you all the way, Tim. I do the manual Windows Update, and Live
Update, and full system scan periodically....at times of my choosing, not at the whims of programmers unknown. Bill Tim Meddick wrote: While turning off Window's Automatic Updates is not going to cause the end of the world, it's fairly important that if you do this that you also try to keep your XP installation updated with the latest Microsoft Updates by actually visiting the Windows Update website and manually downloading and installing them. Not to do so will leave many security holes in your operating system. And leave your computer less likely to be able to integrate with the latest software and data over the internet. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "William Lurie" wrote in message ... Some time ago, we had lengthy discussions in this newsgroup and I received much valuable help in getting my XP/Home Edition to hibernate properly. It has been working well now, for some time, and I'd like to recount most of what I've done to keep it this way. I allow no 'automatic' *anything* from software that is anxious to update. That includes Windows Update, and Symantec/Norton Live Update, and Idle Time Scans. It includes Save & Restore of all kinds, which I disabled in Services.msn and bring out of retirement only when I decide that I want to create a 'Restore Point'. It includes Norton Anti-Virus which has a dozen anti-everything protections which are not easy to subdue. And thanks again (and Season' Greetings) to all who led me toward a successful solution. |
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On Dec 24, 8:48*pm, William Lurie wrote:
With you all the way, Tim. I do the manual Windows Update, and Live Update, and full system scan periodically....at times of my choosing, not at the whims of programmers unknown. * * * *Bill Tim Meddick wrote: While turning off Window's Automatic Updates is not going to cause the end of the world, it's fairly important that if you do this that you also try to keep your XP installation updated with the latest Microsoft Updates by actually visiting the Windows Update website and manually downloading and installing them. Not to do so will leave many security holes in your operating system. And leave your computer less likely to be able to integrate with the latest software and data over the internet. == Cheers, * *Tim Meddick, * *Peckham, London. * *:-) "William Lurie" wrote in message ... Some time ago, we had lengthy discussions in this newsgroup and I received much valuable help in getting my XP/Home Edition to hibernate properly. It has been working well now, for some time, and I'd like to recount most of what I've done to keep it this way. I allow no 'automatic' *anything* from software that is anxious to update. That includes Windows Update, and Symantec/Norton Live Update, and Idle Time Scans. It includes Save & Restore of all kinds, which I disabled in Services.msn and bring out of retirement only when I decide that I want to create a 'Restore Point'. It includes Norton Anti-Virus which has a dozen anti-everything protections which are not easy to subdue. And thanks again (and Season' Greetings) to all who led me toward a successful solution. It doesn't sound like you fixed the problems. It sounds like instead of fixing things, you disabled things that you should not to disable to relieve the symptoms of the problems. |
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Jose wrote:
On Dec 24, 8:48 pm, William Lurie wrote: With you all the way, Tim. I do the manual Windows Update, and Live Update, and full system scan periodically....at times of my choosing, not at the whims of programmers unknown. Bill Tim Meddick wrote: While turning off Window's Automatic Updates is not going to cause the end of the world, it's fairly important that if you do this that you also try to keep your XP installation updated with the latest Microsoft Updates by actually visiting the Windows Update website and manually downloading and installing them. Not to do so will leave many security holes in your operating system. And leave your computer less likely to be able to integrate with the latest software and data over the internet. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "William Lurie" wrote in message ... Some time ago, we had lengthy discussions in this newsgroup and I received much valuable help in getting my XP/Home Edition to hibernate properly. It has been working well now, for some time, and I'd like to recount most of what I've done to keep it this way. I allow no 'automatic' *anything* from software that is anxious to update. That includes Windows Update, and Symantec/Norton Live Update, and Idle Time Scans. It includes Save & Restore of all kinds, which I disabled in Services.msn and bring out of retirement only when I decide that I want to create a 'Restore Point'. It includes Norton Anti-Virus which has a dozen anti-everything protections which are not easy to subdue. And thanks again (and Season' Greetings) to all who led me toward a successful solution. It doesn't sound like you fixed the problems. It sounds like instead of fixing things, you disabled things that you should not to disable to relieve the symptoms of the problems. Jose, these hidden programs that run my computer when *they* feel like doing so, are first of all an invasion of my privacy. Second, they are "events" which interfere with my computer being at rest and going to sleep in a normal manner. That was the basic problem, and to me, the problem I had........has been solved to my satisfaction. |
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Forgot to add that [again] while it's not the best situation to disable
Window's Automatic Updates, I can wholly understand why you have done so. I found that my PC would "freeze" entirely when WAU started (and without any rhyme or reason to it's timing) before I got rid of AVG Free and installed MSSE instead. Now I don't have the same problem, I quickly re-instated WAU and because it was also needed for MSSE virus-database-updates as well. But, as it was a known issue with WAU and PCs running XP and with only 512MB of RAM - I didn't feel at all guilty about disabling WAU as long as I remained aware that it was very important to keep XP updated manually (which I always did). == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "William Lurie" wrote in message ... Jose wrote: On Dec 24, 8:48 pm, William Lurie wrote: With you all the way, Tim. I do the manual Windows Update, and Live Update, and full system scan periodically....at times of my choosing, not at the whims of programmers unknown. Bill Tim Meddick wrote: While turning off Window's Automatic Updates is not going to cause the end of the world, it's fairly important that if you do this that you also try to keep your XP installation updated with the latest Microsoft Updates by actually visiting the Windows Update website and manually downloading and installing them. Not to do so will leave many security holes in your operating system. And leave your computer less likely to be able to integrate with the latest software and data over the internet. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "William Lurie" wrote in message ... Some time ago, we had lengthy discussions in this newsgroup and I received much valuable help in getting my XP/Home Edition to hibernate properly. It has been working well now, for some time, and I'd like to recount most of what I've done to keep it this way. I allow no 'automatic' *anything* from software that is anxious to update. That includes Windows Update, and Symantec/Norton Live Update, and Idle Time Scans. It includes Save & Restore of all kinds, which I disabled in Services.msn and bring out of retirement only when I decide that I want to create a 'Restore Point'. It includes Norton Anti-Virus which has a dozen anti-everything protections which are not easy to subdue. And thanks again (and Season' Greetings) to all who led me toward a successful solution. It doesn't sound like you fixed the problems. It sounds like instead of fixing things, you disabled things that you should not to disable to relieve the symptoms of the problems. Jose, these hidden programs that run my computer when *they* feel like doing so, are first of all an invasion of my privacy. Second, they are "events" which interfere with my computer being at rest and going to sleep in a normal manner. That was the basic problem, and to me, the problem I had........has been solved to my satisfaction. |
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I to Tim Meddick have got rid of AVG Free and installed MSSE instead. I have no Virus or spyware working it way in to my Systems no more like it was with AVG! -- http://mynews.ath.cx |
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