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PC-cillin & WinXP SP2, Installation Order?
Henry,
To start, the first thing I would do is opt for a memory upgrade. 512MB should be the minimum memory for XP computers. Secondly, you should either remove the Adware applications causing your severe slowness and pop ups or format your computer and reinstall Windows. Chances are, your computer came with a recovery CD for reinstalling Windows. If you want to try removing the Adware, go to www.ad-aware.com and download Lavasoft's free Spyware removal tool. I must warn you though, unless you really know what you're doing, you will never rid your system of all parasites without formatting. Even if you know what you're doing, it may be quicker and easier to format. Just make sure you backup your data first. Now in answer to your question, Pc-Cillin will provide you with virus and outbound Firewall protection which Windows XP SP1 or SP2 does not. So you need it. If you setup Pc-Cillin correctly, you can turn off the XP firewall. The XP firewall blocks inbound connections which Pc-Cillin will do as well. In terms of the order, it shouldn't make a difference. "Henry T Fiddler" wrote: I am planning on installing PC-cillin Internet Security 2004 on my laptop which is currently running Win XP Pro SP1. I have not yet installed SP2, for fear it may be buggy. But in reading various newsgroups, I'm convinced that I should go ahead and make the plunge with SP2. I have already been running this laptop for a month, totally unprotected, over an "always on DSL connection" and fear it is already crawling with various malware vermin. It already runs very slow (2 gHz, 256 meg), and I am living in pop-up hell. My questions a [1] Should I install PC-cillin Internet Security 2004 first or SP2 first? Or ... perhaps it makes no difference at all? [2] After installing both PC-cillin and SP2, I presume there will be several duplications. Should I turn off any features of either PC-cillin or SP2, in order to avoid duplication and/or improve speed/performance? Thanks, Henry |
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