More stupid Windows Vista problems

[henpecked]

Some programs will corrupt your antivirus software. It will need to be uninstalled and then go get a new one and reinstall

[Irving]

You guys have been helpful so far, thanks.

I went through that gmail problems link and cleared my cache but still no luck. I might just shut down the laptop for today and run Malwarebytes on it (and get rid of DaemonTools since I only used it for that ONE thing).

Thanks for all the free help. I realize that some of you guys make your living giving out the same advice.

[blackford76]

Personally I hate 7 more than Vista, I really miss XL.

[Irving]

Oh yeah, I also forgot that I changed my date to May 2020 last night. I'll change it back and see if that helps.

[Irving]

Update, changing my date back to the correct date has fixed the problem. Thanks for all the help as usual guys.

[BadShot]

You can look here for info on Windows Defender: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ndows-Defender

Are you using Internet Explorer as well? If so you can turn down the default security for the Internet (that is one of the specific zones) Security Zone: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/W...urity-settings

Windows 7 is a worthy upgrade if you don't mind spending the money. Then again, if you haven't had the laptop too long, the manufacturer might have a "Free Upgrade" seeing as so many people hated and refused to use Vista.

Win 7 is a great step up that addresses what most of us considered to be the major faults with Vista. Would be worth taking a look at. Also don't go without an AV program if you're surfing. AVG is on option so is Avast (my preferred free AV solution). I'm sure someone will chime in as well with something along the lines of a recommendation to dump Internet Explorer. If you chose to go that route (you cannot, repeat CAN NOT uninstall it) look at both Firefox and Chrome.

[Zundfolge]

Another option is to dump windows all together (unless there's some program you just absolutely need but can't do under Linux).

A lot of folk will recommend Ubuntu, but I'm going to recommend a Ubuntu based distro called Mint.

On a lark I installed it on one of the extra laptops here at the office and one of our sales reps ended up with the laptop and didn't realize it wasn't windows until I explained what it was. Open Office, Thunderbird and Firefox did everything she needed (and setup with our networked printer and file server was cake).

If all you're using the laptop for is web and basic office functions its really a viable option.

Only reason I haven't dumped Windows at work and Mac OSX at home is because I need Adobe's products to feed myself, so I understand if you're stuck with Windows.

[Irving]

I don't use that piece of shit Internet Explorer. It didn't even function on the last two work computers that I've had. I always use Firefox, and since many insurance websites required that you use IE with their websites, I would just get the "Render in IE" add-on through Firefox.


Zunderfolge: Yeah, I plan on using this laptop for work (unless they give me one) so I think I'd have to stay with Windows. Everyone I know who is a computer buff has been singing the praises of Linux to me for a long time. One day it will happen. One day.

[Zundfolge]

I've also found that Chrome will often work with sites that require IE ... one of our vendors requires IE I've been successfully using Chrome to access their CMS.

Its worth a try (especially if you decide to dump windows as there is no IE for Linux ... although I do believe you can get it to run well enough under WINE)