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Tom1

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  1. Davey, Thanks for the links! They contained a wealth of information. It'll probably be a few days before I have a chance to do anything. Tom
  2. I think we bought our system from SAMS Club. It definitely did not come with a recovery CD or bootable floppy. There may have been an option to purchase a recovery CD through HP after I got the computer but I don't know for sure. Even if this option existed I probably figured out of ignorance "why do I need that I've got system restore", but its so long ago I cant' remember. Thanks for the recommendation on installing IE7Pro and the spyware applications
  3. Novice, New to CC Cleaner Fellow Forum Members please indulge me. I have a HP PC (bought around 2000) with Windows XP Home Edition 2002 Version with Service Pack 3. My system recently crashed. I had my operating system restored at a cost of about $130. I couldn?t do it myself since my PC didn?t come with a restore disk and my Windows System Restore utility wouldn?t work. I?m up and running with: 2 GHz Pentium 4 Processor, 512 MB DDR SDRAM memory IE7 (Currently considering downloading Mozilla Fire Fox) Outlook Express Office 2003 Avira Anti Virus Personnel (this is the free edition, works great so far!) Ad-Aware (free edition) A-Squared (free edition) Nero 7 Essentials Okay, You can stop laughing now! I know my system is old, and has had to have a few hardware replacements. I would like to keeping it running at least another year and use it as a learning tool before upgrading. The business that fixed my computer most recently told me to run my spyware programs at least once a week, and to run Windows Disc Clean and Defrag utility once a month. I already knew to do this; but Is this enough? I was looking at the Registry Repair/Optimizer utilities to keep things in top shape, but after doing a lot of research on the internet I found that there is no real valid testing of these programs. A lot of people recommend Registry Utilities and a lot of people say not to mess with the Registry. Every program available (JV16 Power Tools, Reg Mech, Reg Booster 2, Win Cleaner One Click Clean Up, Glary Utilities, Advanced Systems Optimizer, Advanced Windows Care Personnel and etc, have just as many bad reviews as good reviews. Then I came across CCleaner and Easy Cleaner. These programs are free and sound safer than most of the programs you pay for. Sounds like a lot of people trust both of them. Excuse my rambling. I haven?t downloaded either yet, I?ve been reading their user guides and trying to make sure I understand how they work. I also saw some information on this Forum recommending ERUNT (The Emergency Recovery Utility NT) and NTREGOPT (NT Registry Optimizer). Now for my questions? 1. As a novice should I be doing more to maintain my system other than running Windows Disc Clean and Defrag utility once a month to keep it clean and from getting bogged down with trash that I don?t need? 2. Since my PC doesn?t have a System Disc, is there a way for me to make a full system restore disk to boot and reload my operating system if my computer were to crash again? 3. Recommendations?
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