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- chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -11/+439you can't uninstall Norton. It's like that liquid guy from T2. It just reforms over time.
- zirtbow, on 10/12/2007, -6/+357You guys should at least try to help those that are stuck w/ software such as Norton.
Software: Norton Antivirus - Junk and a resource hog.
Alternate: AVG Free - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/28415/lng/us/tpl/v5
Software: Adobe Acrobat Reader - Slow again
Alternate: Foxit Reader (free) - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/
Software: Windows Media Player - Actually not TOOO bad
Alternate: VLC (free) - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Software: Internet Explorer - Yeah
Alternate: Firefox (free) - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ (like I really needed to link this one)
Software: AIM 6.0, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Chat
Alternate: Trillian - I can't get a link.. its all blocked here at work
Digg is a mecca of tech knowlege and smart tech people. I'm sure any of you could provide a better list of 'alternate' software people could use or maybe programs better then the ones I have listed here. - harrisbradley, on 10/12/2007, -10/+291Yeah, my PC is mainly effected by mycluelessasswife.exe. I can't shut it down, I can only hope to contain it. I'm dreading the day I see the sneakyasschild.exe pop up in the task manager too. Those are harder to find all the time.
- cisaza, on 10/12/2007, -4/+174Not to start a completely tangential rant, but... has anyone noticed how iTunes is a resource hog? I love my iTunes, but, c'mon, why do you need to use up 60%-80% of my computing power while downloading a tv show?? What is up?
- andrewgreene, on 10/12/2007, -6/+136I tend to find that Firefox is a serious memory hog as well. I love it, but it's just a hog. Same thing with iTunes.
- apjoseph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+112Norton Removal Tool - I have used this tool on a number of machines to remove the Norton crap. I think it does a god job, albeit a bit slow on the removal process : http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
- sicc, on 10/12/2007, -9/+110Oh I knew, but I didn't know it was that bad. When I buy a new PC, that's the very first POS that gets uninstalled.
- ninjasquirrel, on 10/12/2007, -6/+104Antivirus software:
-NOD32: http://www.eset.com
Antispyware:
-Spybot: Search and Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/
-Using Firefox (seriously, my infection rate dropped to essentially nothing once I switched to Firefox 2 or 3 years back)
IM software:
-Gaim: http://gaim.sourceforge.net
Media:
-Media Player Classic: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
-Foobar2000: http://www.foobar2000.org
-ffdshow: (Open source video codecs for Windows): http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/ffdshow.cfm
Firewall:
-Sygate Personal Firewall (Google it, it doesn't actually exist any more, but you can still find it. The absolute best firewall for windows) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+82"blog *****"?
Come on, I can understand the irritation when a link to something is redirected through a useless blog portal page, but this is the guy's own original research here, published on his own blog. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -13/+86What software slows Windows down the most?
explorer.exe - johnsmith118, on 10/12/2007, -0/+67the server must be running Norton.
- Chewie67, on 10/12/2007, -5/+65What slows down thepcspy.com the most?
Digg.
Damn it, is every site posted to digg running on a 286 in some kids basement? - rexCo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+63What slows down crappy websites the most?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+63svchost
- andrewgreene, on 10/12/2007, -4/+56Actually, I think it's just two Commodore 64's duct taped together.
- op12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+39The site's dying. Here's the Google cache of the summary:
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:G7mFuWuR3roJ:www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down/3+http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down/&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1 - sfacets, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39Yeah I convinced my dad to get rid of Norton, he was impressed with the sudden speed increase...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30Interesting that Adobe Acrobat wasn't included. That's what I thought of when I read the headline.
- revansii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28I would've thought Google desktop would be on there.
- FartyMcPooPants, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29Adobe Acrobat has caused me to swear far too many times for me to trust it again. I hardly ever write comments this long, but you hit on a seriously sore point with me, but I'll keep in mind this is a public forum and children may be reading, so I'll avoid going on a long swear word filled rant. Anyway that said, let the rant begin.
Whether it's the 10 minutes it can take to open up a medium sized pdf (Average/small pdfs' only take 2 or 3 minutes), or the constant reminder about inconsequential updates, or if you do bite the bullet and say yes to update, it won't just update to the latest version, oh no, that would be far too easy, it has to download EACH AND EVERY tiny update between you and the latest version, often requiring a reboot after each stupid update. The fact that it loads that stupid acrobat speed booster thing at start up that takes forever to load, and if that's supposed to speed things up, then I would hate to try using it without it.
Well I say good riddance to bad rubbish, I've used Fox It Reader (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/) for over a year now, and I can say that no single program has impressed me so much so quickly as that little utility. It opens pdfs, just like that, there's no way to describe the joy of double clicking on a pdf, and it being on your screen seemingly instantly, it's like there was the world Adobe lived in, and then there was the real world....
I will admit I haven't tried version 8, and from SkyShocks comment I guess it's adobes attempt to recapture some lost ground from fox it, but I'll never know, because I have a program that works, and works well, so the chances of me ever installing Adobe Acrobat again in any form are slim to non-existent. If I didn't like playing flash games so much, I'd say let Adobe die, a horrible slow painful death (Oh and I suppose Photoshop is quite good too) - jswanner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25duggmirror only cached the first page, here are the other two:
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:G3x6OGBlQCgJ:www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down/2+http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down/2&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=opera
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:G7mFuWuR3roJ:www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down/3+http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=opera - inactive, on 10/22/2007, -0/+24The biggest resource hogs, apart from NAV, that I have exposure to is the ***** software that HP makes you install with their printers when all you want is a ***** print/scanner driver!
For *****'s sake, a 680Mb install so I can just use my printer/scanner's most basic functions are just frigging insane!! - mbthompson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26Real Player - Kind of sucks, plus spyware etc.
Instead: Real Alternative http://www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=2541&s=65
Quicktime - Definite system hog with qttask running all the freaking time
Instead: Quicktime Alternative http://www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=2829&s=66 - astrotrain, on 10/12/2007, -5/+27@chris9902
** loads and fires shotgun **
Norton Remove
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
** twirls it around and re-loads and fires**
RegCleaner 4.3.
http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/LFWV/RegCleaner.html
Hey System Hog... your Terminated!
Crap Cleaner
www.cccleaner.com
..Astalavista... Baby - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+32@zirtbow - just speaking about memory resources, i'm not sure i agree with your recommendation of firefox over ie. don't get me wrong, firefox definitely has it's strengths over ie, but we all know what a memory beast firefox can be...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23I'd agree with you about 7.0 and under. Have you tried 8 though? It's absolutely SMOKING. Version 8 is a DAMN good job.
- spyrochaete, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21Maybe it's because of all my extensions but I find IE7 loads WAY faster than FireFox. FF takes so long to load that I ended up getting the minimizetotray extension. FF loads on startup and stays resident in my system tray, opening instantly when I need it. (I have 2 gigs of RAM so I don't care about the footprint)
http://minimizetotray.mozdev.org/
And if Acrobat's ridiculous load time makes you crazy, check out Foxit Reader. It loads in a quarter of a second or so.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23Try ClamWin, it's clamav with a Windows front-end. F/OSS baby!
http://www.clamwin.com/ - julienbh, on 10/12/2007, -16/+32MSN8 should be on top of that list, who agrees?
- blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17"Actually, I think it's just two Commodore 64's duct taped together."
It's called a Commodore 128 Core Duo 2. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18look out !!
- MeanYogurt, on 10/12/2007, -6/+22I think FoxIT completely owns 7 and 8. Its my favorite pdf reader.
- op12, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Or the best option, Meebo. Works in your web browser, looks as good or even better than Trillian, and you can use it anywhere you have internet. No need for an additional app! It handles new message notification quite well.
http://www.meebo.com - VANOS, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16If you do, maybe it will drop some loot on your desktop.
- wonboodoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Maybe it's running Norton?
- unicornhunter, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18OUTLOOK!!
- mbthompson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Whoops, ran out of time before I could add this.
Firewall: Comodo Firewall Pro http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
Free and very useful - OutThisLife, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Avast! Antivirus:
http://www.avast.com/ - andrewgreene, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14@sheepster - it's actually http://www.trillian.cc
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15The solution? BlackBox for Windows.
http://www.bb4win.org/ - InsomniaSlim, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I wish he had included Google Desktop... I'd like to know how much that slows the machine down when loaded at boot-time.
- neko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I'll tell you what slows Windows down the most, it's that damn System Idle Process, it's always using my CPU and I can't seem to kill it!
- Kappa3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Like the word wasn't out... Norton is total garbage.
- caspercat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10@tobbe303
AVG is still free , you must have read their press release wrongly. They are discontinuing support for free version 7.1. To make people upgrade to their FREE version 7.5. So AVG is still free. http://free.grisoft.com - vondur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I'd like to add the crappy software that is bundled with Kodak cameras. I believe it is called Easy Share. I uninstalled it on my dad's PC and put on Picasa. A world of difference.
- greatblackowl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Does anyone know if symantec antivirus (the corporate edition) is as system hogging as Norton?
Thanks, and sorry to abuse the reply system. - deacont23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10NOD32.
http://www.eset.com/ - OutThisLife, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12What slows down Windows the most?
WoW.exe - Kill it whenever it's up. - ejstacey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I've always liked AVG Free. It's free for personal use.
http://free.grisoft.com - Mudcrutch, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Not downloading/opening strange files.
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