Use XP,vista is crap!

there is a little trick to installing just about any software on Vista. So that be said here are the instructions for FREE software and how to do it. (Yes I know lots of inforamtion but Vista is a strange OS and I always offer al the help I can) PROGRAMS FOR VISTA LOTS OF FREE PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND AT www.pcworld.com LOOK FOR THE DOWNLOAD AT TOP OF PAGE, THEN CLICK THEN GO TO THE BLUE SEARCH BOX AND TYPE IN VISTA DOWNLOADS AND A LIST OF 39 OR MORE WILL COME UP. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT ARE FREE AND SOME THAT WOULD COME IN HANDY UNDER SHAREWARE IF NEEDED TO FIX A COMPUTER AND YOU HAD NO OTHER CHOICES. ZONEALARM- FIREWALL AVG 8.0 VIRUS & SPYWARE http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe (for those running Vista you must have all updates done plus SP1 to use) SPYBOT 6.1 www.safer-networking.org 1. IT WILL SAY HOME OF: : The home of Spybot-S&D! 2. UNDER THIS YOU WILL SEE THE WORDS: Download. Home of SpyBot-S&D, and 6 different languages. Simply click on the language of your choice for example; ENGLISH 3. THIS IS THE HOME PAGE, LOOK DOWN AND FIND UNDER PRODUCTS, SEE 1.6.0 AND RIGHT UNDER PRODUCTS WORD YOU SEE PICTURE OF S&D CLICK IT, THIS IS ALL SAME LINE. 4. NEXT PAGE SAYS OVERVIEW, SCROLL DOWN AND SEE AREA, CLICK FIRST DOWNLOAD. 5. THESE ARE THE MIRROR SITES, THERE ARE 11 TO CHOOSE FROM, Safer-Networking Ltd. #1 ON THESE CLICK DOWNLOAD AND BOX OPENS, CHOOSE WHERE YOU Safer-Networking Ltd. #2 GOING TO SAVE FILE TO, DESKTOP, MY DOCUMENTS AND OPEN AND Safer-Networking Ltd. #3 AND RUN FROM THERE FILE IS 14.3MB ( only 2 steps here) (these are always my first choice as they usually work well first time) BN FileForum (This is my second choice just a little harder to use, more steps) PAGE WILL OPEN, (BLUE DOWNLOAD NOW 14,380 KB) CLICK blue / NEW PAGE OPENS. MAY HAVE TO CLICK YELLOW BAR AT TOP OF PAGE TO ALLOW FILE TO DOWNLOAD ON THIS ONE, AND THEN DOWNLOAD WILL BEGIN 6. BOX OPENS CHOOSE SAVE AND DO SO TO YOUR DESKTOP OR TO YOUR DOCUMENT FILE AND OPEN AND RUN FROM THERE FILE IS 14.3MB GOOGLE EARTH GOOGLE DESKTOP BELARC IE PRIVACY KEEPER Ccleaner GLARY UTILITLIES (you may have to look under registry repair programs) OR . http://glarysoft.com/rrd.html ANOTHER PROGRAM TO PUT ON IS JAVA 6.1 AND TO GET THIS YOU MUST GO TO JAVA sun AND DOWNLOAD. Again be sure use newest version for vista. WHERE TO DOWNLOAD AVG AND SPYBOT, IE PRIVACY KEEPER: ALL CAN BE FOUND AT http://www.snapfiles.com go to the freeware section, look for Internet Cleanup, then look for the software called IE Privacy Keeper, AVG & spybot are under anti-virus and spyware tools etc ZoneAlarm is also found at this web site under firewalls. For free registry repair programs or to http://www.snapfiles.com and to their freeware section to find them also. A good freebie is go to yahoo or Google and type in Belarc and download and run that program, print out results, run and do so ever so often. Will tell you what on PC from hardware, Software, key codes etc Go http://www.radarsync.com/ this software will find them and update them for you all for free, just click on the red download button (start free download free version) 1.18 MB is the size of file just choose where you would like to save it too. Backing up your drivers? Go here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/ Very simple yet great software that finders your drivers and backs them up for up to what ever place you choose, such as my documents, CD, DVD, jump drive. Click the green download box (arrow) next page where it says DriverBackup! 1.0.3(XPVista) for English. Next page again click DriverBackup 1.0.3 then Dr13engzip, you may have to give page permission to open (see yellow bar, right click here for options) choose download file , file is 51. 7 KB choose save and to where. Note these programs for the most part WILL NOT work on Vista 64 bit Go to www.pcworld.com look at top of page for downloads, next page type in Vista 64 bit and look though the free downloads, there are a few. LOADING SOFTWARE IN VISTA Ever have that problem when trying to load your software in Vista and it goes clang, and message says: must be installed by Administrator. And you think to your self but I am the administrator and no one else is on the system. Thanks to Microsoft great idea there is a fail safe installed. 1. Go to Computer 2. Right Click on the software you are trying to open find (on Launcher) icon 3. Right Click and a drop down menu opens, look for option that says: Open as Administrator, click 4. The software opens and chooses what ever put you wish to open in it This will allow the software to open now, should work for any legal Software FREE Software If you are trying to install and open free software, download and save file to desktop or my documents. 1. Right click on file go to properties and choose security tab see in window where your name is listed as Administrator click and then click OK 2. Right click again choose open as administrator. 3. Window will open which you must choose to allow program to open Now program will go ahead and install without you getting message’s that you are not the administrator and you can not go ahead. VISTA TWEAKS (10) 1. Turn off Windows Search Indexing Windows Vista search indexing is constantly reviewing files on your system to make their contents available for quick searching. This is handy, but can severely impact system performance. To disable constant indexing: Click Start then Computer Right Click the C: Drive On General Tab, Uncheck Index this drive for faster searching On the subsequent dialog box, Select Include subfolders and files 2. Turn off Remote Differential Compression Remote Differential Compression measures the changes in files over a network to transfer them with minimal bandwidth rather than transferring an entire file that has previously been moved. By constantly checking for file changes, this service can hinder system performance. To disable this service: Open Control Panel Switch to Classic View Select Program Features Choose Turn Windows features on and off Scroll down and uncheck Remote Differential Compression 3. Turn off Automatic Windows Defender Operation Windows Defender real-time protection against malware continues to run despite having Automatic operation disabled. To disable this feature: Open Control Panel Select Windows Defender Choose Tools from the top menu Select Options Uncheck Auto Start at the bottom of the window 4. Turn off Automatic Disk Defragmentation Windows Vista and its always-on defragment feature isn’t really that necessary and can cause system slow down. Just remember to run a defrag manually every week or so. To disable this: Click Start then Computer Right Click the C: Drive Click on Properties Select the Tools Tab Click on Defragment Now Uncheck Run on a schedule 5. Add a 2GB or higher USB Flash drive to take advantage of Windows Ready Boost (Additional Memory Cache) Ready Boost is Microsoft’s name for using a USB thumb/flash drive to provide some quick access memory the operating system can use as extra RAM. The Ready Boost system can significantly improve system performance. To set this up: Insert a USB Flash Drive Click Start then Computer Right Click the USB Drive in My Computer Select the Ready Boost Tab Choose Use this device Select as much space as you can free up for RAM usage vs. Storage 6. Turn off Windows Hibernation Windows hibernation background services can use a large amount of system resources. If you don’t use the Hibernate feature on a regular basis you may want to disable it to give Vista a performance boost. To disable Hibernation: Select the Control Panel then Power Options Click Change Plan Settings Click on Change Advanced Power Settings Expand the Sleep selection Expand the Hibernate After selection Crank the selector down to zero Click Apply 7. Turn off System Restore Analysis and restore point creation by Windows Vista can eat a fair amount of system resources. Disabling this service will obviously mean the system restore feature in Vista will not be available in the event of a system crash. Change this at your own risk. To disable this service: Control Panel > System Click System Protection on the left panel Uncheck the main system drive Agree to the confirmation 8. Disable User Access Control (UAC) This much-loathed new Vista feature attempts to protect your system from malware infection by making you manually confirm a whole host of everyday user operations. While it doesn’t directly impact performance, it can be annoying and might be more hassle than good. To disable User Access Control: Click Start then Control Panel Select User Accounts Select Turn User Account Control on or off Uncheck User Account Control Box Restart as recommended 9. Disable excess Windows Services that Auto-Launch at Startup Just like Windows XP, Vista ships with all kinds of services enabled that load at startup and may never be used by most users. To see what loads at startup and disable the ones you likely won’t be needing (they can always be started manually later): Click Start then Control Panel Select Administrative Tools Choose System Configuration Click the Services Tab You can safely deselect: Offline Files (unless you’re using Offline File Sync) Tablet PC Input Service (unless you have a tablet PC) Terminal Services Windows Search (If you have already disabled indexing) Fax (unless you’re using a fax modem) 10. Disable Excess Windows Features Windows ships with other features that are listed separately in the Vista operating system from the startup services. You can view and disable these features by: Clicking Start then Control Panel Select Program Features On the left panel, select Turn Windows Features on or off You can safely deselect: Indexing Service Remote Differential Compression Tablet PC Optional Components Windows DFS Replication Service Windows Fax & Scan (unless you use a modem for faxing) Windows Meeting Space (unless you use the Live Meeting Service) Related Posts Get Hacking Windows Vista Free Get Windows Vista Desktop Edition Free Get Windows Vista Secrets Free Increase Vista External USB Hard Drive Speed How To Increase Your Vista Hard Drive Speed http://mostlysavingmoney.com/top-10-windows-vista-speed-tweaks/ AVG 8.0 HOW TO MANAGE At the top in the tan line you will see the words file, components. History, tools, helps. File: is simply to exit the program Components: this will open different areas of system overview such as, all the items you see on main page, and some you can adjust in this area like when update manager runs. (If you make any changes, be sure and hit save changes) History: scan results, this will show you when each time a scan has run and what was found. Resident shield detection scans files as they are copied, opened and saved and if a threat is found, it will forbid its activation. E-mail scanner detection, checks incoming and outgoing mail by using plug-ins for the most frequently used e-mail programs, when detected, viruses are moved to the vault. look at bottom of program page and you should see a green check mark in first box (there are 3 in a row) it says scan incoming messages. If not check box, hit grey box that says > save changes Virus Vault - from here you can manage any virus that have been placed here, either Delete, restore, and send to analysis, empty vault etc, and view history. Event History log- which shows all that has happen on AVG (JUST BE SURE TO CHECK EVER SO OFTEN AND EMPTY AS SOME TROJANS NEED TO BE DELETED BY HAND) Tools: here you can go ahead a scan PC if you wish just to check for your self all is well, even though it does it automatically. OR you can choose to scan a selected folder if you wish Scan a file Update; check to see that all updates have been done from here Update manager here you can set the time day for automatic to happen, set time and save changes Update directory…this would be if you must choose where to send it to look for update such as a certain network etc Advanced setting: Be careful if you choose to change any of these, most are factory default but some can be change with no problem, read carefully. (If you’re having a problem with scans running to often look under this setting-then schedules-scheduled scans- Make sure you pick* run at a specific time interval is picked- then set time- and click apply and OK) Help takes you to AVG’s web site to look up certain virus and what they are and how to remove them and what they are. **** If link scanner is a drag on your PC’s system resources, you can remove it by downloading & reinstalling AVG Free(and no, you don’t have to uninstall it first). When installation starts, choose add/remove components, click Next for a list of components uncheck Linkscanner, and finish the process. You’ll probably need to reboot and make sure to do a manual update to grab the most current virus definitions. To suppress any annoying warning that Linkscanner isn’t working choose advanced setting> Ignore Faulty Conditions, check the Linkscanner check box and click OK. Remember this doesn’t take away a layer of protection! Here is a link to check out support area in AVG to look up VIRUS and meaning etc http://www.avg.com/support HOW TO MANAGE SPYBOT SEARCH & DESTROY 1.6 1. CLICK ON ICON ON DESKTOP TO OPEN PROGRAM. 2. CLICK IMMUNIZE BUTTON EACH TIME YOU OPEN PROGRAM, WHICH IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF PROGRAM. THEN CLICK IMMUNIZE BUTTON AT TOP OF PAGE, EACH TIME YOU WILL SEE A BRIGHT GREEN BAR GO ACROSS PAGE AND YOU WILL SEE NUMBER OF BAD ITEMS BLOCKED. THEN CLICK CHECK AGAIN JUST TO BE SURE. 3. NEXT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF PAGE CLICK THE UPDATE BUTTON, A BOX WILL OPEN, CLICK SEARCH, A LIST COMES UP CLICK THE ONE THAT SAYS “SECURITY WORKS. NET” #1 USA OR #2USA, THEN CLICK CONTINUE, PUT A CHECK MARK IN ALL THE BOXES THAT APPEAR, CLICK DOWNLOAD. ***Depending on where you live you may have to choose a different dialer, if it comes back saying bad check sum then just choose another one and download again. (BIG BRIGHT GREEN CHECK MARKS WILL APPEAR BY EACH ITEM AS THEY ARE DOWNLOADED) THEN CLICK EXIT 4. CLICK SEARCH AND DESTROY,(IF DOESN’T START CLICK START PROGRAM BUTTON) THIS STARTS THE SCAN SESSION, YOU WILL SEE A GREEN BAR PROGRESS ACROSS BOTTOM OF PROGRAM AS IT DOES THE SCAN ( THE WORDS YOU SEE ARE NOT PROGRAMS YOU HAVE BEEN AT BUT ARE NAMES OF VIRUS/SPYWARE ETC) NOW YOU WAIT FOR 15-30 MINS FOR SCAN TO STOP, YOU CAN RESTORE DOWN PAGE AND DO OTHER THINGS WHILE SCAN IS WORKING. 5. IF ANY PROBLEMS ARE FOUND GO TO NEXT PAGE AND CLICK BUTTON “FIX PROBLEMS” HAS A HAMMER & SAW ON IT. AS THEY ARE REPAIRED BIG FAT GREEN CHECK MARKS APPEAR OR IF NO PROBLEMS IT WILL SAY JUST THAT “ NO PROBLEMS FOUND” 6. IF IT DID REPAIR A PROBLEM GO TO THE RECOVERY BUTTON AND CLICK IT, CLICK THE BUTTON THAT SAYS PURGE SELECTED ITEMS, CHECK ALL OF THEM. 7. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SET THIS PROGRAM UP TO SCAN ON A SCHEDULE THEN LOOK AT TOP OF PROGRAM WHERE IT SAYS “MODE” CLICK AND SEE DROP DOWN MENU CHANGE TO ADVANCED MODE. YOU WILL NOW SEE NEW OPTIONS IN LOWER LEFT CORNER OF PROGRAM: Setting-tools 8. SETTING WILL OPEN A LARGE MENU WITH MANY OPTIONS, LOOK THOUGH LIST AND CLICK ON SCHEDULER AND CLICK IT AND A PAGE OPENS WITH AREAS TO SHOW YOU HOW TO SET UP. LOOK FOR THE EDIT BUTTON. AND ANOTHER MENU OPEN CLICK SCHEDULE TAB AND YOU WILL SEE OPTIONS FOR TIME AND DATE, SET THEM AND CLICK APPLY AND OK (you also can remove same way) EDIT (updates) This one allows you to schedule the time you want spybot to update Also take your mouse and place on the bottom edge of spybot screen (you should see little double < > like in Microsoft) and pull down on while holding down left click this will make screen bigger so you can seen two more options that need to be checked. THERE SHOULD BE A CHECK MARK IN THE FOLLOWING BOXES: Fix problems after scheduled scan Close program after finishing schedule TOOLS- PROVIDES ADVANCED TOOLS FOR USERS TO FIND ABOUT SPYWARE THAT ISN’T DETECTED DURING THE NORMAL SCAN AND TO CLEAN UP AND OPTIMIZE YOUR SYSTEM. View report Secure shredder Resident Bho’s IE Tweaks Systems Internals System Startup Uninstall Info Winsock LSPs (9.YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE RECOVER BUTTON ALSO JUST IN CASE YOU NOTICE PROBLEMS WITH REMOVAL OF PROBLEMS AND NEED TO UNDO THE SOME CHANGES) From here you can recover & purge items. AND YOUR JOB WILL BE DONE, TO CLOSE PROGRAM CLICK THE RED X. **** if all else fails you the help icon to find more information GLARY UTILITIES HOW TO MANAGE In the blue shaded area where it says Glary utilities you will see the words: Status - 1-click maintenance - Modules - > Menu and -X Status: here you can check for updates if you need too, the other button does not concern you as you do not pay for you product only business owner do. 1-click Maintenance you will use this page the most, only 2 steps, scan for issues button (click) and wait for scan to finish (Under the tracks Eraser you will see options- you can click that and add a site you do not which to have you URL clean up, such as a site you visit often and do not want user name & password cleaned, although I discourage this as all tracks need to be clean ever so often) Other option says-select tracks you want to erase, once this page opens put check marks in the boxes of the areas you which tracks to be erased each time you run Glary. Windows Recent Document Windows Start Menu Run Start Menu Search Internet Explorer-URL History Internet Explorer History Internet Explorer Cookies (you may choose to clean history of any other items as you want and if you have Mozilla Firefox then skip the Internet explorer unless you are using both and check) Mozille Firefox – History Mozille Firefox – cookies Mozilla Firefox – Internet Cache Mozilla Firefox – search History Second option- gives all the web sites you go to and you can put a check mark in box so these cookies will not be cleaned, so you will not have to log in each time etc. When scan is done, button will say repair, again click and items will be repair, if first scan found a lot of stuff I often recommend you run second scan just for safety. Here you will find system tools, 5 large yellow/orange button, each opens different areas. Clean up & repair - disk cleaner, registry cleaner, shortcut fixer and uninstall manager (the first 1 work just like on you normal PC very simple, next three same as -click only simply steps Last one works like add/remove but better Optimize & improve: Startup manager-works like msconfig, you need to know what you want to start up when computer comes on. The next to work just like a task manager only more detailed, be sure you know what your doing if you choose to shut something down from here. Privacy&Security: Many great items here, tracks eraser, a file shredder in case you have a file that contains something no one should see. Opps you deleted a file, get it back from here, also encrypt and decrypt a file from here also Files & folders: Check your disk space from here check for updates as talked about in first item, Find duplicate file, empty files, manage large file Systems Tools: Again sort of like Task manger, stop a process from here Internet Explorer Assistant-manage you add-ons from here Windows standard tools-direct access to default functions from here Menu: Restore center Help -F1 Home page Settings About -X - Is to minimize X is to close ***** Side note every couple of months be sure and check for updated version of this software as each one contains newer repairs for errors each time, see item#1. Very important!. HELPFUL SITES FOR VISTA www.snapfiles.com go to the freeware section, lots of free software that is vista compatible www.howtogeek.com http://windrivers.com/VistaDrivers.html http://www.askvg.com/ (also good for XP) http://www.vista4beginners.com/ http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/ http://thevistaforums.com/ http://mintywhite.com/tech/ http://winvistaclub.com/ http://www.windvis.com/ http://www.vistahelpline.com/ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607 www.pcworld.com for many Vista compatible software click download, next page type what you’re looking for in blue search box and new page opens http://vistaonwindows.com/ http://www.bc.edu/offices/help/meta-elements/doc/articles/html/SW-vista-updates.shtml http://help.com/tag/381949-vista this one is much like our site with post answers just on Vista http://www.web-articles.info/e/a/title/Windows-Vista-help/ http://vistasupport.mvps.org/ http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/using-the-windows-vista-control-panel/200429 http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/how-to-use-windows-vista-speech-recognition.html this one is for the program on vista and speech recognition http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2109974,00.asp -speech recognition also http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66966-logon-automatically.html this shows how to reset vista so that you no longer have to have a password to log on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx this web site for shareing printers & files & folders in Vista Hopefully these sites will help you find the tips or software or maybe instructions on how to do that one little thing that was frustrating you. 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