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MacEoghainn	Posted: 11-Jan-2005, 08:23 PM
Fear-leanmhainn an R�gh Group: Founder Posts: 2,961 Joined: 18-Jan-2004 Zodiac: Hazel Realm: Cape Coral, Florida, USA, Planet Earth	I have Norton internet Security/Antivirus 2004 Pro installed on two of my PC's and the following happened: Both machines had custom pagefile sizes set to 2gig. After install of NIS/NAV 2004 now pagefile size is reduced to the Windows maximum recommended size (in this case 671meg). I know NIS/NAV is responsible because I had to uninstall it from one of the machines and the pagefile immediately returned the custom size I had selected. Reinstalled and immediately back to max of 671meg. Symantec Tech support is useless (as usual). Any ideas? -------------------- MacE AKA *Steve Ewing* I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. Job 19:25 "Non sibi sed patriae!" Reviresco (I grow strong again) Clan MacEwen motto Audaciter (Audacity) My Ewing Family Motto (descendants of Baron William Ewing of Glasgow, born about 1630) "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." from "Epitoma Rei Militaris," by Vegetius

Shadows	Posted: 12-Jan-2005, 08:58 PM
Reader of souls, vision seeker, TROLL Group: Super Moderator Posts: 4,792 Joined: 20-Jun-2003 Zodiac: Holly Realm: The frontier of Penn's Woods	Uninstall Norton and go to www.grisoft.com and down load AVG the free edition. This is an open source anti virus progream that my computer tech told me about .. It works great and has free updates, etc. and does not bog down your machine! -------------------- I support the separation of church and hate! IMAGINATION - the freest and largest nation in the world! One can not profess to be of "GOD" and show intolerence and prejudice towards the beliefs of others. Am fear nach gleidh na h�airm san t�sith, cha bhi iad aige �n am a� chogaidh. He that keeps not his arms in time of peace will have none in time of war. "We're all in this together , in the parking lot between faith and fear" ... O.C.M.S. �Beasts feed; man eats; only the man of intellect knows how to eat well.� "Without food we are nothing, without history we are lost." - SHADOWS Is iomadh duine laghach a mhill an Creideamh. Religion has spoiled many a good man. The clan MacEwen

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Posted: 13-Jan-2005, 05:25 PM

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Any ideas?

Install Suse Linux 9.1. If you go to your local newsstand and buy the Dec. 2004 issue of LinuxPro magazine for $10 (US), you'll get the DVD install with it. It's what I'm using now, and I've abandoned all other linux distributions, however good they might be.

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Uninstall Norton and go to www.grisoft.com and down load AVG the free edition. This is an open source anti virus progream that my computer tech told me about .. It works great and has free updates, etc. and does not bog down your machine!

If you absolutely must run Windows, this is excellent advice.

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Haldur	Posted: 06-Feb-2005, 06:48 PM
Celtic Guardian Group: Celtic Nation Posts: 537 Joined: 04-Jan-2004 Zodiac: Willow Realm: Grayson, KY	That's the key, "if you must run Windows"! Hehe -------------------- Haldr, Traveller of the Great Forest "After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done." - Unknown

Aaediwen

Posted: 07-Feb-2005, 11:51 AM

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QUOTE (gtrplr @ 13-Jan-2005, 06:25 PM)

If you absolutely must run Windows, this is excellent advice.

Sounds like as good a reason as any to run Suse. Also why I started my Linux life with RedHat. It came with the books I found.

Ya know, it's funny how all the Linux virus scanners I'm aware of are written to protect not the Linux machine they're on, but a Windows box that they store information for.

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Posted: 07-Feb-2005, 12:21 PM

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QUOTE (Shadows @ 12-Jan-2005, 09:58 PM)

I agree. After putting up with Norton's virus-like behaviour for far too long, I installed AVG and have been very pleased with AVG. The performance improvement alone makes this a very worthwhile upgrade.

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ErikDeckers	Posted: 07-Feb-2005, 02:30 PM
Celtic Guardian Group: Founder Posts: 304 Joined: 02-Aug-2004 Zodiac: Oak Realm: Orlando, FL	Another good program is Nod32. This program goes medieval on viruses (virii) and just kicks the bejeezus out of them. We recommend this one a lot at work, as well as the AVG program. Both are accessible by screen readers, and work better than Norton and McAfee. Erik Deckers -------------------- [color=blue][b]Erik Deckers Visit my weekly humor blog Laughing Stalk[COLOR=blue]

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