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UGH! All this change intimidates me! I’m older, wasn’t taught how to use computers in school. By the time PC’s for home use became widely used, I was intimidated. I finally bought my PC in 2003…first time I ever turned on or touched a computer.
I’ve invested hours teaching myself since 2003, and have come such a long way. My kids & others often turn to me for PC advice now. I’m far from a geek, or expert, but also far from the PC illiterate I was in 2003.
I still use the same PC, now 7 yrs old. Still using my original OS Windows XP. I don’t want to start over learning a new OS…I love XP! All of the programs I’ve purchased over the yrs, such as my Paint Shop Pro, Office Publisher…aren’t compatible with Vista or Windows 7…I can’t afford to replace them either.
My PC’s memory is beginning to show signs of age…slowing down, and it’s very outdated with being 7 yrs old now. I know I’m eventually gonna have to break down & buy a new PC. I know I need one with more memory for graphics, also more features related to music, such as higher quality sound, etc….but sure wish I could buy one with XP installed as this one was.
Chiefster;164174 wrote:Got my Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade Upgrade in the mail today! Does anyone know whether this can be installed on top of the Eval version or do I need to take my machine back to Vista and upgrade from there? I’m sure that the subject is covered somewhere on Microsoft’s website but just don’t feel like researching it.
The only problem is that my eval version is “Ultimate” and I ordered “Premium” so my upgrade is really a downgrade.
I haven’t messed with mine yet but a friend of mine just chose the “custom” options on an upgrade copy and got the clean install that way.
Connie Jo;164175 wrote:UGH! All this change intimidates me! I’m older, wasn’t taught how to use computers in school. By the time PC’s for home use became widely used, I was intimidated. I finally bought my PC in 2003…first time I ever turned on or touched a computer.I’ve invested hours teaching myself since 2003, and have come such a long way. My kids & others often turn to me for PC advice now. I’m far from a geek, or expert, but also far from the PC illiterate I was in 2003.
I still use the same PC, now 7 yrs old. Still using my original OS Windows XP. I don’t want to start over learning a new OS…I love XP! All of the programs I’ve purchased over the yrs, such as my Paint Shop Pro, Office Publisher…aren’t compatible with Vista or Windows 7…I can’t afford to replace them either.
My PC’s memory is beginning to show signs of age…slowing down, and it’s very outdated with being 7 yrs old now. I know I’m eventually gonna have to break down & buy a new PC. I know I need one with more memory for graphics, also more features related to music, such as higher quality sound, etc….but sure wish I could buy one with XP installed as this one was.
Some programs you might want to invest some time in, Connie, that compliment whatever anti-virus you’re using are Malwarebytes, Ad-aware and possibly an registry cleaner from Glary Utilities. All are free and do not, to my knowledge, interfere with the operation of any anti-virus programs.
Guru;164187 wrote:I haven’t messed with mine yet but a friend of mine just chose the “custom” options on an upgrade copy and got the clean install that way.Cool. I’ll probably install mine today. It’s my understanding that after this month the eval copies begin to do the every other hour shutdown thing.
Chiefster;164189 wrote:Cool. I’ll probably install mine today. It’s my understanding that after this month the eval copies begin to do the every other hour shutdown thing.Chiefster, i had to get help in upgrading from the RC to the final copy. I wanted to keep all my files the easy way so I just followed the steps on this following link and it worked great. Hope this helps.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3075/how-to-upgrade-the-windows-7-rc-to-rtm/
Chiefster;164188 wrote:Some programs you might want to invest some time in, Connie, that compliment whatever anti-virus you’re using are Malwarebytes, Ad-aware and possibly an registry cleaner from Glary Utilities. All are free and do not, to my knowledge, interfere with the operation of any anti-virus programs.HUH? You lost me some Chiefster with your advice, which I do appreciate, since I’m not ‘that’ PC wise.
The anti virus I use is from PC Tools, and the registry cleaner I use is RegCure, which isn’t free, have to pay an annual renewal fee. I’d of course prefer to use a free one, but someone told me once the free registry cleaners often add ‘extras’ to your PC not desirable, so that’s why I opted at the time for RegCure.
I also do a back up anti virus scan regularly with McAffe’s free on line ‘Stinger’. At one time I used AVG Anti Virus, but it kept having errors during scans, so uninstalled and went with PC Tools instead.
I might add, that one thing I’ve never done is update drivers, which I feel I need to do, but it all confuses me when I look at the list. Many of the websites offering such advice, write tutorials as if they’re being read by PC experts, and they lose me, hahaha.
Connie Jo;164367 wrote:HUH? You lost me some Chiefster with your advice, which I do appreciate, since I’m not ‘that’ PC wise.
The anti virus I use is from PC Tools, and the registry cleaner I use is RegCure, which isn’t free, have to pay an annual renewal fee. I’d of course prefer to use a free one, but someone told me once the free registry cleaners often add ‘extras’ to your PC not desirable, so that’s why I opted at the time for RegCure.
I also do a back up anti virus scan regularly with McAffe’s free on line ‘Stinger’. At one time I used AVG Anti Virus, but it kept having errors during scans, so uninstalled and went with PC Tools instead.
RegCure is a good registry cleaner and if you don’t mind paying for it does a good job. Glary Utilities does not add anything undesirable as far as I know. Malwarebytes and Ad-aware are very comprehensive programs that will rid your system of any ad-ware or malware that may have infected your machine through typical internet usage.
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Connie Jo;164368 wrote:I might add, that one thing I’ve never done is update drivers, which I feel I need to do, but it all confuses me when I look at the list. Many of the websites offering such advice, write tutorials as if they’re being read by PC experts, and they lose me, hahaha.I would be careful with this, and be sure you understand the procedure for rolling back drivers in the event the driver you update causes your hardware to fail or your system to crash. Typically a system that is beginning to run slow and sluggish is in need of cleaning up like a check disk, defrag and utilizing your registry cleaner and scanning for viruses, ad-ware and malware. Here are some step by step solutions to try for typical PC problems:
York PC Service.org • View topic – Solutions to try for before calling a PC technician
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