FinnishSaint Posted March 27, 2010 Author ID:222663 Share Posted March 27, 2010 How much RAM? CPU? As YoKenny1 pointed out, this information is needed to better help you with suggestions rather than shooting in the dark and guessing about your system specs.Processor: AMD Sempron 2400+RAM: 767 MbIf you need more information, just tell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mona7865 Posted March 27, 2010 ID:222679 Share Posted March 27, 2010 As in a previous post suggested, you should give Online Armor firewall a go : it's light on resources and very easy to manage (I have it installed on a HP Mini Netbook as well without any problems).I don't know whether you are looking for a free AV or a paid one but, after testing a lot of AV's, I'm very pleased now with Eset Nod 32 (which doesn't come free) but is light on resources as well and works very well together with Online Armor and MBAM Pro.(Just putting my one cent in). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted March 27, 2010 ID:222701 Share Posted March 27, 2010 You can change your signature to AMD Sempron 2400+, 767 MB RAM, XP Home Edition SP3 with Avast!Antivirus Online Armor is a good firewall and they have a free version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnishSaint Posted March 27, 2010 Author ID:222742 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Ok, I'll give Online Armor a try Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnishSaint Posted March 28, 2010 Author ID:223286 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I'm a bit let down by Online Armor. When I had full protection on, it hogs all of my available CPU up to 100%. Exceptions are set. When I narrow down the protection just to firewall, it doesn't take much.Btw, just changed Avast to MSE, looks good at the moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted March 28, 2010 ID:223307 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Sounds like your Windows XP Home Edition could use more RAM. I upgraded my XP Home system to 1.5GB RAM and now it works almost as fast as my Windows 7 system. MSE is OK but not as good as avast! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnishSaint Posted March 30, 2010 Author ID:224012 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Sounds like your Windows XP Home Edition could use more RAM. I upgraded my XP Home system to 1.5GB RAM and now it works almost as fast as my Windows 7 system. MSE is OK but not as good as avast!RAM costs some money, which I don't have much at the moment... And I can't add anymore virtual RAM, it's already at 4000MB.I've checked it out and my RAM usage stays under 50% while CPU is running almost 100%.And why I swap to MSE is because Avast! requires rerribly much CPU and it slows my computer down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted March 30, 2010 ID:224018 Share Posted March 30, 2010 RAM costs some money, which I don't have much at the moment... And I can't add anymore virtual RAM, it's already at 4000MB.I've checked it out and my RAM usage stays under 50% while CPU is running almost 100%.And why I swap to MSE is because Avast! requires rerribly much CPU and it slows my computer down.Exactly . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnishSaint Posted March 30, 2010 Author ID:224398 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I've changed my DDR1 RAM from around 200MB to the 512MB one. I think it gave my computer a little boost but we'll see about that later. So now I have 2x512MB=about 1GB RAM + Virtual RAM converted from hard disk(up to 4GB). Now I can run umm a setup, Firefox, Online Armor, security programs at background(real-time), uTorrent and DriverGenius at the same time and not freezing up, just slowing down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted March 31, 2010 ID:225048 Share Posted March 31, 2010 FinnishSaint,I'm sure you are already aware of the dangers of torrent usage, but in case you are not, or if you would like some reading, please see these topics:http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?s...st&p=172812http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?s...st&p=165284 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnishSaint Posted April 1, 2010 Author ID:225337 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Yes, I'm very much aware of that and have dealt with p2p related malware several times.But I'm willing to take that risk. This is one of the reasons why I want to re-organize, to control uTorrent more effectively Thanks for your attention anyway, I really appreciate it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted April 1, 2010 ID:225745 Share Posted April 1, 2010 You're welcome Not that I endorse p2p usage, but just as long as you are aware of the risks and are as careful as you can be to not get infected and spread infection to others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnishSaint Posted April 2, 2010 Author ID:225974 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Now this is getting weird,Since I've changed Avast! to MSE and installed Online Armor free, my PC has gone a bit weird. First it started as slowing down a bit, but later my desktop started to load so freaking slow! After opening my profile it freezes for a while in the state, where the desktop image is on, but there's no icons or taskbars etc.After that my video card(?) started not to respond some times. My screen just says, that "entering power save" and I can't get out of it. Computer still stays on, I have to turn it off from the power swich.Those "black-outs" happen after the desktop has loaded and I've used the PC for a while, like 5 mins.I'm working on the problem but any help would be appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted April 2, 2010 ID:226183 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Hmm.Try posting your issue in the PC Help forum, someone should be able to assist you.Me though, unfortunately I have no idea Only thing I can think of is did you make sure to add exclusions to all your security softwares for each other? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted April 2, 2010 ID:226271 Share Posted April 2, 2010 The only thing I can think of is your drivers are out of date or something is using way to much video memory. Sorry this kinda out of my league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
catscomputer Posted April 2, 2010 ID:226277 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Out of my league too, but could there be remnants of other AVs on the system? Uninstalling AVs using the normal method (i.e. via the control panel/uninstall a programme) does not always FULLY remove them and even remnants of other AV software can effect the function of your current AV and system environment. I would suggest you run the removal tool for avast! and any other AV software that has been on the computer before (most PCs come bundled with something like Norton or McAffee). I'll see if I can find a list of AV removal tools for you. If they don't work or you have already run them before installing MSE then you'll need to consult a brain bigger than mine....EDIT Here ya go. I got this link from exile360: hxxp://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=233421 It has a list of uninstallers for various AVs.and here is a link for the MSE forum (the section you'll need for your question in this case) : hxxp://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/msestart/threads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted April 2, 2010 ID:226279 Share Posted April 2, 2010 A good program to use for removing old programs is Revo Uninstaller. Although they have a free and pro version, the free will do the job nicely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted April 3, 2010 ID:226414 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Don't forget RaProducts Comprehensive List of Uninstallers, which is soon to be moving to their new domain, Ultimate List of Uninstallers at uninstallers.org . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnishSaint Posted April 3, 2010 Author ID:226461 Share Posted April 3, 2010 I think I have dealt with the video card issue, that doesn't occur anymore.Yesterday I changed MSE to Avira and uninstalled Online Armor, I'll tell you if anything changes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnishSaint Posted April 3, 2010 Author ID:226508 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Great, problem solved! Today XP and desktop loaded like a lightning. Probably Online Armor(firewall program) was too much for my computer(Yes, I had set the exclusions). Now continuing with Avira Antivirus, Mbam Pro and that regular, XP Firewall.Still looking for recommended firewall software(light) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrad Posted April 3, 2010 ID:226594 Share Posted April 3, 2010 PC Tools firewall plus is light. From what I have read online the lightest firewall that is still actively supported is PrivateFirewall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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