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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:46 am    Post subject: PC Internet tekkie question Reply with quote

Okay so I just uninstalled Norton antivirus which was a fre trial on the new pc, and uploaded Mcaffee which I am subscribed to. ...............Result?....Pc is now chronically slow, but only on email. Everything else is fast.


Any ideas anyone?......I'm thinking cookie rejection my be a prob............ Confused
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It usually is - and it was when my son installed Norton and took off the other one!

I only know this as my machine was slow and he told me what the prob was Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've used both norton and mcafee and they're both painfully slow on my computer.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lottie, do you think I should allow cookies?....If so, where do I go to enable this, please? Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The biscuit tin?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing Laughing Laughing
The rutty man is the expert and could probably explain it easily Lloyd.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've used this for years, its not a resource hogger and I've never picked up anything "nasty" with it.......plus it's free. Smile
http://www.free-av.com/
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trouble is, I'm paying for Mcaffee. Used it for years with no problems till now, so I think its more to do with software conflicts, or the way my system is set up. I think I need to enable cookies but can't remember how.



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