I'll show you mine. Now show me yours!

Hi These are my Major Geeks down loads. Now show me yours!!

 

Are you into the Canadian Hunter again?

 

No Sir!! Is this a bad thread??:confused. I just like comparing my XP3 with others running XP3. I'm kind a proud of my PC. It's 7 years old and runs like a top. I keep it cleaned up. I thought some one might see a APP. and ask about it; then I would tell them to down load it at Major Geeks. Others might want to know if their is any thing in their program files they should get rid of. This thread will probably die a slow death, but that's OK.

 

I use these to keep my PC clean of clutter and running smooth!
CCleaner
RegSeeker
Eusing Registry
Power Tools Resistry
Wipe 2011
Piriform Defrag.
Eusing Registry Defrag
Page Defrag
Dupicate Cleaner
Search EveryThing
I have the cleanest PC in Oklahoma. 7 year old Dell 3000 runs like a top!! I keep 3 back up images of my OS on USB's and a secondary drive. I run Avira Free with Online Armor Firewall and Malwarebytes running in real time. I use Macrium Reflect to make back up images of my OS. I use Superantispyware , ESET, And Windows Live Scanner on demand. I use Faststone Capture and Faststone Re sizer for screen shots and pictures. I use CD burner and IMGBurn to burn CD's and DVD's. I use Foxit Reader for PDF files. I use Revo uninstaller to uninstall unwanted programs. I have a few more neat Apps, I use. Almost all of these can be down loaded from Major Geeks.

You might say oneeyejack I really don't care what you use; and that's fair, but I would like to know what you use :-D:-D and if you have any good Apps. you use that are different; I'll give them a shot.

 

Looks like you've installed almost everything under the sun there oneeyejack, but if that were my comp I'd be looking to take half that stuff out rather than add to it. That pic in #1 btw isn't your MG downloads, it's your XP Program Files folder, and a noticeable absentee is any sort of virtual machine. Why not take a look at VirtualBox or VMware Player and start exploring other operating systems? There are loads of possibilities - take a look HERE for example to see what is freely available for VirtualBox.

These VMs do grab part of your RAM and hard disk, and as you are on XP you would need 2GB RAM to run a VM smoothly. Disk space is unlikely to be a problem though.

 

Avira AntiVir
Comodo Personal Firewall
SuperAntiSpyware (manual scans)
MalwareBytes (manual scans)
SpywareBlaster
WinPatrol
UltimateDefrag
AbsoluteUninstaller
CCleaner

 

Hi hrlow!!
I forgot I also have SpywareBlaster. I'v heard of WinPatrol; will take a look at it.I don't see any Malware program running in real time; is that because you have WinPatrol??
Thanks for your reply.
PS would like to hear more about WinPatrol. Is it freeware??

 

Here's my hardware!!
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DONETTA-C46FD94
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model Dimension 3000
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~2394 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A02, 11/8/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User Name DONETTA-C46FD94\Owner
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 502.55 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.40 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

PS Will ask this question again. Not much response last time. Does any one defrag their registry??

 

Re: I'll show you minThat pic in #1 btw isn't your MG downloads,e. Now show me yours!

Hi Earthling!! Yes your right it is my XP Program Files. Here's a screen shot made by Faststone Capture of all my programs in CCleaner uninstall tools!
It's quite a list:-D

 

No need to build or buy a new system for your current OS. Think Windows 7 when you think of a new machine; that will be the time to say goodbye to Win XP as your main system.

 

Freeware and pay-for versions.

http://majorgeeks.com/WinPatrol_d3380.html

Also, SpywareBlaster is what watches my front door.

 

Hi usaaveteran.
OK Thanks for Info. I realize I will have to up grade to Windows 7 some day. Not really looking forward to that. I think I'll go to just a laptop when that day comes.

Hi hrlow. Thanks for the link to WinPatrol. Is it like Malwarebytes?? I feel like I'm well protected , but if that would help, I'm interested.

 

Avast
SuperAntiSpyware(after scan)
MalwareBytes(after scans)
SpywareBlaster(nice little tool to add for protection)
Ccleaner

And to mention I only use Ccleaner. Id just like to add that many people screw up there computers when messing with registry/important files. Just cause a program is on here or is good (doesn't mean it won't screw it up). So I suggest be careful.

 

Hi silas.
Great advise my friend about registry cleaners. Thank you for that. The registry is no place for inexperienced person. I should have added that in my reply's. Thanks for adding that to this thread. I forget to mention that and it's great advise. Don't mess with the registry if you don't know what your doing period
Having said that. What is your opinion of defraging the registry?? The way I understand it is it's just like defraging the HD, and doesn't delete any thing. I used it and my registry was 25% fragmented. Now only .4%. I think it helped me just a little on some things.

 

Here's my registry after defraging it!! It is now 1.5% Not recommended to defrag it yet.

 

Hi!!
Here's my processes! Anyone see a problem??