Vista

[SocialNumb]

My maid has a laptop with vista in it. Thing is a total piece of shit right now. Gotta wait forever for it to just start up. When you finally get past that, it's a struggle just navigating. uke:

So I'm going to attempt to "fix" it.

1st, What anti virus to use?
2nd, should I just put XP in it? uke:

She is a totally awesome maid, very trust worthy. Even trust her with my alarm system code. So I thought "Cool chick deserves a decent interweb comp"

Lay it on me.

 

[Damian B]

AVG is a decent free anti virus, some people like AntiVir, both will work.

Putting XP on the laptop is certainly a good option, it will run faster on most machines, especially if it's a lower grade laptop. BUT, one thing... check and see if the manufacturer has XP drivers available before you install, otherwise video, sound, ethernet etc won't work. Some notebooks that came out after vista was released do not have XP drivers available. That's a real headache. Just check the manufacturer site though, it's easy enough.

Yep, that is all, good luck!

 

[abyssofdreams]

pics?

 

[SocialNumb]

Not that pretty, sorry to say. Definitely cool tho. I left about 350k on my living room table and she neatly put it by my safe. Not a dollar missing.

@sphykik thanks for the info.

 

[Damian B]

how the fuck did you have 350k sitting on your dining room table???

 

[Damian B]

and no problem

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

how the fuck did you have 350k sitting on your dining room table???

+1 lool

 

[SocialNumb]

I was counting it and had to run out of the house on important business. The money was for a couple of new limos to add to my business. They come cheaper when using cash.

 

[Razzee]

so what has been buyed? if vista buisness was buyed you have the opportunity to install xp instead, totally legal.
and don't get me wrong antivir and avg are good, but they are for free - just not as good as an real virusprotection

 

[Pot]

the maid.......hummmmmmmmm....pics

just kidding

 

[Notuern]

1.) F-Secure, after trying out allot of software out there, i find it the least resource draining in comparison to how safe it is.
2.) Vista is really good if the computer can handle it, it seems to work really well on some computers, and horribly on others. So the safe choice would be XP.

 

[-Gavin-]

Windooowwwssss 7

 

[pifos_2]

just put XP. BUT gather all the drivers for XP first. there is a chance some of them won't be available.

 

[Razzee]

1.) F-Secure, after trying out allot of software out there, i find it the least resource draining in comparison to how safe it is.

have you checked nod32? I heard it's very resouce friendly

 

[SocialNumb]

Did it used to run fast when it was new? Because maybe the notebook hardware just can´t handle Vista the right way.

The comp is about a year old? and came with vista. Even got the little vista logo on it.

Thanks for all the tips everyone.

 

[SocialNumb]

Another question. Say I just leave Vista on this thing. How do I switch language to spanish?

 

[abyssofdreams]

spanish??? pics!

 

[musickey]

Fuck if you have 350k laying around buy her a new machine tight ass lol and speaking of tight ass's does she have one? and yes pics

 

[SocialNumb]

Money spent. No pics. She is ugly. Now how do get this thing to be in spanish.

 

[Damian B]

Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options