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| Authored by: qheart on Tuesday, March 23 2004 @ 08:43 AM CST |
I wanted to add something on my PC also... I told you I have an eMachine 633MHz, 384 MB Ram, etc.... or I guess it is SDRAM, or something? (*not all here this morning, sorry*)
I have 'obviously' been one of the few very lucky people, when it comes to eMachines it seems. I bought my PC back in February 2001. It is now the end of March, almost April 2004. Besides having some problems with Windows ME and having to restore the PC about two or three times in two years... that is it. I have never had a single problem with my eMachine.. NOT ONCE..except for those little small things like the Windows ME. Not once have I ever had a need to contact Best Buy, where I got PC, nor to any eMachine Tech Support, or anyone else either! I have not ever had to replace a single thing, not one little part, on my PC since buying it. I haven't had to fix anything.
Since buying the PC.. I've added a digital camera, a scanner, a LexMark Printer, in which has always worked just perfectly with my PC system, unlike a few others I have read on LexMark and eMachines. I have a LexMark Z12 printer. It instantly installed, it was instantly accepted, no problems. And recently, as a Valentine's gift, my boyfriend got me a Sony 52x24x52, CD-R/CD-RW, CD Burner. With everything, my computer has always ran great. Of course, I don't keep things connected to my PC if I don't use them on a regular basis, like my scanner of camera. I don't use them but ever so often, so, I don't see ANY reason for them to always be connected to my PC. They would only slow it down.
AND ON TOP OF all THAT... I NEVER turn my pc off. I have the power management set to what I want it on, screensaver set, etc... and fix it to where I only touch the mouse and my PC is ready to go. I am on a LAN/Cable Modem, so I am online 24/7. I want to be able to get online 24/7, if I wish to, without constantly having to turn it on and off, over and over. I keep strange hours, so, this is very important to me. I also never use hibernation, or the standby, on my PC.
I really do feel for all of you who have gotten an eMachine computer and then had nothing but true heck with them. I mean that. Especially when I have had nothing but good from mine. Over two years and it is still going, except that just recently, within last month or so, it has been humming, sometimes loudly, so, I figure I am going to be joining the ranks and replacing my Power Supply too. I would say that I have definitely gotten my money's worth, considering the PC is a cheaper made computer & they are very cheap in cost, etc... I got it at Best Buy, Feb. 01, for $499.00, before taxes. Then I had to get the monitor and printer separately. If I remember correctly, my total cost was around the range of $650-$675.00, total. Plus, I added the memory at same time and surge protector. I've been lucky, my boyfriend has gotten me the printer, scanner, and CD Burner, and my last memory of 256 MB, as gifts to me for different things and times. I got the other memory and my digital camera, surge protector, etc... He also picked me up some bigger and better speakers he came across on sale not long after I bought the PC.
I did have ONE SINGLE PROBLEM and it was the very evening I purchased the computer system. When I got home and I hooked up the Monitor, the original monitor, to the computer... it didn't work. Not a flicker, blink, or flash. NADA! Nothing, Zero and a total Zilch!! I immediately packed it right back up and took it back to Best Buy, that night, and got my money back. I was on a limited budget when I got my pc system, so, I had to have another monitor in that price range, give or take, but they didn't really have one. Everything was pretty much a lot higher. So, I went to Walmart and lucked across a ProView Monitor, cheaper than I got at Best Buy, and it is still going too!
So, I can't really complain about the eMachines, to be honest, ALTHOUGH I am pretty sure that this is the first, and last, eMachine I will ever buy, unless they truly get better than they are now. If I were eMachines I would be totally horrified about all the complaints made against their PC's & customer service! Totally shameful. I would never admit to anyone that I worked there, if I did. No way.
[sorry this is so long]
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| Authored by: dcook32p on Tuesday, March 23 2004 @ 11:31 AM CST |
When you changed to Windows XP, did you install it on top of Windows ME or did you format your disc and install from scratch? If you did the former, you're guaranteed to have a slow and sometimes unstable installation of Windows.
The best way to go about it is to back-up all of your data to CD-RW, download all necessary device drivers and the Blaster Worm patch (also putting them on a CD-RW), and boot off of the Windows XP Home CD. You'll be given a prompt asking where to install. Just delete the partition and create a new one using the NTFS file system.
Once you've got Windows XP installed you should immediately apply the Blaster Worm patch... before connecting to the Internet. Then go to Windows Update and download all of the critical updates and most of the recommended updates (things like DirectX 9.0b should be installed if you play games, Windows Media Player 9 if you use it to listen to or watch media, .NET Framework if you use any applications that require it, etc.). Then you should install your device drivers.
Now your system should be updated and stable, so all that's left is a little tweaking. Black Viper's Web Site contains a list of services you can disable to enhance system performance and security. You should most definitely install some anti-virus software (I use Norton, but almost all of them are the same now) - AVG Anti-Virus is free for personal use. You should also snag some anti-spyware and anti-adware software - Lavasoft Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy are both free for personal use. I recommend installing them both and then doing the update, scan, remove tactic once a week or so.
As far as firewall software, there are many free packages available for your use. The built-in Windows XP firewall is fairly weak and doesn't protect against application spoofing or even malware applications. I use ZoneAlarm Personal Edition which, again, is free for personal use.
If you're at all concerned about security, performance, and standards-compliance on the web then you should download Mozilla. Aside from being immune to most spyware attacks it contains very useful features such as tabbed browsing and integrated pop-up blocking that Microsoft has not seen fit to add to Internet Explorer (yet).
If you have any questions just feel free to post them here. I'll respond fairly quickly. Good luck! ---
Dustin D. Cook, A+
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