Got a weird request from a guy -

[vi edit]

Or he could you know...just say "You play too much WoW" and not take the passive aggressive bitch approach.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Fail
Norton's isn't bloated any more.

Shens

We are the smallest/fastest you'll find now

That's what she said?

 

[CRXican]

Originally posted by: vi edit
Or he could you know...just say "You play too much WoW" and not take the passive aggressive bitch approach.

werd

time to slap a ho

 

[Loreena]

bsobel you work for Symantec?!

What about corp software? Will Endpoint become lighter too in the near future?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Loreena
That's what they all say. If you don't want a slow system don't use a virus scanner. Get a proper firewall that does this for you and fly like an eagle. The person that comes up with a home solution like this that's affordable will be very wealthy.

This sounds woefully ill-informed.

 

[Loreena]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Loreena
That's what they all say. If you don't want a slow system don't use a virus scanner. Get a proper firewall that does this for you and fly like an eagle. The person that comes up with a home solution like this that's affordable will be very wealthy.

This sounds woefully ill-informed.

Why? Never heard of an anti virus firewall? Nothing gets through to the trusted side.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

remove memory and go into Bios to slow down everything from memory timings to clock multipliers.

 

[sandorski]

Disable Firewall and Anti-Spyware software. System will work fine, for 10-20 minutes.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
won't she realize something is wrong and then go into a rage until it's fixed?

Might be best to slow PC down over time so it looks like something is going bad.

 

[Jeeebus]

I suppose he could dip his testicles into the PSU fan which will serve the dual purpose of slowing the computer down and removing excess weight from his body that he's clearly not using.

 

[Loreena]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
remove memory and go into Bios to slow down everything from memory timings to clock multipliers.

Use msconfig and you can specify memory size without lifting the cover. Just be sure to log on after the reboot to acknowledge the message you receive that the configuration utility was run. Don't select something stupid low (like 64MB) as you will get a nice blue STOP screen when the registry cannot load all the way. 256MB will run slow in today's world...

 

[Loreena]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Disable Firewall and Anti-Spyware software. System will work fine, for 10-20 minutes.

Never used them for years and enjoy even faster system without unnecessary overhead.

Funny thing because every system I've seen with AntiVirus2008XP (which IS spyware!) had Windows Defender AND Norton Internet Security running. It's clearly a USER problem with going to these websites to watch a movie and getting a message you need a codec, etc. The procedure that everyone's been drilled for these years about installing plugins is paying off for the malware writers.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: Loreena

Originally posted by: sandorski
Disable Firewall and Anti-Spyware software. System will work fine, for 10-20 minutes.

Never used them for years and enjoy even faster system without unnecessary overhead.

Funny thing because every system I've seen with AntiVirus2008XP (which IS spyware!) had Windows Defender AND Norton Internet Security running. It's clearly a USER problem with going to these websites to watch a movie and getting a message you need a codec, etc. The procedure that everyone's been drilled for these years about installing plugins is paying off for the malware writers.

Oh man I love AntiVirus2008XP (and its variants.) Cleaning that crap off of people's machines have managed to buy me an XBOX 360.

I :heart: spyware.

 

[Pepsei]

change the network speed of the nic to 10/half...... so the computer will still be fast.... but the network, not so much. and guranteed death in raid.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
change the network speed of the nic to 10/half...... so the computer will still be fast.... but the network, not so much. and guranteed death in raid.

I like this one. She can't make a big huff over the computer itself being slow then.

Of course my first vote goes to telling her to lay off if it's really a problem.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Loreena

Originally posted by: sandorski
Disable Firewall and Anti-Spyware software. System will work fine, for 10-20 minutes.

Never used them for years and enjoy even faster system without unnecessary overhead.

Funny thing because every system I've seen with AntiVirus2008XP (which IS spyware!) had Windows Defender AND Norton Internet Security running. It's clearly a USER problem with going to these websites to watch a movie and getting a message you need a codec, etc. The procedure that everyone's been drilled for these years about installing plugins is paying off for the malware writers.

No Firewall? I'm thinking you're overlookig something, like your Router or ISP providing Firewall. Trust me, 10-20 minutes without a Firewall is Death.

 

[sonambulo]

Press the Turbo button.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Fail
Norton's isn't bloated any more.

Yes it is

 

[Adam8281]

Start talking, moving, eating, playing your music, making love, etc. really fast. If you do this well enough, you just might throw off her sense of the "pace of time" so well that WoW will seem really slow in comparison. This plan works best if you can construct a shading/lighting mechanism on the windows of your house (or at least the computer room since I'm guessing your wife stays in there) that will simulate at 12-hour day. It may take a few "days" for her to get acclimated. Hopefully you work from home. If not, you'll have to start putting in 4 hour days so that you can make it home at noon, just in time for "dinner." Good luck.

 

[Loreena]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: Loreena

Originally posted by: sandorski
Disable Firewall and Anti-Spyware software. System will work fine, for 10-20 minutes.

Never used them for years and enjoy even faster system without unnecessary overhead.

Funny thing because every system I've seen with AntiVirus2008XP (which IS spyware!) had Windows Defender AND Norton Internet Security running. It's clearly a USER problem with going to these websites to watch a movie and getting a message you need a codec, etc. The procedure that everyone's been drilled for these years about installing plugins is paying off for the malware writers.

No Firewall? I'm thinking you're overlookig something, like your Router or ISP providing Firewall. Trust me, 10-20 minutes without a Firewall is Death.

Yes no (os) firewall on the system. That's the job of the network. You can put a patched system in the DMZ and be relatively safe but I would not do it every day! Most people at home use a cable modem gateway that uses NAT so their pc never has a public ip. Not long ago (back in the @home days) one could put a windows box on their cable modem and see their neighbors through netbios! Nothing was blocked. Later came the net send spammers using the windows messenger service. An unpatched NT 4.0 system will get nimda very quickly which is surprising as that means there are infected hosts out there but I have not tried that in a few years so hopefully they are all dead.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
change the network speed of the nic to 10/half...... so the computer will still be fast.... but the network, not so much. and guranteed death in raid.

It would actually be more harmful to change it to 10/full. Then the switch side would operate in 10/half resulting in a duplex mismatch. A lot slower than just 10/half and you'll 10-30% packet loss.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: vi edit
Or he could you know...just say "You play too much WoW" and not take the passive aggressive bitch approach.

 

[Loreena]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Pepsei
change the network speed of the nic to 10/half...... so the computer will still be fast.... but the network, not so much. and guranteed death in raid.

It would actually be more harmful to change it to 10/full. Then the switch side would operate in 10/half resulting in a duplex mismatch. A lot slower than just 10/half and you'll 10-30% packet loss.

Seems to be fast enough for the internet though.

What about modification of tcp.sys (SP2 makes it only allow 10 connections which we know kills bit torrent!) so what happens if we make it only 1? :laugh:

 

[lifeobry]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Fail
Norton's isn't bloated any more.

Yes it is

2009 is a lot better than previous versions. I didn't believe it either until i actually tried it

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: Loreena
Disable L1 cache. It will make ANY computer so slow it's unusable.

Winner/ when she asks you to "fix" it for her pretend you've spent a great deal of time and headache to "find" the problem. Now charge a BJ for your service and let it go for 2 weeks or so and repeat process...WIN..