----------------------------------- cool dude Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:09 pm new computer takes to long to load ----------------------------------- hi i bought a new computer recently although it isn't really good. in the store they installed my firewall and norton antivirus. now when i turn on my computer all my programs work, execpt when i try to connect to the internet i have to wait for my norton antivirus and my firewall to load completely. this takes about 3 minutes to load and it's really anoying to sit there and wait for 3 minutes until i could go on the internet. is there any way to speed that up without damaging your computer. ----------------------------------- zomg Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:18 pm ----------------------------------- uninstall norton!!!! norton is the worst antivirus it sucks up resources, doesnt clean infected files or do anything for that matter, and auto protect doesnt do much get another antivirus like AVG Free edition or Nod32(the best but not free) unless ura pirate and get another firewall, i personally think xp sp2's firewall is sufficient but but then im not to big on security there are free firewall programs better than norton... ----------------------------------- Tony Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:24 pm ----------------------------------- uninstall norton I second that. My computer came with Norton and wow, was that annoying :roll: Uninstalling it was one of the first things I did (seeing as the program thought that I would enjoy watching it bitch about everything rather than use the computer) ----------------------------------- cool dude Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:34 pm ----------------------------------- i think norton antivirus isn't bad and deletes some viruses. you guys might have had an old version of norton, but i don't want to and will not uninstall norton antivirus. i think though that there is a way to fix that problem without uninstalling my whole norton antivirus plus i paid $60 for that! please tell me a way of fixing it without uninstalling it. ----------------------------------- zomg Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:02 pm ----------------------------------- hmmm? there is no rest button on life so u cant undo the past... try uninstalling and reinstalling it and if that doesnt work just throw ur self off a building ----------------------------------- cool dude Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:10 pm ----------------------------------- that still doesn't work my computer still loads very slowly. maybe it's not even the norton antivirus fault maybe it's because of something else. ----------------------------------- Tony Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:12 pm ----------------------------------- you guys might have had an old version of norton Neah, I had the latest. It came with the computer I bought in september. But that's not the point. You should look around the settings and see if there's anything you can tweak. Maybe norton scans something at load and hogs the system. I mean 3 minutes is just redicilous. ----------------------------------- wtd Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:31 pm ----------------------------------- try uninstalling and reinstalling it and if that doesnt work just throw ur self off a building Or just... you know... install Linux. ----------------------------------- Maverick Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:39 pm ----------------------------------- Norton sucks ass, uninstall asap. ----------------------------------- cool dude Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:08 pm ----------------------------------- k maybe norton antivirus does suck but i said i don't want to install it. and anyways i saw many computers have norton antivirus that are much worse computers than mine but they seem to load faster. even my ancienct computer seems to load now at the same speed. that is nuts because this is my new computer. as well i highly doubt that is loads so slow because of my norton antivirus ----------------------------------- Andy Sat Nov 20, 2004 11:10 am ----------------------------------- its not norton's problem.. im running norton internet security and my comp boots in less than 30s, if i were u, i'd reformat, it'll help alot, but get partition magic first so u wont lose ur files o and it also could be some spyware/messed up registry problems ----------------------------------- Tony Sat Nov 20, 2004 4:20 pm ----------------------------------- if you don't want to format (although it's always good), you can check your msconfig and unckeck all the programs you don't need at boot time ----------------------------------- Neo Sat Nov 20, 2004 5:46 pm ----------------------------------- I dont think his problem is booting or loading programs upon boot up because he says when he connects to the internet he has to wait several minutes. Perhaps its a combination of your internet connection and your anti-virus. Maybe its doing some automatic update and is downloading update files and because your connection is slow you have to wait a long time. ----------------------------------- templest Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:54 pm ----------------------------------- Or just... you know... install Linux. Hah... you beat me to it. What I was going to say after reading fp: Or instead of uninstalling Norton, you can just uninstall Windows all together, Linux anyone?:P ;) ----------------------------------- zomg Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:34 pm ----------------------------------- but really, if u want to keep norton and ur whole computer in OEM form, you're gonna have either 1)check for spyware 2)check for a virus using an online virus scanner 3)get rid of certain services and startup programs in msconfig if anyone can add to this list... and if worse comes to worse just do what M$ Does (no dont try to take over the world :) ) Sue somebody :) ----------------------------------- Paul Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:51 pm ----------------------------------- Omg... I've been running my computer with avg, sans firewall, only router for like 2 years. Nothing happened. Just becareful where you download. ----------------------------------- wtd Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:26 pm ----------------------------------- Omg... I've been running my computer with avg, sans firewall, only router for like 2 years. Nothing happened. Just becareful where you download. A router is a hardware firewall. :) ----------------------------------- Paul Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:33 pm ----------------------------------- Yea, thats why I mentioned it. Even one as crappy as my SMC barricade. ----------------------------------- templest Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:24 pm ----------------------------------- I've been running Windows on my box since the begining of this school year (three months?) without having to re-install! I'm going for the whole year. ;) So I'm being very diligent of what I download, that and I have a router. :P (A microsoft router, no less). Yes, I have Windows installed. What? I kinda boycotted linux ever since I got my laptop. OS X is good enough, and I'd rather have Windows set-up for gaming. :) ----------------------------------- rizzix Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:26 pm ----------------------------------- yep well linux isn't as productive as windows or osx 8) ----------------------------------- templest Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:29 pm ----------------------------------- yep well linux isn't as productive as windows or osx 8)*ducks for cover* ----------------------------------- wtd Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:58 pm ----------------------------------- yep well linux isn't as productive as windows or osx 8) Not as productive as OS X I'll agree with. Not as productive as Windows? Unless you're working in the CAD (espeially AutoCAD) area, I'm gonna have to say you're out of your frickin' gourd. :) ----------------------------------- cool dude Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:43 pm ----------------------------------- i don't know which programs i don't need for booting up my computer and i don't want to take out the wrong program and screw my whole computer up. if anyone can tell me which programs aren't essential for boot up and how to get rid of them it will be greatly appreciated ----------------------------------- templest Sun Nov 21, 2004 4:02 pm ----------------------------------- http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/winstartupnew/ ----------------------------------- cool dude Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:31 pm ----------------------------------- i know i could do that, but i'm not experienced with ever doing that and my friend said that u could screw up your whole computer if u make a mistake so i don't want to risk doing that. as well my computer loads fast and i could go into my programs in 30 seconds, but i can't go on to the internet for 3 minutes until the noton antivirus and my firewall load which takes a few minutes.