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62 Replies Last post: Jul 27, 2008 8:03 AM by autiger   Go to original post 1 2 3 4 5 Previous Next
Click to view coastie65's profile Member Moderators 3,458 posts since
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30. May 11, 2008 8:59 AM in response to: Flashorn
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
Whew ! That was alot, but interesting none-the-less. As I've said in the past, "Free" fits my budget quite nicely, particularly with a good product. coastie


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Click to view mphenterprises's profile Member Moderators 9,066 posts since
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31. May 11, 2008 9:47 AM in response to: coastie65
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
Hi Coastie. Oh, I was not mentioning this because I was concerned. I was just providing some additional information. Honestly, I barely feel the difference. :D


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Click to view mphenterprises's profile Member Moderators 9,066 posts since
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32. May 11, 2008 9:53 AM in response to: Flashorn
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
LOL Hi Flashorn. :D


Flashorn wrote:

I guess you bring out the fighter in me MPH.LOL!!!!


Well, I guess that is a good thing, huh? :D I definitely do not feel any ill-effects of 8.0. I will definitely check out some of the anti-rootkit applications you listed.


Flashorn wrote:

If you have 4 GIGs of ram ,I guess, you don't mind a little more power drain

Well, I have 2GBs of DDR3 memory which, at least to me, feels like 3 or 4GBs of DDR2 memory. I am about to install another GB of DDR3 to bring my total to 3GBs; however, this is besides the point.


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Click to view rgreen4's profile Member Moderators 3,790 posts since
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33. May 11, 2008 3:05 PM in response to: mphenterprises
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
When I fired up my Media Center today AVG had trouble updating, possible because of cloud cover (satellite) but it was going anyway. I deleted it from the control panel and installed Avast.

Coastie - when you installed Avast with XP you still got the voice? I only have the voice on my Vista machines. I have one more XP machine to go, so I will see if I get it there.


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35. May 11, 2008 4:43 PM in response to: rgreen4
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
Hey rg, Yup, I got that disembodied voice. Lets me know that I have been updated and I guess anything else that it might feel is necessary. coastie


eMachines T5212.... Intel Pentium D 945 3.4Ghz..... evga 8600 GT 256 Mb PCI-E video card..... Realtec HD audio......2 Gb 533 Mhz DDR2 memory..... Lite on CD RW; DVD +R / RW DL optical drive...... Windows XP MCE 2005....... Antec Basiq 500w PSU......200 Gb PATA HDD
Click to view rgreen4's profile Member Moderators 3,790 posts since
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36. May 11, 2008 4:46 PM in response to: Flashorn
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
I thought you only get the voice with Vista, but Coastie swears he's hoarding copies of XP, including MCE for use after June 30. He swears he's not running Vista, yet he hears the voice. Hmmm.

As to your request - strange numbers, but here's what it's reading right now:

MemUsag.JPG

Wild numbers! I'm not sure how Task Manager on my XP Pro machine came up with 3,414M for the total memory when it physically only has 2 1GB modules. Now my machine with Gigabyte MB does have 4 1GB modules. It started out at 2, but Newegg had a good sale on the exact match modules for 1/2 of what I paid for the first 2, so I future proofed it.

The only think I can think of is that the D530 has a P4 3.2 GHZ with hyper threading and dual channel memory and that may be throwing Task Manager off. So much for the Vista memory hogs, eh!


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37. May 11, 2008 4:53 PM in response to: coastie65
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
Does that machine have XP MCE?


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38. May 11, 2008 4:55 PM in response to: rgreen4
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
Yup, I have no intention of getting caught short after June 30 and I did indeed get a voice. kinda spooky but I'll get used to it. coastie


eMachines T5212.... Intel Pentium D 945 3.4Ghz..... evga 8600 GT 256 Mb PCI-E video card..... Realtec HD audio......2 Gb 533 Mhz DDR2 memory..... Lite on CD RW; DVD +R / RW DL optical drive...... Windows XP MCE 2005....... Antec Basiq 500w PSU......200 Gb PATA HDD
Click to view coastie65's profile Member Moderators 3,458 posts since
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39. May 11, 2008 4:58 PM in response to: rgreen4
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
Yup. :D Its listed in my signature :D coastie


eMachines T5212.... Intel Pentium D 945 3.4Ghz..... evga 8600 GT 256 Mb PCI-E video card..... Realtec HD audio......2 Gb 533 Mhz DDR2 memory..... Lite on CD RW; DVD +R / RW DL optical drive...... Windows XP MCE 2005....... Antec Basiq 500w PSU......200 Gb PATA HDD
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40. May 11, 2008 5:06 PM in response to: coastie65
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0

So it is, So it is.

MCE explains the Voice. MCE is almost Vista anyway.


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41. May 11, 2008 5:07 PM in response to: rgreen4
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
Aw Man don't tell me that. :^0 coastie


eMachines T5212.... Intel Pentium D 945 3.4Ghz..... evga 8600 GT 256 Mb PCI-E video card..... Realtec HD audio......2 Gb 533 Mhz DDR2 memory..... Lite on CD RW; DVD +R / RW DL optical drive...... Windows XP MCE 2005....... Antec Basiq 500w PSU......200 Gb PATA HDD
Click to view rgreen4's profile Member Moderators 3,790 posts since
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42. May 11, 2008 5:10 PM in response to: coastie65
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0

Fact.

Check out the rounded corners on the windows, the transparent frame when you move a window.

Does still have the XP Kernel though - that should comfort you.


RGreensig2A
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44. May 11, 2008 6:59 PM in response to: rgreen4
Re: AVG Free 7.5 is now AVG Free 8.0
Hey rg, I'm comforted everytime I see XP on start up :D coastie


eMachines T5212.... Intel Pentium D 945 3.4Ghz..... evga 8600 GT 256 Mb PCI-E video card..... Realtec HD audio......2 Gb 533 Mhz DDR2 memory..... Lite on CD RW; DVD +R / RW DL optical drive...... Windows XP MCE 2005....... Antec Basiq 500w PSU......200 Gb PATA HDD

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