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Jenny Irvine asked...

14 May 2010

Jenny Irvine

Loving the spammers on the forum! :) On another note, Freewire seems to be working out ok, but my laptop is running very slow. I've done the usual virus scans and deleted most of the crap off it but it's still dead slow. It's about 3 years old, running XP but fairly high spec for it's age. Can anyone help? :)

Jamie Fraser, Web Assistant answered...

14 May 2010

Jamie  Fraser

try downloading a program package called tuneup utilities (free 30 day trial) then once installed run the one click maintenence program, it should make a noticeable difference.

tune-up.com insert the www. yourself :P

Robin Smith answered...

15 May 2010

talking about freewire, if you forget your login details and go to recover them instead of asking you the security questions which you answered it asks for you e-mail and e-mails it to you

Great i cant get the internet until i get my login details though cant get my login details without the interview. epic catch 22

Sam answered...

15 May 2010

Yes but you can still access HW Webmail without your password

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16 May 2010

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Peter Methven answered...

16 May 2010

A couple of ideas: 1. Are you sure you have cleared any and all viruses, no virus scanner is ever 100 % guaranteed to remove all viruses. You can get McAfee free of charge from the IT Helpdesk in the library or AVG free online, its worth trying more than one in sequence. (But only one at any given time!)

2. Try downloading Linux System Rescue from sysresccd.org/Main_Page which is a "linux live cd" with a virus scanner. You can boot into this to then scan your hard drive for viruses without windows running which can sometimes find more viruses. (Hopefully that makes sense!) 3. Type MSCONFIG into the "run" box in the start menu. This launches the "System Configuration" for Windows and allows you to show all the services and applications that launch in the background when your laptop starts up. You may find there are things starting up that you wouldn't expect to be starting or don't need. These can then be stopped from starting up. (Take care to use google to check what the more obscure ones are, before disabling them to ensure you don't disable anything critical!)

Peter Methven Network Specialist, Information Technology, Heriot-Watt University.

Peter Methven answered...

16 May 2010

Robin Smith: Perhaps you can use the WiFi on campus to access your email or the PCCAL machines in the library which is currently open 24 / 7?

Peter Methven

Network Specialist, Information Technology,

Heriot-Watt University.

Robin Smith answered...

16 May 2010

ye i know how i could get onto my e-mails though it just makes it a bit of a pain.

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ClereWesstith answered...

08 June 2010

Great tips! I will try it definitely thanks for sharing this!

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