hi,

im sure someone will know how to help, alot of yous seem to know your computers

what it is, is that windows live msn things keeps poppin up when i start my laptop, i never downloaded it an i cant seem to find it on my computer to delete it, any advice on how to get rid?

an another thing is when i write a website up at the top and go to the site, it used to save them so next time i can just scroll down or with firefox put the first letter of the site an it pops up, but now i have to write the website in everytime, dunt seem to save em, its since i got this norton thing where it saves my usernames and passwords. anyone have any idea wat it could be, its probs summet daft.


thanks for any help in advance much appreciate it



dan

'my computer' --> control panel --> add remove programs
or if you just want it to stop it starting when your pc boots up ..go into settings in the msn toolbar ..and untick the box that's says something like 'start msn on pc startup'

And get rid of any Norton POS that's on your PC - they don't make a single piece of software worth having. If you want a password manager, there are *plenty* of really good free ones out there.


e2a: You can also type msconfig at a DOS prompt (type cmd in the 'Run' box onthe Start menu) and deselect any programs that you don't want running every time your PC boots up - on practically all Win machines, there's *tons* of crap that's just slowing the computer down.

thanks for replys,

ive done the control panel remove bit but it isnt their, if all else fails ill just stop it from starting up then, cheers.

oh right , bloke who sold laptop to me in the shop was saying its great n shit, came free with it so no need to try an sell it to me then, probs dunt know wat he's on bout, wat about norton anti virus an all that, is that shit too? wat would be best t use if so?

an ill try that cheers. yeah everytime i start my laptop up a icon comes up in bottom corner saying its blocked programs from startin up n when i have a look the's loads, dont know wat to do with it, darnt delete any of em cos dont know wat im deleting an im prone to fucking my computers by deletin important stuff


thanks agen for ya replys


dan

Norton is *shit* - you can get much better free AV programs like Avira! and AVG etc. - just Google for them (but uninstall Norton before you put another one on).

To remove the Live! thing - it really is as easy as typing msconfig and then removing the Live! program's entry in the Startup section - you're not going to break anything.

ok cheers scribble, ive sorted the msn live things, i just disabled it from starting up along with a good few other things, just a few things pop up in bottom corner now which makes it much faster

i did once get told about that avg, forgot wat it was called tho, nice one, dint think it'd be better tho with it been free, shocking that these norton things cost 100's of pounds when free ones are just as good or better.

thanks agen


dan

scribble what is it with norton software , my mum had it on her pc and it fucked it up i had to re-install windows

Back in the days of DOS/95 Norton actually used to produce good software that was actually written by Dr. Peter Norton - a few years later the company brand name got sold to Symantec, Dr. Norton was longer part of it, and the quality went downhill really quickly. Now they are probably the No.1 producers of expensive useless crapware for PCs (in second place and down you have your McAfees and your Dr.Solomon's etc.).

Agreed about Norton, but i've got Mcafee and it ain't too bad really

i thought mcafee was good as well, ha, cant trust anyone these days, only want ya money. glad you cleared that up. ill stick to the freebies in future. just never liked downloading free software, thought the'd be dodgy. ah well, cheers

dan