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  • Sep 8, 2007, 06:16 AM
    Rob
    Vista Preventive Maintenance
    When I had Windows 98 I was advised to do regular maintenance. Is there anything similar I should do with Vista HP? I checked the defragmenter and it says it runs itself once a week. I don't seem to have a scan disc program in accesories>system tools and I didn't find it through the search function in the start menu. Any suggestions? Thanks.
  • Sep 10, 2007, 06:48 PM
    blaze5874
    I'd say run anti-virus at least once a week. If you don't have/can't afford the program you can get one from Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com. Just do a search for "AVG Antivirus" It's a free antivirus program that I use on my machines.

    I would also recommend getting a couple different version of spyware detectors. I personally like "Spybot Search and Destroy" and "Ad-Aware" again, both free programs you can get from download.com
  • Sep 11, 2007, 06:25 AM
    Rob
    Thanks. Yes I have AVG Free--it's great. I thought SpyBot would be superfluous due to Windows Defender but I'll add it for redundancy.

    I can't seem to install AdAware 2007 though they say it's Vista compatible. Are you using it with Vista?
  • Sep 11, 2007, 06:35 AM
    NeedKarma
    Check here:
    Today @ PC World Ad-Aware Comes to Vista
  • Sep 12, 2007, 07:03 AM
    Rob
    That works, thanks.

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