Vista / Norton anti-virus-- Slow start up pc

bikerpiker · Post by **bikerpiker** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:27 am

Yes , i do disc clean up ,but it wont let me do a defrag,it says its not needed ,and performance is good

I always delete cookies and temp internet files etc, not sure if i need to or not ,but i do it basically cos i do online banking...aye..i said banking

marravtr · Post by **marravtr** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:25 pm

hope its sorted now then fella

Jaglifter · Post by **Jaglifter** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:20 pm

Norton is generally acknowledged to be resource hungry.

I run XP with Norton and its at startup its really s..l..o..w...zzzzz.

But, having had to rebuild my PC twice 'cus of virus infections I keep everything up to date and just live with the slowness.

Think I need more membory, but DDR is expensive and I'm thinking I might replace the whole lot (motherboard etc) rather than spend on out of date stuff.

bikerpiker · Post by **bikerpiker** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:42 am

Uninstalling Norton has certainly made a difference on start-up ,it's a lot faster ,but the AVG free is still scanning every day , and still taking over an hour

Is it really necessary to do a scan every day

Mind you, i'd have to look into it, im not sure if i can alter that or not with AVG free

marravtr · Post by **marravtr** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:47 am

i have my avg scan and update at 6am as im not normaly on it then, no probs! i like it scanning everyday to keep all the crap away

Post by **sirch345** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:36 pm

bikerpiker wrote:Uninstalling Norton has certainly made a difference on start-up ,it's a lot faster ,but the AVG free is still scanning every day , and still taking over an hour
Is it really necessary to do a scan every day Mind you, i'd have to look into it, im not sure if i can alter that or not with AVG free

Pleased too hear Stevie you now know what was slowing your lap top down on start up

It's up to you how often you run a scan. I usually do a scan about twice a week. One manually and the other automatically set as below:-

If you click on Tools>Advanced Settings>then click on the + sign next to Schedules>Schedule Scan.....there you can set it to scan any day of the week at any time.

Chris.