new computer (advice)

**Vercetti** · 07-10-2006

Any advice on how I should handle my new computer I bought would be cool. It's a EMachine. (I know I heard they're crap but I got the whole unit for 400 bucks) Plus it runs really nicely.

Should I turn it off every night or keep it on?

How much does Microsoft Office cost?

adamba4e · 07-10-2006

1) Turn it off.

2) Microsoft Office I think is $190 for Pro.

**Vercetti** · 07-10-2006

Thanks. I can't think of any more questions at the moment, but feel free to give any advice.

adamba4e · 07-10-2006

Be sure to get Nortons AntiVirus 2006.

**razorblade416** · 07-10-2006

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**Trinity** · 07-10-2006

1. Turn it off dude.
2. Steal it, like all the good pirates. Didnt your PC came with Office?

**PeanutButterMunky** · 07-10-2006

Originally Posted by adamba4e

Be sure to get Nortons AntiVirus 2006.

No, get Avast! AntiVirus. It's free and does a better job than Norton, IMO.

http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-E...ml?tag=lst-0-2

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite is an awesome firewall.

http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm-In...-10546032.html

It's 60 bucks, though.

**Supaman²²³** · 07-10-2006

I hate eMachines, i was wiggling the powercord on the back of my comp after it shut off and it wouldnt turn back on, when the powersupply Literlly Blew up and burned the side of my face and allmost my eye, it wasnt sever or anything but after that day i have hated eMachines with a passion, I should have Sued those bastereds

**The_One** · 07-10-2006

Originally Posted by PeanutButterMunky

Originally Posted by adamba4e

Be sure to get Nortons AntiVirus 2006.

No, get Avast! AntiVirus. It's free and does a better job than Norton, IMO.

http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-E...ml?tag=lst-0-2

Avast! is THE best Anti-Virus scanner out there, for sure! I love that pretty little blue icon in my icon tray that spins whenever I do anything (meaning that it's scanning the file)

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Rawrz!

Don't forget to get "Windows Defender" (For free) to keep your computer clean of Ad-wares and Spy-wares.

Other than that... Let's see... Get some Windows Power Toys (No, they're not for shoving into the holes of your PC... Don't get dirty thoughts like that!), especially the Task Switch power toy ^_~.

Uh, anything else... Lets see... Oh, get Reg Scrub XP, a free Registry cleaner for Windows XP. Also get Firefox, seems like everyone is crazy about it right now. [spoiler:cd0cd2de93]Despite the fact that it sucks :P.[/spoiler:cd0cd2de93]

There's a few tweakings you should do, such as turning your Theme "Appearances" to Maximize Performance (Unless you have a custom theme), turn off Indexing of files and turn off compressions for your main drive (with your Windows installation) if you have multiple partitions.

There's more, but that's all the tweaks I can think of off of the top of my head for now. I will post more as I think of more

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**soldier one** · 07-10-2006

seems like everyone is crazy about it right now.

Except me.

Also get the microsoft anti spyware from microsoft.com it works extremely well and i am happy with the free beta version of it.

**The_One** · 07-10-2006

Originally Posted by soldier one

seems like everyone is crazy about it right now.

Except me.

Also get the microsoft anti spyware from microsoft.com it works extremely well and i am happy with the free beta version of it.

It's now called Windows Defender

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**PeanutButterMunky** · 07-10-2006

Go here and uh...learn stuff: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html

Originally Posted by The_One

Uh, anything else... Lets see... Oh, get Reg Scrub XP, a free Registry cleaner for Windows XP.

There's a free registry cleaner? Sweet.

**hoverbike** · 07-10-2006

Originally Posted by adamba4e

Be sure to get Nortons AntiVirus 2006.

Be sure not to get that. Get Avast! Or something else that isn't Norton Anti-Virus.

**Fallout Boy** · 07-10-2006

Use Windows Defender, Avast & Regscrub XP, as well as Defrag to schedule weekly scans/updates/cleans.

This helps preven your system degrading to a state where it needs 6 to 7 hours of maintenance on it.

Weekly maintence is easy with Windows Scheduled tasks & the programs own scheduled services, just schedule them at say 1am on a Sunday & let it all run at night while you are asleep.

**adz1992** · 07-10-2006

1: turn it off

2: open office www.openoffice.org its free and works great

make sure you know what each is though its ment for linux i found

but works great

and get avast! windows defender and just listen to the other guys there telling you everything

**KingJordan** · 07-10-2006

My aunt has a Emachine. It's alright, but I don't use it much.

**soldier one** · 07-10-2006

It's now called Windows Defender .

All i know is windows spyware protecter but mines just a beta, is the full version free also?

Be sure to get Nortons AntiVirus 2006.

I HAD that and point there is HAD because its not great at all, if you like to play games online with pc half of them it blocks and the rest it slows the heck down, plus for some reason it needs to update like every so many hours.

**MiNiMaL_sAnItY** · 07-10-2006

Originally Posted by PeanutButterMunky

Go here and uh...learn stuff: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html

Originally Posted by The_One

Uh, anything else... Lets see... Oh, get Reg Scrub XP, a free Registry cleaner for Windows XP.

There's a free registry cleaner? Sweet.

www.tweakxp.com has some good tweaks but us them at your own risk.

**DeputyDon** · 07-10-2006

Originally Posted by Supaman_225

I hate eMachines, i was wiggling the powercord on the back of my comp after it shut off and it wouldnt turn back on, when the powersupply Literlly Blew up and burned the side of my face and allmost my eye, it wasnt sever or anything but after that day i have hated eMachines with a passion, I should have Sued those bastereds

Wow i'm lucky then. My old computer was an Emachines and we had to change the powersupply 6 times in 8 years and non of them ever "blew up" but it was getting old after a while. So eventually we took off the computer cover and just left it off and it never went out again, and it stopped overheating also.

But my new computer is awesome soo i'm happy.

adamba4e · 07-10-2006

Originally Posted by PeanutButterMunky

Originally Posted by adamba4e

Be sure to get Nortons AntiVirus 2006.

No, get Avast! AntiVirus. It's free and does a better job than Norton, IMO.

http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-E...ml?tag=lst-0-2

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite is an awesome firewall.

http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm-In...-10546032.html

It's 60 bucks, though.

Is that better then Nortons AntiVirus 2006? I know 2005 was horrible, but 2006 is very good in my opinion.

**Vercetti** · 07-10-2006

Originally Posted by Trinity

1. Turn it off dude.
2. Steal it, like all the good pirates. Didnt your PC came with Office?

No mine didn't. What a ripoff. When I had windows 95, office came with it. Bill Gates is really trying to get in my pockets.

**Hexadecimal** · 07-10-2006

Stop trying to demonize Bill Gates and say that he does this and does that and is pulling all the strings behind MS, because he isn't. Just another idiot hopping on the 'Bill Gates is the devil' bandwagon.

**MiThRaZoR** · 07-10-2006

A question, does dust really interfere with the performance of the PC? So if I clean the dust of the CPU would it work even an ounce better?

**Hexadecimal** · 07-10-2006

Dust can be a PC killer because a lot of it can prevent proper air flow and heat dissipation. Removing dust won't give you a performance increase, but it will keep your computer from overheating and possibly dying.

**Killller** · 07-10-2006

Originally Posted by Hexadecimal

Dust can be a PC killer because a lot of it can prevent proper air flow and heat dissipation. Removing dust won't give you a performance increase, but it will keep your computer from overheating and possibly dying.

yeah, every month or two i open up my PC and vacuum in there a bit, its surprising how MUCH can get in there!