Curious on Startup Speed
Starting Up
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 by Rvanbel | Discussion: OS Customization
My system is AMD Athlon 64 3000 Venice, 2 gb ram, 2- 7600 GT Nvidia cards & 3 hard drives. My question is on startup what is the average startup time. I'm running XP Pro and object desktop. Also, I'm running zone alarm firewall and Norton anti-virus. The system is running rather slow and I wanted to see if it's due to Norton. I have Adaware, Spybot & Windows Defender which I run once a week. I keep only the necessary programs that need to operate on startup, but it seems the system is still slow. Does the system take longer because it has 3 hard drives to scan through on startup or is it mostly a norton speed issue?
AzDude
Reply #2 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:29 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:29 AM
Norton is a big resource HOG ! Switch ... 
i use FREE Avast ..... 
i use FREE Avast ..... 
Rvanbel
Reply #3 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:43 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:43 AM
Thats what I heard. Zone Alarm's Internet Security has been rated pretty good and it isn't a performance hog. That norton is just strictly anti-virus and still takes forever to let the system startup
PurrBall
Reply #5 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:48 AM
Avast.
You should also try AVG free.
Reply #5 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:48 AM
Avast? Which anti-virus is that?
Avast.
You should also try AVG free.
Rvanbel
Reply #6 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:46 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:46 PM
I have just looked up zone alarm anti-virus and it looks pretty good. I also reviewed the zone alarm internet security. I already have adaware, spybot and windows defender, would the internet security be overkill?
Philly0381
Reply #7 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:04 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:04 PM
Just my personal opinion, yes. With adaware, spybot and windows defender you have the basics covered. I run the pograms you do along with spyware blaster. I also use zone alarm firewall.
You will get different personal preferences as to which software to run. The important thing is protect you computer from unwanted and uninvited guests as in virus, adware and trojans getting in.
Here's another piece of information that I picked up, all in one security programs sound nice but if you read the reviews usually they show they don't do aa good of a job as stand alone componets.
You will get different personal preferences as to which software to run. The important thing is protect you computer from unwanted and uninvited guests as in virus, adware and trojans getting in.
Here's another piece of information that I picked up, all in one security programs sound nice but if you read the reviews usually they show they don't do aa good of a job as stand alone componets.
warreni
Reply #8 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:13 PM
Reply #8 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:13 PM
Actually, I've been using ZoneAlarm's security suite for several years now, and I have no complaints. It doesn't chew up too many system resources, and it works well. Also, the suite has uniformly gotten great reviews and it's not ludicrously priced.
Rvanbel
Reply #9 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:14 PM
Ya I noticed that about security programs. I had Norton Internet Security last year and had to dump it and go with just anti-virus. Currently I have zone alarm firewall and norton anti-virus. I have had to re-install norton about 3 times since I installed it in december, because it kept saying that my subscription ran out. I think I'm just going to go with Zone Labs Anti-Virus and Zone Alarm Firewall. I just want a simple set up that does it's job.
Reply #9 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:14 PM
Just my personal opinion, yes. With adaware, spybot and windows defender you have the basics covered. I run the pograms you do along with spyware blaster. I also use zone alarm firewall.
You will get different personal preferences as to which software to run. The important thing is protect you computer from unwanted and uninvited guests as in virus, adware and trojans getting in.
Here's another piece of information that I picked up, all in one security programs sound nice but if you read the reviews usually they show they don't do aa good of a job as stand alone componets.
You will get different personal preferences as to which software to run. The important thing is protect you computer from unwanted and uninvited guests as in virus, adware and trojans getting in.
Here's another piece of information that I picked up, all in one security programs sound nice but if you read the reviews usually they show they don't do aa good of a job as stand alone componets.
Ya I noticed that about security programs. I had Norton Internet Security last year and had to dump it and go with just anti-virus. Currently I have zone alarm firewall and norton anti-virus. I have had to re-install norton about 3 times since I installed it in december, because it kept saying that my subscription ran out. I think I'm just going to go with Zone Labs Anti-Virus and Zone Alarm Firewall. I just want a simple set up that does it's job.
Rvanbel
Reply #10 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:15 PM
I've seen that on cnet.com, but I have mixed feelings.
Reply #10 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:15 PM
Actually, I've been using ZoneAlarm's security suite for several years now, and I have no complaints. It doesn't chew up too many system resources, and it works well. Also, the suite has uniformly gotten great reviews and it's not ludicrously priced.
I've seen that on cnet.com, but I have mixed feelings.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 7:49 AM