I have run AVG, Norton and all kinds of spyware removers but it's still as slow as a week.
I should think that would work.Can I install this onto my PC and use the activation code on my Microsoft Certification sticker with this disk??
The problem here is you cannot get help from XP support or leave your pc in for repairs as you will have an illegal copy of xp installed.Or.....would I be better off getting a keygen copy from a bitTorrent site instead and installing that??
I think that's how you do it, and i wouldn't say you even need to format? Just boot the disc and install.Also, to do this, I imagine I only have to format the disk and reboot from the WIndows XP cd or is this much more complicated than I think?.
Sounds to me like installing from this would be software piracy. From a technical point of view it may work but from a legal point of view it may be dodgy.My dilemma is this though. I haven't got the original Windows XP disk anymore. I do have however one from work. It is missing the Microsoft Certification sticker and it says only to be shipped with a new PC but it doesn't state which one so I imagine it's a generic disk??
Can I install this onto my PC and use the activation code on my Microsoft Certification sticker with this disk??
I didn't think that you could necessarily transfer licenses - e.g. a retail Windows license with one set of media to an OEM copy of Windows (or vice versa etc.).Re-using your existing license when the original HD install has been destroyed is not piracy according to my understanding of the license model.
.... If you uninstall Norton your machine will run a lot faster. Its the slowest application known to man. ...
I totally agree with aircobra19.
My main home office PC was running in slow motion a couple of weeks ago. I maintain it well and subscribed to Nortons Internet Security for daily updates for the past two years. After burning gallons of midnight oil over a couple of nights eliminating everything else I disabled and then removed the Nortons. The cure was instant! I haven't looked back since. I am using AVG, Lavasoft Ad-Aware and Spybot and, touch wood, haven't had a problem. Other people have recommended Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0. I use one Norton's application still - Ghost v. 12 - which I find invaluable for disk back up.
I would format, its quiet simple really, stick a bootable XP disk, boot from the CD, delete the primary partition, create a new one, format the disk using NTFS (not quick format) and once that's done just let windows start installing.
It should not take you more than an hour but it will depend on the speed of your machine and the size of your HDD(s). Personally I create two partitions on my main HDD, leave 20gbs to the OS and the rest to what will appear to be a second HDD. Then I just save all documents and photos and anything I find important to my D: drive and only need to format the C: drive to re-install the OS.
Though BattyB is right make sure you have all the discs or are able to (legally) download all the software that you want on to your new machine once it has been wiped.
If your software was originally legal then you can install the same version of the software from any disc legally. So if you have XP home and basic Office XP then that is all that your license covers don't try to install XP Pro and Office 2003 because it won't be legal (and won't work).
As for the software mentioned above, I agree that Norton probably slows your machine down more than the malware it tries to prevent / remove.
I see my anti-virus (AVG) and firewall (zonealarm) are preventative measures and not cures. I use nothing else.
Every six to twelve months I wipe my machine from a ghost disc I created when I built it first and it's like new again every time.
Format it.I tried to do this last year, I had an ex work machine with XP pro on it and it was running very slowly, so I tried to install XP home onto the machine, thinking that the installation of Home would remove the Pro version....but it did'nt ...both are living side by side on the same machine. How do I get rid of the Pro version ?
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