Building a Computer

[Flame_Assault]

Security Software Dont Use Macafee Or Nortun There Crap..... Literally No Jokes
Use Microsoft Security Essentials All You Need Is Not To Have A Hacked Version Of Windows (AKA Its Free)
And Ad-Aware These Work In Perfect Sync All Other Programs Just Slow Up Your Computer And Put Loop Holes In Your Firewall.
If Your Using McAfee Or Anything Else On Windows STOP! These Have Built In Firewalls Witch Stuff Up Badly They Make You Pay
And Unless You Pay For The Top Service Witch Gives You The Same As Security Essentials And Ad-Aware.

[Drewsov]

Did it take you a long time to capitalize every word? O_o

[ChickenSoup]

Security Software Dont Use Macafee Or Nortun There Crap..... Literally No Jokes
Use Microsoft Security Essentials All You Need Is Not To Have A Hacked Version Of Windows (AKA Its Free)
And Ad-Aware These Work In Perfect Sync All Other Programs Just Slow Up Your Computer And Put Loop Holes In Your Firewall.
If Your Using McAfee Or Anything Else On Windows STOP! These Have Built In Firewalls Witch Stuff Up Badly They Make You Pay
And Unless You Pay For The Top Service Witch Gives You The Same As Security Essentials And Ad-Aware.

I've only ever heard of built in windows firewallz to not be the best AND HOLY CRAP YOUR CAPITAL LETTERS

[ArchAngel]

Microsoft Security Essentials is different than the windows firewall.

[Chozon1]

I had been pondering that mahself, until I googled it. Especially since I've gone years persuading people to not use the terrible Firewall built into Windows.

[Flame_Assault]

I felt like putting capitals in every word So What!

[Deepfreeze32]

It's not the capitals that bother me...it's the underuse of punctuation like commas.

/just sayin

[LegoFan560]

Hmmm, family computer. Hard get stuff done with that, and parents tend to not like people changing around the anti-virus.
It also looks like bSecure isn't an anti-virus, but a filter and monitoring system. Certainly not good for performance, but I doubt your parents will want to remove it.

If you have McAfee, I'd suggest getting rid of it and replace it with Microsoft Security Essentials. Better and free.
Also, get MalwareBytes and do at least a quick scan with it. Might be able to find some malware that's slowing your system down.

I also suggest going through your program and features and removing programs you don't want. Some of these will run in the background and use up valuable system resources (not all, of course, but you might be able to tell which is what, and if you don't know, google away). Many times manufacturers will install bloatware (HP is notorious for this) and it just instantly makes your new computer feel old and it's almost always more of a pain than the OS's standard features. I don't know how many HP Wireless Utilities I had to disable to fix people's internet connections back when I did IT. Usually first on the list to go, for me.

Also, run msconfig and go through the startup list. Unselect anything you don't want running when you start up your computer. A lot these programs will start up when you need it, so it will almost never break your computer. (and if it "breaks", just reselect it)

Also, if your browsers are sluggish, try uninstalling any plugin, extension, or toolbar you don't need.

This is, of course, provided that you are allowed to do these.
Also, granted, you might be doing some of this sort of maintenance all along.
But, if the computer sorely needed it, it might just give a whole brand new jump in your it's step.

Bsecure is a filter/monitor, but our version comes with McAfee security. No one (including me) really wants to run without the filter, but I'd love to drop McAfee. I asked, and they said if I bought my own computer, we could just put the minimum Bsecure on it and I can get whatever security I want.

I'll see what I can do and let you know how it turns out.

DEFINATLEY DO IT
ITS WAY BETTER THEN BUYING ONE YOU GET IT FOR HALF THE PRICE!
ITS SUPER FUN JUST CONNECT A TO B AND ALL PARTS COME WITH MANUALES SO DONT WORRY\
AND MOST COMPUTER STORES GIVE SUPPORT FOR FREEE
HERES MY SET UP I BUILT TOOK ME ABOUT A HOUR TO BUILD 24 TO UPDATE.....
COST ME 2.3K SHOPS COST (MOST DONT EVEN HAVE....) 5K
Keep In Mind I Worked To Get The Top Of The Line Stuff You Can All ways Go Cheaper
I Live In Australia Though But Heres The Store I Brought From: http://www.msy.com.au/index.jsp
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Security Software Dont Use Macafee Or Nortun There Crap..... Literally No Jokes
Use Microsoft Security Essentials All You Need Is Not To Have A Hacked Version Of Windows (AKA Its Free)
And Ad-Aware These Work In Perfect Sync All Other Programs Just Slow Up Your Computer And Put Loop Holes In Your Firewall.
If Your Using McAfee Or Anything Else On Windows STOP! These Have Built In Firewalls Witch Stuff Up Badly They Make You Pay
And Unless You Pay For The Top Service Witch Gives You The Same As Security Essentials And Ad-Aware.

I'll keep that in mind. ty

Did it take you a long time to capitalize every word? O_o

AND HOLY CRAP YOUR CAPITAL LETTERS

I felt like putting capitals in every word So What!

It's not the capitals that bother me...it's the underuse of punctuation like commas.
/just sayin

Wait, you did bad punctuation and capitalization on purpose?

[ChickenSoup]

I felt like putting capitals in every word So What!

:O

[ArchAngel]

A perspective on capitalization/punctuation:
Your grammar doesn't have to be impeccable, and it is more laid back and colloquial on an online forum, but if you stray too far from convention, it's often very hard for people to read. Ideally, we'd like to blast through the posts, but with the first letter of every word capitalized, it brings us to a grinding halt. It's readable, but we lost good sentence flow and we are slowed to down to reading word per word like a toddler. That's why Colbert is screaming.

[LegoFan560]

When people do that, I usually just re-type it word by word, and restate it so that it is more correct. Then I reply to that version. Usually faster than replying to the original post.

[Chozon1]

I just read the post normally without any issues whatsoever.

I mean really. It's not that hard.

[LegoFan560]

Yeah, it wasn't the worst. A few of ihasgaming's posts were almost impossible to read. Remember those?

[Deepfreeze32]

It's not the capitals that bother me...it's the underuse of punctuation like commas.
/just sayin

Wait, you did bad punctuation and capitalization on purpose?

Deliberately, yes.

[ArchAngel]

I just read the post normally without any issues whatsoever.

I mean really. It's not that hard.

I think you have a superpower.