ThatHotAnimeGuy Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 All Im worried about is all the updates that took hours upon hours to download with my dial up. This includes the $40 that we paid for Nortons 2005 package majiger. Does reformating/Formating whipe all of thise out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Reformatting gets rid of EVERYTHING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderVM Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Of course, EVERYTHING. Err... Don't you have any copies (CD) of the programs you installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordMondo Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 The answer I want to give you is: Get broadband and pirate an antivirus program. But I'm not seeing that as an option for you...so...yeah, try to make back-up disks of as much stuff as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugenn Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Moral of the story: Always keep backups of your updates, service packs etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHotAnimeGuy Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 (edited) Can I back up anything I want? Norton Internets Security? the downloaded updates (where can I find these by the way?), Downloaded programs, anything? What classes can I take to learn all this computer stuff. I've heard of IT and IS and A+ but I dont even know what those are or what they teach Edited October 29, 2004 by ThatHotAnimeGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugenn Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Can I back up anything I want? Norton Internets Security? the downloaded updates (where can I find these by the way?), Downloaded programs, anything? What classes can I take to learn all this computer stuff. I've heard of IT and IS and A+ but I dont even know what those are or what they teach<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Doctorate in Googleogy. That's all you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Can I back up anything I want? Norton Internets Security? the downloaded updates (where can I find these by the way?), Downloaded programs, anything? What classes can I take to learn all this computer stuff. I've heard of IT and IS and A+ but I dont even know what those are or what they teach Doctorate in Googleogy. That's all you need.I couldn't have said it any better. To be nitpicky now (because I just feel like it), formatting doesn't erase the HDD/partition completely, it just seems that way to the user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHotAnimeGuy Posted October 30, 2004 Author Share Posted October 30, 2004 (edited) Man...so how do you save stuff before deleting everything? Edit: Googleogy? Edited October 30, 2004 by ThatHotAnimeGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugenn Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Man...so how do you save stuff before deleting everything? Edit: Googleogy?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes. What exactly do you want to save? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random guy Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 (edited) I don't think you NEED to format your computer - just run spy sweeper, some registry mechanic program and an antivirus or two and you'll probably get rid of all that spyware without any trouble.Or, if you have XP you could do a system restore to a much earlier restore date, but doing it that way you'd still need to reinstall lots of programs. Edit: and if you want to ensure you'll get little/no spyware, follow these steps. 1. Get firefox2. Go into IE. Choose "internet options". Then "Privacy". Set the privacy level to "medium"3. In the "privacy" tab, click on "advanced". If you've got an old-enough version of ie you have to make sure to go to the "ActiveX" settings and disable all ActiveX controls, if not see step 64. Never click on popup ads or banner ads5. Be wary of media-files with DRM, these can install cookies or spyware on your computer, if possible avoid these, but better yet do step 66. In windows media player click "settings" then "security" and again disable all the ActiveX controls (or better yet set them to "prompt" - this way it will ask you whether or not to run the controls in case a file needs to legitimately use it.7. Be sure to scan for spyware regularly just in case Edited October 30, 2004 by random guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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