if you are paying the $40 for them to remove the stuff you don't want why not just have them remove the loaded AV programs too then you are ready to just add your AVAST when you get it home, remember for AVAST you do have to do the registration but it is free and they have very good info on the AVAST site in a user pdf. If doing it your self depending on if it is Norton or McAfee we can give you some uninstall help both companies do supply a free removal tool which I used to get my McAfee off my pc and it works well. Let us know if you decide to do that. Yes pc decrapifier is pretty much as easy as that and you can use it to do it yourself also very good is REVO uninstaller which is also free and would probably be a good addition to the decrapifier should it miss anything. They have excellent user manuals on the REVO site too. Revo Uninstaller REVO also contains other very good helpful tools you can read about there on the site. I no longer use AdAware or Spybot there are 2 others that are superior and are free they are SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware if using these free versions you do have to remember to open them once a week hit update then run full scans on your pc and let them clean what they find. I also always advise adding spywareblaster to every pc it adds blocked lists and blocks some nasty stuff from ever getting to your pc, no scans to do just open it once a week hit update then hit the enable all protection button so the shield turns green that is it. SpywareBlaster the other thing you will want on your pc is the secunia tool which lets you know if you have any other out of date stuff on your pc that could be dangerous it is free in an online scanner version or one you can install on your pc. Secunia Online Software Inspector the link to the PSI version is on that page at the top. that will get you started and hopefully keep you clean and safe. Just be sure to get that MS critical update I mentioned earlier that conflicker is wrecking havoc all over the place on pcs that did not get the patch.

Nonnie, please don't take offense but I think the problem is more with you being a novice than with Wordperfect. I say that based on a couple clues you give me in your post. One thing is WordPerfect will accept any universal graphics format. Those do not include graphics generated in program-specific formats like Print Shop or Master Prints and other such programs. Universal formats include bmp, jpg, tif, wmf, eps, pcx, png, and there are many others, but these are the most common. WordPerfect will accept all of these and most (if not all) of the others. And, of course, it accepts its own format wpg. To find out what it will accept, go to Insert Picture as if you are going to insert one. Click on the Files of Type arrow at the bottom and scroll to see what all is in there. Files of any other type will not be compatible, which means you might have to tell it to accept more if it isn't already programmed to do that. This is part of setup and is located on your WordPerfect installation disk. Concerning the article you are trying to put into your document, I don't know what that is. Is it type-written words or is it a graphic image? Is it a WordPerfect document? A Word document? A document created in some other program? Or a graphic clip that someone sent you? And how are you trying to insert it? If it is type written, is it possible to copy and paste it in? Please give a little more information? Increasing memory, as Owbist suggested, is always a good. I do know Word is the more popular word processing program used these days, but WordPerfect is also powerful and nothing snuff at LOL. I can understand the documents you receive from people are usually written in Word and having Word will make like a lot easier for you. So, to answer your question, yes you can install and run Word without having to uninstall WordPerfect. Installing Word is simple enough. The installation Wizard will walk you through it. You just follow the instructions on the screen and answer the questions it asks. You may want to instruct submissions to limit file types and size. If I were you, I'd make that only bmp formats because they don't blur or distort as readily as jpg formatted images. Also, people will send 10mg files because they don't know any better. You may want to tell them to limit file size to 1mg or 2 or 3 so you are able to manage the size and functionability of your newsletter pages(s). If you ever have to take your newsletter to a service bureau for printing, they will require jpg images only, so you will need to know that when instructing submissions.

CNET is owned by CBS. It's a completely legit site, but it allows its customers to bundle unrequested and often unwanted other types of software to accompany a requested download. I agree with both preceding comments, you can pick up hitchhikers and setting changes you might not want if you're not careful. (That can happen with many straight downloads too. Apple tries to take over your PC when you download Itunes). You can also avoid any undesired outcomes if you click carefully and opt out of most choices you're given.

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