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Comments (10)Hi, Owbist. I don't think dust bunnies have been cleaned out for a year (and maybe not even then). My computer repair guy added 512 mb ram then (it had been only 256) - and I think he would have cleaned out the dust bunnies, but I'm not certain. So I can try that. I think he put in the maximum memory my desktop could hold. I have no idea what firewall I'm using or how to even tell. I know her computer is conected to my linksys router (her connection is wired). I had some vague notion that it included a firewall that served both our computers. But, honestly, "firewall" is one of those terms that scares me bc. I know I should know more about it and make sure I have adequate protection, but I'm not (kind of like some people think of retirement funds- you know it's important but may stick your head in the sand). Last night after I wrote the above post, I did download, update and run superantispyware - which found 167 items, which I then removed. I haven't gotten on to her computer since. (Well, I tried and wanted to remove old, unnecessary software - for a printer we no longer have - but it kind of stopped and froze midstream.) I confess that I do disk cleanup and defrag on my computer, but have forgotten to do hers since I passed it down to her in January. I will do that now. Now, I did the msconfig to see what start up programs are running. Here's the list, but I have no idea what some of them are and if some can be removed: m35rchmn c:?progra 1\myw cnslmain (canon software - a new printer I bought and it's networked) bjmyprt (canon) ssbkgdupdate /(com...) opwarese4 (programfiles/sca...) WrtMon (windows/system) CNMNSUT (CANON) mcmnhdlr (mcafee) mcvsshld (mcafee) realschedul (program files\Com...) jusschedul (program files\java) usrprompt (Program files\Com..) qttask (program files\quicken) - when I used quicken on this picasamediadetector (program files\picasa motiveSB (program 1\Veriz WkUFind (program files\Com McUpdate (program files\mcafe mcagent (program \mcafee KHALMNPR (KHALMNPR.EXE) KHALMNPR (KHALMNPR.EXE) ituneshelper (program files/Itune isfxtray (windows\system hkcmd (windows\system aolsoftware (programfiles\com aoldial (program \files/com - (Note - we don't do dial up_ d/urect/cd (program files\Foxi verizon 1 (program 1?Verizon) ctfmon (windows\system ypager (program files?yahoo google toolbarnotifier (program files\goog msmsgs (program files\Mes money express (program files/micro AOL (program files/AOL superantispywre logitech setpoint microsoft works ca.. (program 1\COMM common startup personal coach (program 1\brod) common start up Most of the above don't make sense to me. I will say that we currently have DSL through verizon (we may change that later) - and we have AOL. Yahoo might have gotten on her computer when I registered for some yahoo groups when it was my computer. She has a logitech wireless mouse and keyboard. Thanks for any help. I will now do disk cleanup and defrag. Thanks. Lynn....See MoreAdobe flash player and pdf reader installation on Win8
Comments (8)Thanks for the responses and help. I am not using antivirus and removed the the antivirus before my Adobe problems. I checked/installed updates to Windows and IE. I went to Adobe.com and installed/reinstalled. This morning the issues seem partly fixed. When I am on a web page, such as Yahoo, whether in IE or FF, some of the boxes display and some don't. If I go to a web page page, like Yahoo's tech page, that has mostly boxes that have videos in them, I see the text in the boxes but they are otherwise blank. If I click on the box a video then starts playing. I know this isn't how it's supposed to work, but it's better than it was yesterday. Maybe if I wait till the next Adobe or Windows update it will sort itself out? Thanks for the suggestions. If you think of anything please let me know. I think I will put this laptop away for a week or two and use my Win7 laptop instead. I'll check on updates the next time I get it out and hope for the best....See MoreAdobe Flash Player
Comments (3)Any help here--> https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/108086?hl=en or try reseting the Chrome browser, Reset your Chrome browser settings 1.In the top-right corner of the browser window, click the Chrome menu 2.Select Settings. 3.At the bottom, click Show advanced settings. 4.Under the section "Reset settings,” click Reset settings. 5.In the dialog that appears, click Reset....See Moreadobe flash player
Comments (5)Well, that's a loaded question. Do you need Flash? It's basically built into many browsers now (Microsoft Edge, Chrome and derivatives) so you don't need to "get it". For Firefox and IE, you still need to download separately, but make sure you're actually using sites that need it. It's probably the most common way to get a virus browsing the web today and is a major pain to keep installing updates (sometimes daily) and restarting your browser to get the new version. If you don't need it, it's pretty simple to not install it. If you do need it, or it's part of the browser you're using, you should consider getting a flash blocker extension so you can only enable the actual flash content you want - much safer....See MoreUser
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