McAcfee

[871david]

Hi,I have McAfee. automatic upgrades switched on. When i am asked to upgrade now, it starts to, but can take anything up to an hour to complete, this is every day and also my computer is getting slower and slower. help please, best regards, David

[Starbuck]

Hi David

 

I see you are running XP, how long since it had a good clean out?

 

Step 1

 

Download TFC by OldTimer to your desktop

• Please double-click TFC.exe to run it. (Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator).
  
• It will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin.
  
• Click the Start button to begin the process. Depending on how often you clean temp files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two. Let it run uninterrupted to completion.
  
• Once it's finished it should reboot your machine. If it does not, please manually reboot the machine yourself to ensure a complete clean.

 

 

Step 2

Download Puran Disc Defragmenter

Save it to your 'Desktop'.

Run the program.

From the main 'Puran Defrag' screen, click on the 'C' drive to highlight it.

Then click on 'Defrag'.

 

This program is faster than the built in Windows Defrag and is more efficient.

Try not to use the m/c while the defrag is running.

 

See if the system runs any faster afterwards.

[871david]

Thanks Starbuck, not much success. Think I will bite the bullett and update to Windows 7. Thanks again, David