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Snowwy, you keep telling yourself that. My degree is in computer engineering with a major in computer networking. I know what I'm doing and trust me, my pc is running at 100%, and I've never had to do wipe. There is a way to repair Windows files, its called Windows repair. It works, but if you had the correct preventive maintenance programs, you'll seldom have to do a repair.

Like I said, keep telling yourself that man.

 

you go with your degree, and i'll go with what works best for me. for the past 20 years. got it man.

 

And I will do just that. Just remember the next time your having to do a full wipe, then spending the next few days getting updates and drivers installed, I'll be sitting here running my system the way I always have and not needing to do anything other than schedule a program to run in the background.

 

ARRRGGGGGGG i have NO idea what most of you are saying......i did a mal ware scan earlier took almost 10 freaking hours...but came back clean thank goodness.....so...Avast then ??

 

I personally like avast. It works well and was rated by pc magazine as one of the best free antivirus programs. I refuse to use McAfee or Norton because the amount of memory they both use. Avg uses slightly more memory, but far less than the above mentioned.

 

Nerds run the world

 

guess you missed the 30 minutes is all it takes me. the next few days are mine to do as i please.

 

Lol I've never seen a fill wipe and reinstall of Windows take 30 minutes. You sure must be a ####### magician to get Windows 8 to install that fast and then get the 3.5gb download off 8.1 to install as well. Plus all the other updates.

30 minutes for a full wipe and reinstall....########

 

There are a number of sites on the internet where you can download software for free or at least very low cost. They often include anti-virus software, malware removal and other very useful apps. Here are just two websites that may be of interest to you:
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.www.cnet.com - they have a tab for downloads where you can get software for a fee, shareware and freeware (software at no cost to you)
.www.snapfiles.com - a ton of software in multiple categories such as http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/categories/security_privacy/index.html
.www.Komando.com - the website for Kim Komando a woman that has a syndicated radio program about computers they have a download section