Laptop

Malware, spyware, which both lead to viruses.

 

this article would disagree with you.

http://internet-browser-review.toptenreviews.com/

anyone can make up an article and publish on the net.

and as for security, that's a honor that bounces around between browsers daily. next week, opera could be the most secure.

 

Yes anyone can, but when you actually know what is going on in the industry and know that the above link sites a particular hacker get together that happens yearly, and that firefix fell to 4 seperate types of attacks in far less time than it took the others. Firefox plays in the background memory on your system, where Chrome and IE (just recently) started using a sandbox type feature that doesnt run code in your system memory, but rather in a subset of memory code to assist in keeping the browser more secure.

 

well i downloaded AVG, then ran a check up...it fixed some things wrong on my computer and now running MUCH faster. thanks..then ran a scan....

 

that article was published in march. firefox has 2 version updates since. and a couple of patches along the way.

internet explorer, chrome, opera. they've all been exploited.

we just can't win against viruses. and most of them can't be erased. quarantined maybe. they leave a mess that just can't be fixed. compound that with the mess that all programs leave in windows. you just can't fix broken.

you can make it somewhat sound. as a lot of repair shops TRY to do. but there's only one way to make it as good as new again.

it would be nice, if msft could find a way to uninstall a program and it would leave absolutely no traces. it would also be nice if they could perfect the system restore included in the OS. but after almost 40 years in the business. probably not going to happen with either way.

 

Really? Hard drive died because of facebook? HARD DRIVES DIE! Thats a simple thing. Most laptops are made as cheap as the possibly can in order to make the most profit. And if this laptop is in a truck its even more likely to die. These things aren't designed to be bounced for a life except for ruggidized laptops. (Things like Panasonic Toughbooks.)


Solid state hard drives are a very good idea. The reason for this is because they don't have moving parts so you won't have a reading head bouncing against the surface its writes onto.

Also the suggestion for the fan pad is a good one. Even if its just something to get air under the bottom. Also looking for a laptop that doesn't pull air in from the bottom is a good idea too.

 

i remember being able to heat myself up at home with just my laptop on my lap. during winter time. they got hot back then. they don't seem to get anywhere near that hot now.

i think a lot of the problems are the electricity. your running your laptop on very dirty electricity in the truck. which gets even worse if the engine is running. i run off batteries now. and run the charger when laptop is off. managed to get almost 2 years with my last one. (a record for me in the truck) and it still works. but i left it at a truckstop and i'm waiting for it to come home. could be a few months before i get that way again.

i have a new one now which i was hoping to have returned already. but decided i might keep it. so i learned a new challenge. dumping win 8 to install win 7. was NO easy task. involved voiding the warranty more then i wanted to.

 

You don't violate a warranty because you change an operating system. They'll just refuse to support it if you call in for help. If the thing fails to boot they'll still fix it. How ever if your laptop is 2 years old I doubt its still under warranty unless you paid to extend it.

 

probably not. it's not in stock form in no way shape or form. and when you do that. you get the blame of why it's not working.

there was a lot more work involved in changing the operating system then just changing the operating system. you have to change the bios settings. and you get the luxory of wiping out the entire hard drive. and this manufacture provided no way to make restore dvd's. gonna have to see about ordering those.

and warranties are only 1 year.

go out and buy a new laptop. then give google a call. make sure to have plenty of beer. cuz your going to be conversing for awhile. windows 8 doesn't play by the same rules of operating systems past.

 

I've found that MS sucurity isn't enough protection on systems I've had.. it takes more.. even then those antivirus / malware programs can be out smarted.. I've had success with malware bytes by disabled programs I have and running malware bytes but I don't believe there's a cure all

edit: i install a program such as malware bytes after disabling programs already imstalled then uninstall malware bytes and enable previous programs they are not or have not been compatible..