(seeing as i have already made the switch from Windows lol)
okay, i have been talking to my mother about this, she had a rogue security program get on their XP pro PC, and she eventually got through it with the help from the SpyDoctor and computer associate anti-virus
that machine are running on is the first one i build, and i am missing its dual core (
lol )
ATM its solely running XP pro and thats all, its on a 60Gb HD. i have been thinking, i need that extra processor power. But i know that i can not take vista out of its current machine.... because of the fact that it pre-installed by HP. (which i think it is very annoying that Microsoft did that and i read that you can't install the vista to another machine until after uninstalling it from the first )
so, my deal is, i want "my" computer back and i will be giving my mother "her" HP (she did buy it for me lol) with vista on it. which isnt a problem for me. (but i will be taking my gb of Ram out and switching it for her 700 something Ram lol ) they both have DVD/CDrw's and both have modest graphics. what i am mostly worried about is her computer dieing from a virus or something... that would be bad lol and they dont need to be installing much of anything.
so, i was thinking, vista has more "built-in" protection correct? if so then that would be good.
i am mainly wanting my machine back lol
i would also be installing DebIan (or ubuntu maybe hmmm) on to this machines Vista HD, which i have to majorly clean out and then partition and set up the dual boot.
which i should be fine on, unless i run into the same problems i had before (EW)
just some thoughts, i would like some advice please
okay, i have been talking to my mother about this, she had a rogue security program get on their XP pro PC, and she eventually got through it with the help from the SpyDoctor and computer associate anti-virus
that machine are running on is the first one i build, and i am missing its dual core (
lol )ATM its solely running XP pro and thats all, its on a 60Gb HD. i have been thinking, i need that extra processor power. But i know that i can not take vista out of its current machine.... because of the fact that it pre-installed by HP. (which i think it is very annoying that Microsoft did that and i read that you can't install the vista to another machine until after uninstalling it from the first
)so, my deal is, i want "my" computer back and i will be giving my mother "her" HP (she did buy it for me lol) with vista on it. which isnt a problem for me. (but i will be taking my gb of Ram out and switching it for her 700 something Ram lol ) they both have DVD/CDrw's and both have modest graphics. what i am mostly worried about is her computer dieing from a virus or something... that would be bad lol and they dont need to be installing much of anything.
so, i was thinking, vista has more "built-in" protection correct? if so then that would be good.
i am mainly wanting my machine back lol
i would also be installing DebIan (or ubuntu maybe hmmm) on to this machines Vista HD, which i have to majorly clean out and then partition and set up the dual boot.
which i should be fine on, unless i run into the same problems i had before (EW)
just some thoughts, i would like some advice please
