Re: Update On Windows 7 Home Computer Situation
Michael Mote
Dr. Tom, I would say the free version of Avast should serve your needs well
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at home. The paid version may offer more features, but if all you want is virus protection, the free version should be fine. I'm glad to hear that your Windows machine is free of malware now. Malware Bytes is a good program and should serve your needs well moving forward.
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From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Tom Behler via Jfw Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 11:11 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Cc: Tom Behler Subject: Update On Windows 7 Home Computer Situation Hello, everyone. As some of you may recall, I had been having multiple problems with my main Windows 7 home computer. As a result of the many very helpful suggestions that I have received from a number of list members, both on and off list, I think I have finally gotten the computer back up and running. First, with the help of an I T technician from my University, Malwarebytes has been installed and run several times. As a result, I believe I have now finally gotten rid of those audio clips that were randomly appearing from time to time. Regarding my Outlook 2010 issue, where Outlook was often not launching correctly, and Jaws was extremely sluggish, I conpacted the .pst Outlook data file. As some had warned, this took very long, but that file is now much more manageable in size. Specifically, it has been reduced from its original 10 gig size to approximately 730 megabytes. In addition, based on a suspicion that my A V G anti-virus software was conflicting with Outlook, I uninstalled that program, and have gone to the free version of Avast, at least for now. This seems to work well, and does not appear to be creating any issues of concern. In fact, Outlook, Avast, and Jaws seem to play very nicely together. I still have a few things to decide: 1. Do I continue with the free version of Avast, or purchase the more robust program? 2. Do I try to delete Outlook add-ins, and the journal, or just leave well enough alone for now?; and 3. How often do I want to schedule the compacting of that Outlook PST file that gave me all the trouble? Anyway, I'm making progress now, and appreciate all of the help that I have received regarding the difficulties I was having. Sincerely, Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan
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