"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

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Help on computer!!!

I don't know much about computer but is have a 2 GB RAM on your computer a lot or just decent?
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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It's a lot.
 

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Nope. Adding RAM only performs improvement when you have to little. Unless you're running a huge server, you should never need that much RAM(2gb)

256MB - 512MB should do the average person. There's no need to go nuts.
 

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Don't need more than 512 mb of RAM for a regular ol' computer, if you plan to use it for gaming then go for 1 GB. Over 1 GB is overkill unless you do a lot of multi-tasking or use memory-intensive programs.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

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thanks, cuz right now i have 0.99 GB, and my friend say too little bit. And i was planning to buy 2 more GB RAM.
 

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I like using nothing. But than you have to be more cautious. If you're computer illiterate, I suggest sticking with it. If not, than fly solo.
 

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Norton has an odd habit of spontaneously turning its antivirus protection off.
To make matters worse, it often won't turn back on.
To make matters really bad, Norton doesn't have a "repair install" feature - remove completely and then reinstall to get it working again.
But here's the kicker - it almost never uninstalls cleanly!
And if any traces are left behind - it refuses to reinstall, and McAfee (which I think is a far better product) won't do an install either, claiming that Norton's still on there!
If you want a free antivirus that's pretty competent, www.avast.com is your ticket.
If your Norton is Effed up and won't go back in, Avast has a light enough footprint that it will install, even with Norton's spoor all over your PC.
 

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Originally posted by ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
anything alot better than norton antiviurs?
norton is a piece o' crap--it's very invasive, hogs resources, and you cannot uninstall it without some major hassles. get the free home version of avast. it works seamlessly with xp sp2, and m$ft actually recommends it on their web site. the only real difference between the free and paid version is the latter will do script blocking on malicious web pages.

www.avast.com

beat me to it :)
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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How Do U Get Rid Of Norton?

Now I know norton is not easy to get rid of, is there anyway to get rid of it completely without slowing down my computer? What about just going to control panel and remove file, will that do the work right away?

If none of these erase completely any suggestions? Cuz my computer is really slowing down from norton.
 

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that won't work... norton is too deep in the registry to get rid of it by using the control panel.


The best way to get rid of Norton is to go run and use the regedit command, and delete norton. If you are not familar with regedit, don't use it, because you can seriously screw up your PC.
 

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Re: How Do U Get Rid Of Norton?

Originally posted by ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Now I know norton is not easy to get rid of, is there anyway to get rid of it completely without slowing down my computer? What about just going to control panel and remove file, will that do the work right away?

If none of these erase completely any suggestions? Cuz my computer is really slowing down from norton.
Norton? Oh right, for viruses.

j/k. I use a mac at home, so i don't even bother installing virus or anti-spyware programs.

:rolleyes: (like anyone cares)

But anyway:

1. Look for an uninstaller. This might be in the same folder or submenu as norton.
2. If not, try the remove program panel (as you say)
3. If it's not available in the removal panel, you can at least drag stuff to the recycle bin. Anything that runs automatically would be the main target.
 

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but....

avast is only made for scanning right, and not deleting viruses and trojans?

should not get adaware as well?
 

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but....

avast is only made for scanning right, and not deleting viruses and trojans?

should not get adaware as well?
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Avast

Since avast keeps scanning for viuses and tojans, will it slow down my PC like norton?
 

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This thread renamed to "Rookie's computer problems thread"

Thread "Avast" moved into this thread.

Thread "but" moved into this thread.

Thread "How Do U Get Rid Of Norton?" moved into this thread.


Rookie, in the future please keep computer questions you have in here instead of taking up 4-5 spots in the forum, thanks.
 
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