Comments on: 5 Steps to Cleanup Your Computer http://www.lostintechnology.com/how-to/5-steps-to-cleanup-your-computer Technology Tips Tricks and HowTos Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:37:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Harry Belafonte http://www.lostintechnology.com/how-to/5-steps-to-cleanup-your-computer/comment-page-1#comment-42248 Harry Belafonte Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:21:43 +0000 http://www.lostintechnology.com/?p=3559#comment-42248 Who says winblows is user friendly? I don't call applications crashing and computers locking up in the middle of whatever i'm doing "user friendly". Or having a harmless website bring down my entire computer, install malware and mess up my registry "user friendly". I can't tell you how many windows computers I've had to fix for people because they can't figure out how to get it working again. And I've converted a few to linux or mac and guess what, haven't had a single problem since. What legacy hardware do you have? I have an 8 year old AMD machine and a 5 year old laptop that run linux perfectly. And what "old software" do you really use? If you can't find an open source alternative than it's probably not useful anyway. You can also run a lot under wine and/or VM. Usually people that bash linux for not being easy are the ones that have never tried it. Who says winblows is user friendly? I don’t call applications crashing and computers locking up in the middle of whatever i’m doing “user friendly”. Or having a harmless website bring down my entire computer, install malware and mess up my registry “user friendly”. I can’t tell you how many windows computers I’ve had to fix for people because they can’t figure out how to get it working again. And I’ve converted a few to linux or mac and guess what, haven’t had a single problem since.

What legacy hardware do you have? I have an 8 year old AMD machine and a 5 year old laptop that run linux perfectly. And what “old software” do you really use? If you can’t find an open source alternative than it’s probably not useful anyway. You can also run a lot under wine and/or VM. Usually people that bash linux for not being easy are the ones that have never tried it.

]]> By: Indus Creed http://www.lostintechnology.com/how-to/5-steps-to-cleanup-your-computer/comment-page-1#comment-41869 Indus Creed Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:15:54 +0000 http://www.lostintechnology.com/?p=3559#comment-41869 Well Linux is still not user friendly like windows is. I mean the driver installation part is an absolute nightmare. Yes once properly configured linux works well, But if you have a lot of legacy hardware like I do and also use older software then Linux is definately not for you. Well Linux is still not user friendly like windows is. I mean the driver installation part is an absolute nightmare.
Yes once properly configured linux works well, But if you have a lot of legacy hardware like I do and also use older software then Linux is definately not for you.

]]> By: Zxscooby http://www.lostintechnology.com/how-to/5-steps-to-cleanup-your-computer/comment-page-1#comment-36846 Zxscooby Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:36:35 +0000 http://www.lostintechnology.com/?p=3559#comment-36846 6. Install Linux A really good way to remove unnecessary bloat from your computer is a common utility called Linux. You will no longer have to worry about viruses, and registry problems will be a thing of the past. It really speeds up older hardware and never requires de-fragmentation. Your computer will thank you. 6. Install Linux

A really good way to remove unnecessary bloat from your computer is a common utility called Linux. You will no longer
have to worry about viruses, and registry problems will be a thing of the past. It really speeds up older hardware and never requires de-fragmentation. Your computer will thank you.

]]> By: JP.Thompson http://www.lostintechnology.com/how-to/5-steps-to-cleanup-your-computer/comment-page-1#comment-36815 JP.Thompson Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:53:04 +0000 http://www.lostintechnology.com/?p=3559#comment-36815 Another way to *really* clean, even though it may not speed things up, is to use FileShredder (http://www.fileshredder.org/) to delete traces of old data in the free space on your hard drive. Also, some files may resist deletion, and require a handy utility, called Unlocker (http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/), to be released. However, you should only use that if you know the file can really be deleted, and YMMV. Another way to *really* clean, even though it may not speed things up, is to use FileShredder (http://www.fileshredder.org/) to delete traces of old data in the free space on your hard drive.

Also, some files may resist deletion, and require a handy utility, called Unlocker (http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/), to be released. However, you should only use that if you know the file can really be deleted, and YMMV.

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