Thanks for the tip. After reading a few articles in the "generaldiscussion"
group I conclude that McAfee isn't so bad, especially since it's "free" and
it (finally!) seems to have upgraded itself. Upon reflection, it appears
that McAfee's repeated attempts to "upgrade" itself were actually
responsible for the large number of "abnormal shutdowns" I have been
experiencing. The tool to analyze these said to contact McAfee for an
upgrade to cure the problem, the upgrade attempt caused another abnormal
shutdown, repeat until well shaken.
McAfee has problems, but is "free" with an MSN subscription, which in turn
is "free" with my Qwest DSL service.
Saludos,
Earle
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Earle, please begin a new thread for these questions. Thanks.
>
> PS: There are OneCare-specific newsgroups and web-forums where you can
> seek support and ask questions.
>
> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.generaldiscussion
> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.antispyware
> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.antivirus
> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.backup
> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.firewall
> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.install
> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.tuneup
> microsoft.public.windows.live.onecare.update
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> Windows Live OneCare Forums
> http://forums.microsoft.com/windowso....aspx?siteid=2
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> ~PA Bear
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>> In your opinion, is this more stable and less of a performance killer
>> than
>> McAfee Security Center provided "free" to MSN subscribers? Since I got
>> this
>> new Dell Vista laptop, McAfee "installed updates" every time I booted up,
>> finally getting it right after maybe twenty tries, was responsible for a
>> like number of abnormal shutdowns, and appears to have caused maybe five
>> Blue Screens of Death, which the monitor doesn't apparently support so it
>> looked like broken video controller hardware. My old W2k desktop, and
>> even
>> my Thinkpad with XP, were way, way more stable than this. I am not
>> impressed, particularly since all the sofware involved in this mayhem was
>> supplied by Microsoft.
>>
>> I'd like to get some virus software that did its job, didn't crash the
>> computer, didn't strangle performance and didn't bother me with an
>> endless
>> string of unintellible popups. Is that OneCare, or something else? So
>> far
>> the cure appears to be worse than the disease, like some of the
>> nineteenth
>> century remedies you might see in a Medical History Museum.
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