BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fozzybear" data-source="post: 1791190" data-attributes="member: 69297">Just reinstalled Windows XP on my PC, was getting rather slow as it had been on there for a couple of years and it's seen quite a lot of software come and go. Have heard positive things here and on some other forums about Microsoft Security Essentials so thought I'd give that a try - I was running McAfee as it was free from my ISP but I really didn't like it and I'm not sure it wasn't the cause of my slowdowns. Will be running Malwarebytes anti-malware too, had that running previously. Only had it running an hour but I do like the simplicity of it, seems pretty good compared to some packages, I've used ones that have been extremely complex and difficult to fathom.I've been through a few security packages on that PC, I know I had F-Secure on it for a bit and was running McAfee latterly but I think I'd also had Kaspersky and possibly NOD32 and AVG on it at one point or another!  :eek!:Installing WinXP reminded me what a palaver it is with all the drivers and problems (at the moment the HD audio driver won't install, but I think that's something I won't be using so will leave it), installing Snow Leopard on my mac was such a smooth ride by comparison... although the standard hardware makes all the difference!</blockquote>