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post #1 of 15
8/5/09 at 10:30am
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would you solely rely on windows firewall to protect you, or would you want a security suite to do it for you?

i have vista home premium.
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post #2 of 15
8/5/09 at 12:34pm
It depends. Are you behind a router?
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post #3 of 15
8/5/09 at 2:07pm
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like a dsl router? yes
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post #4 of 15
8/5/09 at 3:57pm
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Originally Posted by sniper8752 View Post
would you solely rely on windows firewall to protect you, or would you want a security suite to do it for you?

i have vista home premium.
I've heard that Windows Firewall is pretty good, but since I'm using McAfee Firewall, I don't personally use it (as it's not recommened to have 2 firewalls running at the same time because of conflicts) and if I just wanted Windows Firewall I wouldn't be able to deactivate the other one - that option is not available.
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post #5 of 15
8/5/09 at 7:08pm
Personal preference = Windows Firewall + Defenders + Avast + Spyware Blaster

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post #6 of 15
8/7/09 at 10:57pm
I believe in protection. I've seen what people can do if they want to get "in" and I found it downright scary.

Without naming brands, I'm sure there are better firewalls than what comes stock with Windows, just as there are better defrag programs than what comes stock with Windows...
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post #7 of 15
8/8/09 at 2:41pm
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what programs are better than windows for defrag? i know mine for vista takes forever in a day!
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post #8 of 15
8/8/09 at 3:27pm
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what programs are better than windows for defrag? i know mine for vista takes forever in a day!
Diskeeper and Perfect Disk are two of them.
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post #9 of 15
8/9/09 at 8:52am
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what programs are better than windows for defrag? i know mine for vista takes forever in a day!
MyDefrag, former jKDefrag - my fav.

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post #10 of 15
8/9/09 at 1:46pm
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why is windows defrag tool no good?
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post #11 of 15
8/9/09 at 3:45pm
I think that it's just not a priority application for MS so attention to detail isn't as good as it should be. I just ran Windows defrag in Windows 7 RTM and it isn't bad at all...
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post #12 of 15
8/9/09 at 5:26pm
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I think that it's just not a priority application for MS so attention to detail isn't as good as it should be. I just ran Windows defrag in Windows 7 RTM and it isn't bad at all...
I've got McAfee defrag set up for a monthly defrag....not quite sure how long it takes, suppose it depends on what stuff you've got on your comp., I think it's one of those things that operate even when the comp. is on -sleep-, because I don't like having too many things such as scans running at the same time. As Microsoft says "certaing things just don't play well together".

MB67 I really like your Avatar - cool !!!
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post #13 of 15
8/9/09 at 5:49pm
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I've got McAfee defrag set up for a monthly defrag....not quite sure how long it takes, suppose it depends on what stuff you've got on your comp., I think it's one of those things that operate even when the comp. is on -sleep-, because I don't like having too many things such as scans running at the same time. As Microsoft says "certaing things just don't play well together".

MB67 I really like your Avatar - cool !!!
Thanks. I just recently moved to Hawaii so I thought it only fitting to get a Hawaiian-themed avatar.
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post #14 of 15
8/9/09 at 5:58pm
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Thanks. I just recently moved to Hawaii so I thought it only fitting to get a Hawaiian-themed avatar.
You're so right.....It really grabs the attention !
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post #15 of 15
8/9/09 at 6:50pm
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why is windows defrag tool no good?
Actually Vista and W7 defragmentation tool is just fine. Most 3rd party defraggers are likely to be from the XP days preference more than anything else. I think.

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