System Startup

Performance

Published on June 20, 2007 By Rvanbel In Object Desktop

I just recently installed object desktop and I had a question regarding startup performance. My system is an AMD athlon 64 3200, 2 gb ram, 3 hard drives and I'm running XP pro. I also have Norton Anti-Virus installed. From what I have heard norton is a performance hog and during bootup it seems to take an excessive amount of time to complete the startup. I have configured the system by using msconfig, but with very little results. Would you have any advice on a startup configuration. Should I go with a different anti-virus software. Anything would be a great help. I was also curious to find out if I can make any changes to the bios during startup. Does the system have to scan through all 3 drives on startup. My os is on C along with the anti-virus, and the firewall. Thanks

Comments

Bebi Bulma

on Jun 20, 2007

Absolutely get rid of Norton. Not only does it slow the bootup process, it has so many processes running and uses a lot of ram, there are way better options out there. I switched to AVG Pro earlier this year, never looked back.

Rvanbel

on Jun 21, 2007

what is AVG exactly? I have heard that either Zone Alarm or McAfee are better anti-virus programs

c242

on Jun 21, 2007

Well, You will read very different recommendations here. I switched to NOD32 on different machines some while ago and didn't regret it at all.

ZubaZ

on Jun 21, 2007

AVG is a virus scanner. A very good one.
Zone alarm is a firewall. You should always run a firewall.
McAfee . . well it does lots of things. I think it tryies to do too much and is invasive to a system.

AVG + Zone Alarm + Windows defender (spyware detection and removal) is what I use and I don't have any problems.

bilbo1930

on Jun 21, 2007

Im with Carl.
Nod32 for viruses.
+Kerio personal firewall(Sunbelt the first name now).
Never was virus prob for me.

Rvanbel

on Jun 21, 2007

Zone Alarm is a firewall, but they also have an anti-virus program. I also have adaware and spybot on my system, so I am just looking for a non-invasive or memory hog anti-virus program. McAfee is supposedly a lot less invasive then Norton. I am almost positive that its norton thats slowing my system down.

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