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Answer» My uncle has a Dell Inspiron 2200. He's never been connected to the Internet so am I right in thinking I can remove Norton Antivirus?......... Assuming that his Norton is out of date ...yes you can remove it ........ you may find that you may require the assistance of the Norton removal tool specific to the version that he has installed . Even though your uncle isn't online , it would be prudent to have a anti virus installed .......... AVG free version is good ...... Is there some reason that your relatives have never connected to the Internet ? .....There is a wealth of great information on the net ...... How do you plan on getting the latest Operating system updates without going on the net ........ theres a good chance there are updates applicable ....... BTW , which operating system is installed on that machine ? dl65 Personally I wouldn't risk uninstalling Norton unless there is a specific reason to. Let sleeping dogs lie.SP2 and all of the updates are really mandatory, and I would set up an antivirus and Spybot for the day he DOES go online. Ounce of prevention, you know. I would leave Works on there. Pretty handy and easy to use for many simple household tasks.Where did my reply go? I swear I posted one . . . Anyway, what I said was this. I was going to install either AVG or BitDefender, as he doesn't need real-time protection unless he's online, right? That's if I decide to remove Norton, for which I will need the removal tool and CCleaner, and some common sense. He has XP Home SP2 (pretty sure anyway, I don't have the machine here to check) They're not connected to the internet because my uncle's been moving house, he moved from a CARAVAN to my aunt's house to another house which they're now living in and improving, he's been really busy and not had chance to set up an internet connection. He's looking at getting internet in a few months when the house is sorted out. OS updates . . . is it POSSIBLE to download them and burn them to a CD? There's no other way for him to get them. I'll get an antivirus and some spyware protection installed, and then it's ready for when he gets internet. I'll leave the firewall until it's necessary, it's possible for him to get malware from a CD or USB drive or something but there's no reason to have a firewall yet, it'd just slow the system down. Works . . . not had much experience with it, but wouldn't OpenOffice be better? Thanks for the replies.i would not give him open office if i were you, for 2 reasons 1 he payed for works, and 2 unless you like late night phone calls about how he cant find his word files any more because the icons have changed of that the edit MENU is differnt... however if he is competent i don't foresee a problemOthers might disagree, but I don't think Windows updates are that important right now if he's not online. They're mostly security patches. But don't forget them! Microsoft Works is basically an earlier version of Microsoft Word. It is more than adaquate for, as GX puts it, many simple household tasks like writing a letter or removing dust in those hard to reach places. Plus if he's familular with it he might not like having to learn a new program. As for firewall, you might as well leave the Windows Firewall on. I do. It's easier than having to shut it off whenever I run the network wizard and it reactivates itself, which I find highly annoying.He didn't pay for Works, it came with the laptop. He's never used it and nor has my aunt, or if they have used it they've maybe used it 2 or 3 times. In view of that, would you still recommend not installing OpenOffice? They really don't know how to use a PC, which is part of why I'm going over there. Firewall - what I meant was that I won't install a firewall now, but I'll probably set up Sygate when he gets online. I won't forget Windows updates either when he gets internet.Youll want the windows up dates before he gets online , or thell be hit by things like MS Blast before you can do anythingOnce more then, how do I do that? It's not a problem I have to face soon because he's nowhere near the net yet, but how do I get updates onto his computer if it doesn't have internet?Get the windows XP service pack 2 For network administrators Download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en stick it on a CD and bring it with youIsn't that just SP2 though? I'm pretty sure he already has it, aren't most new computers sold with XP SP2?i think you can download all the updates the same way, you'll just have to search the MS site a little, if you want to do the job right you have to put the effort inYou're right, I can download them all. It'd take a very long time though. I'm off to Google to see if there's some sort of combined update, to install all of the updates that have been released.This Public Service announcement is brought to you by Wham-O... Quote DLoad and run the tool below... |
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