Think I mentioned engineering, i am in mining. So that consists of Cad and some heavy duty 3d modeling software for mine planning and geologic modeling for exploration. No to mention about 500 1 off applications that have left me bald and grey.....

 

I run 64 bit vista with 16g of ram. It is great. Not a whole lot different than 7.

 

That sounds fascinating, but I have to say, the "gray" probably won't matter as much as the "bald" makes itself more prevalent.


Interesting observation. I'm still on the 32-bit versions of both XP and IE, though.

 

did u upgrade to latest ie, or are you going to forget about it and just go to Win7?

 

I just decided to live with Chrome until I can migrate into Win7. I'm on the road three days this week with 2-hr drives each way on each of those days, and there's just too much on my plate to add the IE upgrade into the mix right now. Also taking the family down to Auburn on Friday to take my oldest son to dinner (and then drive back home again that night, 2 hrs each way), and might even be taking a couple 3-hr drives on Saturday in trying to check out some potential cars for my 18yo son... Shoot, I might just have to plan on waiting until the next weekend to start my migration effort.

 

Personally my preferences are Avast AV, Kaspersky and Bitdefender. Panda is crap, Symantec and McAfee are crap. Had way to many problems with those 3 but anything is better than nothing and having more than one is worse than having nothing.

empiretc: I have been running firefox for years, I run it on many systems and when firefox is left running it has the same problem on all systems whether it be Win98, XP, Vista, 7, Windows Home Server (Based on Server 2003 Standard), Server 2003 Standard, enterprise or SBS.
So please to not ask me to re-evaluate my systems when the census is unanimous across all the operating systems. I've even had it suck up ram on Ubuntu.
Also, as a side note in IE by resetting IE it disables all addons by default as this is a main troubleshooting method for fixing issues in internet explorer.

Don't remove the host file but instead edit it.
You should see only something similar to this...

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost

If you want to delete the host file just rename it to host.bak just incase you need it back again.

I have to wonder if it is account related. But by deleting all your cookies you would be removing the auto-login into your FTE account.

Are you able to access the pages prior to logging into your account?

Sorry for not getting back soon guys. Been very busy with work and all my clients. Way to much to do, not enough time.

 

I'm a network administrator. I put networks together, make them work. I build end user machines when the price is right because I can build a high end machine cheaper than the big companies because of how much they over price them but as for the economy rigs, I can usually build them for the same price but rarely cheaper. Economy rigs are rarely worth my time to build.

I have built CAD machines and depending on what you are doing with them they may or may not need CAD video cards. Primarily you need lots of RAM and the fastest and preferably multicore CPUs with hyper-threading that you can get your hands on unless you are willing to overclock.
My machine without the crazy fast hard drives and multiple video cards only ran about 1200 bucks.
There are some situations where high end quadro cards are needed to handle the 3d rendering.
It all depends on what the engineer is doing.

 

My vote is for Avast as well. I have had it for over a year and it has block several "evil" things. Also it doesnt bog down your system like some of the other big names.

 

I left Sophos, and went with Avira AntiVir on the recommendation of my local guru.

Sophos was gobbling resources like I had an unlimited amount of 'em, and AntiVir seems tame but powerful.

Price is right, too.

Anyone willing to assess my choice?

Pop

 

Pop, I havent used either, so no help from teh peanut gallery here unfortunately.

The best antivirus is a suspecting mind most of the time, I have a laptop in my shop that is 6 years old, has never had antivirus software, and has never had a virus.

 

Pop I haven't used tht one either. I have avst because the guy that built my computer recomended it. It is free. Ll u have to do is register every year and they send u a new code to activate it. I say s long as it is slowing ur computer and it catches stuff u r good. I m not the person that constntly gets viruses but the other day I clicked on a Link and it said not to go there cause it was infected.

 

When it comes to the Free antivirus, AVG was good for a while (then got bloated)- then Avira was better (then added pop-ups), and right now Avast seems to be holding the title. That will probably change in the future, but it is good for the average user.

 

OP, have you tried unplugging your computer, then plugging it back in?

 

How do you know if you do or don't have a virus if you don't have antivirus? LOL

But yea, I have to agree, AVG was good then went to, well, the way of corporations. I have been using avast for the past 4 years and have been happy thus far. By no means is it perfect but it is way better than many of the alternatives.

 

Ostrich syndrome.