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Drunkship · 07-06-2007, 06:42 PM

I just bought an Acer Aspire 5920G laptop from Best Buy the other day and this is my first time playing around with Vista (Home).

Now, I'm aware that a lot of programs I've used on XP aren't compatible with Vista so I'm asking you guys for a little help here.

Anti Virus: I'm using Avast as it seems to work.

Anti Spyware: I'm using Spybot S&D as it seems to work.

Firewall: I don't know what to use. Suggestions?

Registry Cleaner: CCleaner doesn't seem to remove all the errors, there's 38 of them still stuck. Any suggestions?

AIM: At the moment I'm using Miranda but I don't like it. I'm used to running AIM 5.9 with Middle_Man. Any suggestions here?

I know I could have searched the forums for a lot of these answers but I have to go to work soon and would like to ask you guys for all your opinions on which programs to run.

Thanks,
Bill

07-06-2007, 06:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Drunkship Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 54	New to Vista and Vista Programs... I just bought an Acer Aspire 5920G laptop from Best Buy the other day and this is my first time playing around with Vista (Home). Now, I'm aware that a lot of programs I've used on XP aren't compatible with Vista so I'm asking you guys for a little help here. Anti Virus: I'm using Avast as it seems to work. Anti Spyware: I'm using Spybot S&D as it seems to work. Firewall: I don't know what to use. Suggestions? Registry Cleaner: CCleaner doesn't seem to remove all the errors, there's 38 of them still stuck. Any suggestions? AIM: At the moment I'm using Miranda but I don't like it. I'm used to running AIM 5.9 with Middle_Man. Any suggestions here? I know I could have searched the forums for a lot of these answers but I have to go to work soon and would like to ask you guys for all your opinions on which programs to run. Thanks, Bill