[FRIAM] driver detective

[Roger Critchlow]

I looked and I didn't see anything wrong with it.  I don't have any personal
experience with it.

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On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Nicholas Thompson <
nickthompson at earthlink.net> wrote:

>  I read a couple of reviews of DD on line that say it is ok and does what
> it says it does, including updating non-windows drivers, like for my stupid
> music software, and who knows, my stupid email program, as well.
>
> Are there sites whose reviews you trust????
>
> Nick
>
>  Nicholas S. Thompson
> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
> Clark University (nthompson at clarku.edu)
> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
> http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe]
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Roger Critchlow <rec at elf.org>
> *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group<friam at redfish.com>
> *Sent:* 11/13/2009 2:34:13 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] driver detective
>
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>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Nicholas Thompson <
> nickthompson at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>  Does anybody have anything kind or unkind to say about Driver Detective
>> for a year at 30 bucks.
>>
>>
>  My computer runs like doing aerobics in a swimming pool full of
>>  molassas.  DD's free scan says i have 59 out-of-date drivers and offers to
>> fix them.  I assume that if I allow a piece of software to correct 59
>> drivers on my computer, the chance that it wont work when it is done are
>> pretty high.
>>
>
> I've never seen a "free PC scan" that wasn't a scam, but maybe this one is
> the exception.  Have you tried Windows Update to see if it has any suggested
> driver updates?
>
>
>>
>>
>  And while I am asking smart people dumb questions, does anybody recommend
>> online backup and if so which one.  Anybody know about the heavily
>> advertized "carbonite" which goes for six bucks a month?
>>
>>
>
> Funny you should ask, I just installed http://jungledisk.com last night,
> it charges ($2.00 + $0.15/gigabyte) / month.  It will do backups of specific
> folders or allow you to simply copy stuff to the cloud drive.  It bills
> through your Amazon account and stores the data on Amazon EC2.
>
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