[FRIAM] driver detective

[gregortroll at gmail.com]

Does performance improve when the network is disconnected?
When connected, but not doing much, run taskmgr.exe, go to the networking  
tab, does the graph show more than nearly no traffic?
If you computer seems too "busy" when you aren't doing anything, then your  
computer may be a botnet zombie.

~~James

On Nov 13, 2009 6:53pm, Douglas Roberts <doug at parrot-farm.net> wrote:
> MORE likely is that your Windows box has become a node in a spam botnet,  
> Nick.

> --Doug

> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:09 PM, gregortroll at gmail.com> wrote:

> A more likely reason for slowness (since your drivers have always been  
> your drivers... why would they slow things down now?) is registry  
> fragmentation.


> You may wish to use the free Auslogics Registry Defrag.

> PS: Note that it is in DD's best interest to report as many drivers "out  
> of date" as possible.

> ~~James



> On Nov 13, 2009 4:06pm, Nicholas Thompson nickthompson at earthlink.net>  
> wrote:
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> > Does anybody have anything kind or unkind to say about Driver Detective  
> for a year at 30 bucks.

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> > 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 DD's free scan says i have 59 out-of-date drivers and offers to  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.






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