" JimH" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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" JimH" wrote in message
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Sure. Try running the programs I suggested to see what a good job
ZoneAlarm has done for you blocking spyware.

I guarantee you that you will be amazed at how much spyware you have
on your machine if you rely on ZoneAlarm only.




Oops.

http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Spy...pydefense.html


Even "good" software can cause some interesting, evil conflicts with
things like sound & video drivers. It's one reason why you shouldn't
continually try all sorts of stuff. When these conflicts occur, it's
enough to drive you nuts, especially since uninstall routines cannot
reverse the problem much of the time.


I have not had a problem so far (knock on wood) running the programs I
listed.


Keep doing those backups..... :-)

I've had a couple of machines which got so screwed up by software-initiated
device conflicts that I had to reformat & reinstall from scratch. You've
probably seen machines which simply freeze while you're doing absolutely
nothing to deserve it. If it's a home machine, maybe it's not a big deal.
But, I've had it happen twice with the machine I run my business with. Not
good. Now, I install nothing experimental on that machine, ever.