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Terri gets the dreaded
Windows Blue Screen
Recently I have had several problems, that, fortunately, I have been able to fix
using Reimage. (Thank you for that recommendation!) Two days ago we had a "blue
screen crash". We have NEVER had anything like this and I was wondering if this
is an indication of more trouble to come and if we need to consider a new
computer.
I am a complete novice with computers, but have managed to fly by the seat of my
pants, thanks to you. I read your newsletter every week and try to keep things
in order with your help. We have had McAfee for years and just in this past
year, have become disenchanted with them, for not catching viruses. Is Microsoft
Security Essentials better? Do you even recommend it? Your help is greatly
appreciated.
Our answer
First, thanks for your nice comments, Terri.
We're glad that you were able to repair your PC with Reimage. We think
Reimage is a super program that has a very valuable use - to repair a
seriously damaged computer that would otherwise require professional repair, or
a format and reinstallation of Windows. It's not a magic bullet, and like any
other software it will not work on 100% of all computers in different states of
disrepair. But when your only alternatives are formatting your hard drive and
reinstalling Windows, or taking your computer to a repair service and paying a couple
hundred dollars or more,
it just makes good sense to at least give
Reimage a shot
In most cases (but not all
cases) Reimage works wonderfully, and
restores your computer back to a like-new condition while preserving all your
data. It can repair a badly damage Windows system for a small fraction of what Best Buy or another computer repair company
would charge. And just in case it does not work for you, for some reason, you'll get your money back,
promptly. Try getting your money back from Best Buy or another computer repair
company. Giving
Reimage a try before spending $200 or more on a computer repair service like
Best Buy, is a
no-brainer. Your case is just another one of many success stories we've received
from happy
Reimage customers. We're glad Reimage worked for you.
Programs like Captain
Optimizer can help keep Windows errors and problems from turning into
computer-killing issues. Programs like
Registry
Commander can help keep your Windows registry from becoming bloated and
unresponsive - thus slowing your computer to an annoying crawl. Using a good
computer optimizer and a good registry optimizer cleaner can help prevent your
computer from getting to a point where you have no choice left but to use
Reimage to try to salvage your computer, before you haul it to Best Buy for a
$200-$300 fix, or you have to format your hard drive, wipe all your data, and
reinstall Windows. A good maintenance plan can really help prevent catastrophes
or situations where you're down to few choices and none of them are good.
Blue screens are nothing to fear. I've personally had at least a dozen of them
in the past couple years. If I panicked every time I saw one, I'd never get
anything done. In most cases you can simply turn your computer off at the
switch, wait two or three minutes, and turn it back on. You'll get screen that
says something like "Your computer has recovered from a serious error" and it
will ask you if you want to boot into Safe Mode - with several choices - or if
you want to boot Windows normally. Choose "Boot Windows normally" if it's the
first time you've seen a blue screen. Almost always, your computer will boot up
without any problems and you won't seen another blue screen for a long time.
If the worst happens, and your computer won't boot, simply use our old trick
RSTRUI.EXE and restore your computer back to a time before you got the blue
screen. To read our RSTRUI trick again visit
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/answers/2011/rstrui.htm . You can use
that method to boot into Windows if you can't boot normally - it will work 99%
of the time.
We applaud your choice to dump McAfee - McAfee lives in the era of "more is
better" but we're in the age of "less is better". Better protection with far
fewer annoyances is what you're after, and Microsoft Security Essentials version
2 provides the best antivirus protection you can get - free or otherwise. And
we're not real big fans of Microsoft, so you know it has to be good if we're
giving it our thumbs up. It's lacking only in its antispyware protection. To
augment Microsoft Security Essentials antispyware component, you can download SUPERAntiSpyware.
The free version
will help keep your computer free of spyware - but you'll have to remember to
run it manually, because the free version doesn't have real-time protection. If
you want to purchase the Professional license for SUPERAntiSpyware, you'll get
proactive, real-time protection. And
you can get it from
us for $24.95.
SUPERAntiSpyware Pro
with lifetime license is our choice. It's an economical choice too, because you can install it on two
computers at no additional cost.
We can't think of a better combination to keep your computer
protected than Microsoft Security Essentials and SUPERAntiSpyware. Both (running
together) use less than half the system resources that McAfee uses. Plus you
won't be annoyed by useless, annoying warnings and dialog boxes that McAfee likes to spawn. Good antivirus and
antispyware should be well-behaved: the only time you should ever hear from
them is when they've encountered a malicious file and have to notify you that
the file has been isolated and your computer has been protected from it. Other
than that, the only other time you should hear from them is when a new update or
upgrade is available.
A reminder: Always keep your antivirus and antispyware
updated - and upgraded.
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