G+_Jason Perry Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Okay Know it all's I just installed a fresh copy of Win 7. There is presently only one thing installed on it, chrome. No bloatware here. I have all ready turned the IE feature off. Here is my 2 part question. Are there any recommendations for other "features" that I should turn off before I put this PC into regular use? Second, if you could only install one other program on a new install of windows what would it be? For all you Linux people out there, I use Ubuntu as my main computer, this is a family computer. The only thing I am going to be running in my account on it is Spiceworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_J Miller Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Please explain "turned the IE feature off" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 If you go to the control panel under the programs and features. IE is listed as a feature so you can't see it with your general programs list. If you look on the left hand panel you will see turn features on or off, with a scary looking shield beside it. If you go in there you can turn IE, Media Player, and a list of other programs on and off. Quick note - If you go in there and you don't know what it is, it's not a good idea to touch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Reed Hanson Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 slimdrivers, find those hard to find drivers for your MB and other essentials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Stephen Hart Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Turn off "hide extensions of known files" in file explorer view-options. right-click on the C drive and turn off indexing. Turn off hibernation by opening a command window with administrator privileges and typing powercfg.exe /hibernate off see http://superuser.com/questions/347927/how-to-really-turn-off-hibernation-in-win7 If you have a spare 4 or 8 GB USB disk, put it in and set it as a readyboost disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_J Miller Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 The only thing I could add is to make sure they only have access to user accounts. Lock down the Administrator accounts. Windows is like a child. No matter what you do, you will always have to do something for it!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Episode 89 of "Know How" -- Middle segment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Timothy Hamlett Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Actually, if a technician (like me) looks at your computer and sees System Restore turned off, he will automatically think "VIRUS!" because usually a virus does that in order to prevent you from restoring to a pre-virus state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 All of my systems have System Restore turned off. It's a resource hog. Turning off SR and Remote Services will get you a 10% bump in performance on the same hardware. It all depends on how comfortable you are with your own PerSec. -- For me, SR is a useless feature that I have never (I repeat NEVER) used. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Matt Whitfield --- That's where I am. If I get a virus on one of my systems, there's only one option: Fdisk, Format, Reinstall. I would NEVER trust a system that had been compromised because somebody backed it up to a previous restore point. If you want a REAL system restore point, then use something like Norton Ghost or another COMMAND LINE imaging program. Typically, I make the "perfect" install, create an image, and store the image on offline media. If I ever have a problem, I can always restore to the perfect image. Of course I'll lose any installs I put on between the creation of the image and the present, but all my data is saved in one of my NAS boxes (which have auto AV) and I get the piece-of-mind knowing that the malware has been completely eradicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 The FOG Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Timothy Hamlett Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 While I don't trust System Restore to remove a virus, it can fix other things: program corruption, etc. Like you, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ , I have only one option when removing viruses: Format and Reinstall. I totally understand that some of us more technological people may turn it off because we don't use it, but I wouldn't recommend it for a normal user, because they may take to a technician who will say: "oh, they turned off System Restore, and now the job will take X hours longer!" Matt Whitfield - yeah, they can do that, but if a computer is "acting weird" one of the things I look at is System Restore to see if it is turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Bill H. Sr. McMullen Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 MS System Restore has saved my butt at least half a dozen times over the years. However, I have never had a malware infected SR point either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Tom Krauska that's an extensive list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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