How I prevented bad stuff on my XP machine
Bad a couple of yrs ago, I still has XP. I would document the number of processes going on. Check occasionally to see if there was something there that shouldn't be. Worst case was having to reload OS...
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X2 what enblethen says... This has been my bread and butter for many years...
It also allows you to turn off all of the start items and then you can turn each one back on one at a time and when it go banana's then that is the bad boy you want to get rid of. If you are afraid of deleting thing just check it not to start up...
When you find unlabeled things you know right away they are not safe to use... block them as well...
Been doing this for years with my Dell M90 laptops both still running XP professional....
Roy Ken
It also allows you to turn off all of the start items and then you can turn each one back on one at a time and when it go banana's then that is the bad boy you want to get rid of. If you are afraid of deleting thing just check it not to start up...
When you find unlabeled things you know right away they are not safe to use... block them as well...
Been doing this for years with my Dell M90 laptops both still running XP professional....
Roy Ken
