Jordan Independent - cleaning - Comments

Good luck with all that,

Mathias Baden — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:57:34 -0500

Good luck with all that, Brandon. A faster computer would be nice, but there are just so many fascinating free programs out there that we want to download and try out.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I'd recommend running

Kyle Thill — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:34:56 -0500

I'd recommend running Adaware as well, while not concurrently. Between both you'll get a higher percentage of the nasties [beyond the cookies which are the low fruit] and you can feel a lot more confident you got "most" of your problems if there are any out there. There are products that run around forty dollars that do the same work, and that are a lot more efficient in cleaning.

If the system is three years or older you might think about simply wiping it and starting over after backing up your data. You can never go wrong there.

Well, I run Spybot

Brandon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:33:16 -0500

Well, I run Spybot periodically, but the last time I defragged was probably last year sometime. I'll give that a try right now.

Contributing perhaps, major

Kyle Thill — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:32:01 -0500

Contributing perhaps, major is unlikely. Do a Start > Run > then type MSCONFIG and click on your "start up" tab.

You'll see things there like qtime task, perhaps adobe and much more you might be able to disable. There's more you can look for, not the least of which is run a good spyware program, two perhaps like Adaware or Spybot and see if you've got any male ware or spyware utilizing your resources.

When was the last time you defragged your machine?

No-duh thought of the day:

Mathias Baden — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:08:21 -0500

No-duh thought of the day: If you're always cleaning your car, it's always clean. If you're always leaving it dirty, it's always dirty. Go figure.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I haven't cleaned my car,

Andrew Link — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:07:08 -0500

I haven't cleaned my car, especially the inside, since last spring. And driving in the flood damaged areas down here didn't help the outside or inside.

See, here’s the thing

Brandon — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:40:22 -0500

See, here’s the thing about cleaning: it’s never done. I cleaned my car on Friday night and Saturday morning. I even washed the inside with these fancy wipes I bought at the store, and I washed the chairs with Oxy Clean to get out a few stains (what stained the chairs, I don’t know and I don’t want to know). But now, only a few days later, the car is already starting to get dirty again. I can’t stand it.

The same thing happens with my apartment, and that’s why I never clean it.

Spit shining?

Mathias Baden — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:00:12 -0500

Spit shining? Ha.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)