Mr. H.
Diamond Member
I bought a new (2013) laptop through BestBuy.com. It's a decent machine (Gateway) running Windows 7. It was shipped via a 3rd party in Canada.
Heck for $340 and freeeeeeee shipping I took the opportunity to transition away from my Dell (which was fairly tricked-out) POS. The Dell from Hell would heat up like a firecracker, randomly freeze, and sometimes re-boot itself. My research led me to believe that they knowingly shipped out a batch of fucked up machines... too late to demand recompense.
I uninstalled Norton and installed Microsoft Security Essentials. I am still getting the occasional pop-up.
I had considered Malwarebytes and AdAware but figured I'd try the M.S.E. first.
Now to dump all the shit from laptop A to laptop B. Should be fun and exciting...
So why am I posting this?
Fuck if I know.
Chime in with helpful comments as you so deem.
a) Quick and easy data transfer?
b) Better security?
c) Clean up unneeded software?
Oh- and I've got Office installed on the old laptop. I need it on this new machine. I'm willing to pay Jack. Shit.
Heck for $340 and freeeeeeee shipping I took the opportunity to transition away from my Dell (which was fairly tricked-out) POS. The Dell from Hell would heat up like a firecracker, randomly freeze, and sometimes re-boot itself. My research led me to believe that they knowingly shipped out a batch of fucked up machines... too late to demand recompense.
I uninstalled Norton and installed Microsoft Security Essentials. I am still getting the occasional pop-up.
I had considered Malwarebytes and AdAware but figured I'd try the M.S.E. first.
Now to dump all the shit from laptop A to laptop B. Should be fun and exciting...
So why am I posting this?
Fuck if I know.
Chime in with helpful comments as you so deem.
a) Quick and easy data transfer?
b) Better security?
c) Clean up unneeded software?
Oh- and I've got Office installed on the old laptop. I need it on this new machine. I'm willing to pay Jack. Shit.