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Originally Posted by d-ray657
I have been entirely conventional, but with success. I run the free full service scan from the Microsoft website. It checks for viruses, for old files, and for registry errors. The scanner will also tell you if you need to defrag. It almost always gives my old basement computer a boost. I try to defrag XP computers at least once a month. I just use Windows Defender on my laptop. Apparently Windows 7 is designed to not need defragging.
Regards,
D-Ray
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Windows 7 has a default setting to run defrag once a week without user intervention.
Microsoft's Security Essentials software has gotten excellent reviews for anti-virus, anti-malware & anti-spyware and does not use much system resources (an unusual feat for Microsoft).