[Virtualacorn-list] W7 gotchas?

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In article <fb4d68c953.Alan.Adams at iyonix.adamshome.org.uk>,
   Alan Adams <alan at adamshome.org.uk> wrote:
> If you are staying with XP, 

I am looking at my options hence the original question. One issue might be
my Dell 2330dn printer. XP has full set of drivers and the PS version is
shared on the network and used by the PS print driver on this Kinetic. W7
seems only to have an XL driver.

> then I strongly suggest you install 
> anti-virus and anti-malware software. Microsoft Security Essentials, 
> which does both jobs, will no longer be updated after April,

Yes I had realised that.

> so will 
> become useless pretty quickly. Some malware has been found to use the 
> automatic scan of an out-of-date antivirus produce to install itself. 
> I'd recommend removing MSSE once you have the replacements downloaded 
> and ready to install. (Don't install a second anti-virus product, as 
> this can produce a lot of false alarms and inappropriate removal 
> actions.)

> I use AVG antivirus, and there are plenty of other free ones. For 
> anti-malware Spybot Search and Destroy has a good reputation, and has 
> been in the business for a long time. It's also free.

> Don't forget to make sure you have a firewall enabled - either the 
> Windows one, or another. Zone Alarm is pretty good.

Yes, I have used all these products. AVG+Zonealarm was my standard set up
but I moved to MSSE as it seemed simpler to use one product and appeared
to use less resources (The PC seemed quicker) We also had a paid for
version of Spybot but it became incompatible with AVG.

-- 
Stuart Winsor