Vista / 7 64 Questions

[Phage]

I've never used either Vista or W7 until now, so am hoping you can help me on some basics here.

• Apparently the firewall in Vista is OK and better in 7. No further tools necessary. Is this true ?
• I used to use CCleaner on the old XP machine. What is the best tool for Vista and 7 to keep the registry in shape ?
• Defragging - Should I just use the supplied tool via the control centre ?
• AV - I've been using Avast for some time. Is it Ok with 7, or are there better tools now ? I'm willing to pay for an integrated firewall AV solution if it's quite light.

TIA

[MadduckUK]

[*]I used to use CCleaner on the old XP machine. What is the best tool for Vista and 7 to keep the registry in shape ?

CCleaner

[Singh400]

Apparently the firewall in Vista is OK and better in 7. No further tools necessary. Is this true ?

Yes this is true. I used to use Comodo Personal Firewall Pro on Vista, but now on Windows 7 I use the built-in firewall. It's a perfectly fine and happily functioning firewall.

I used to use CCleaner on the old XP machine. What is the best tool for Vista and 7 to keep the registry in shape ?

Carry on using CCleaner.

Defragging - Should I just use the supplied tool via the control centre ?

The built-in defragger is perfectly fine.

AV - I've been using Avast for some time. Is it Ok with 7, or are there better tools now ? I'm willing to pay for an integrated firewall AV solution if it's quite light.

I never used to use a AV on Vista, and normally I wouldn't use one at all. But I've been giving Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) a spin. And I love it. Fast and lightweight.

[Phage]

Thanks !

I used Comodo as well, but I'll let that go. Do you have a link for the MS free AV ? (I'm a lazy swine...) Otherwise I'll google it.

[Singh400]

Thanks !

I used Comodo as well, but I'll let that go. Do you have a link for the MS free AV ? (I'm a lazy swine...) Otherwise I'll google it.

Google it I'm at work and the internet is dead slow.

It is an open beta @ Microsoft Connect.

[MadduckUK]

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivir...sentials.shtml

lazy ppl

[Phage]

Thanks all - I admit it. Lazy feckless swine, that's me.
Going to be very interesting when the W7 disks show up...

[PeteSmith]

Thanks all - I admit it. Lazy feckless swine, that's me.
Going to be very interesting when the W7 disks show up...

Yeah who will open the CD draw for you?

[Phage]

Yeah who will open the CD draw for you?

This is why I have children...

[lodore]

Windows firewall is fine. you can use a tool such as windows firewall control its basically an easier to use gui for the windows firewall.
keep using ccleaner.
keep using Avast. Avast 5 is out soon and the home version has more feature set than the current 4.8 pro.
once 5 is out you may wish to try the new suite.
for defragging i reccomend mydefrag (formally jkdefrag)