AGV 8.0

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John1000 · #1 Post by **John1000** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:51 pm

Silly me should have left things alone but in a moment of madness subscribed to the latest AGV 8.0.
Now the PC is running at half speed and the web pages are so small I need a magnifying glass to read them.

Samray · #2 Post by **Samray** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:00 pm

I updated a vista home, xp pro and xp home without probs.

Samray · #3 Post by **Samray** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:03 pm

Thinking back there was a toolbar option of some sort that I refused cos it looked hungry.

...... ermm are we talking about the free version?

Samray · #4 Post by **Samray** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:10 pm

A quick google reveals ...

One more tip .... if you don't want the "link checker" part of the program then untick/uncheck that option when you install.

The link checker is the real resource hog.

#5 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:59 pm

Had no probs with Free version 8.
Have installed it on about 5 computers now with no speed issues reported at all.

KISS - Keep it Simple, Stupid. Whistles and bells really arent required with AVG, just the basic programme.

D-Rider · #6 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:37 pm

One of the guys on my local forum has done some investigation (he's a web consultant or some-such) .... it's new bandwidth-swallowing technology makes interesting reading

http://www.coventrybikers.co.uk/phpBB2/ ... highlight=

paddyz1 · #7 Post by **paddyz1** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:39 am

D-Rider wrote:One of the guys on my local forum has done some investigation (he's a web consultant or some-such) .... it's new bandwidth-swallowing technology makes interesting reading

http://www.coventrybikers.co.uk/phpBB2/ ... highlight=

Needs a login to veiw

D-Rider · #8 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:54 am

paddyz1 wrote:
D-Rider wrote:One of the guys on my local forum has done some investigation (he's a web consultant or some-such) .... it's new bandwidth-swallowing technology makes interesting reading

http://www.coventrybikers.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3294&highlight=
Needs a login to veiw

Oh, sorry - doesn't everyone belong to the CoventryBikers forum?

Satellite on CoventryBikers wrote: Only for the techies amongst us I'm afraid.. particularly the ones who have anything to do with website analytics (stats) -

AVG Scanner Skews Web Traffic Numbers

Yes, I know it's shameless self promotion Wink

Cheers

Adam

(see my blog for more on the subject)

Click the link in the quote

Samray · #9 Post by **Samray** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:04 pm

Interesting reading ...... but I prefer my precis.

Thinking back there was a toolbar option of some sort that I refused cos it looked hungry.

John1000 · #10 Post by **John1000** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:16 pm

Thanks for the tip Samray about the link checker, have disabled it and the pc is running better.
But how do I get to view my web pages larger.

John1000 · #11 Post by **John1000** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:20 pm

By the way it’s the full version I have. I’m sure I was getting a popup telling me the free version was being stopped and now had to subscribe.

Samray · #12 Post by **Samray** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:25 pm

John1000 wrote:By the way it’s the full version I have. I’m sure I was getting a popup telling me the free version was being stopped and now had to subscribe.

It was very misleading and one had to look hard to find the free update.
Almost enough to convince me to give it the elbow, but I do think it is probably the best around.
I suspect the full version is somewhst greedier resourcewise.

There was also a lookalike site if you happened to be googleing for the update which was obviously intended to leech customers for whatever reason.

Samray · #13 Post by **Samray** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:44 pm

John1000 wrote:Thanks for the tip Samray about the link checker, have disabled it and the pc is running better.
But how do I get to view my web pages larger.

I have three browsers on this machine, IE, FF and the one that I invariably use which can be found here.
Apart from other useful features such as auto refresh it does have a zooming feature for web pages. That would be a workaround till you find the answer.
It was one of the original tabbed browsers.
I find it a lot faster and more stable than IE.

Firestarter · #14 Post by **Firestarter** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:21 pm

John1000 wrote:Thanks for the tip Samray about the link checker, have disabled it and the pc is running better.
But how do I get to view my web pages larger.

Everything, or just the text? Holding control and scrolling the mouse wheel shrinks/expands the text.

John1000 · #15 Post by **John1000** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:53 pm

Seems to be everything is smaller though its hard to tell with pics but text defiantly is. Is there something in set-up that needs changing.