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by oz_media
I often install AVG Free edition for customers, I receive many thank you's afterward. They often end up getting all their friends to use it too. Some people have doubt if I actually uninstall thier buggy Norton and replace it with AVG Free. They like the email scanning and the auto signature saying the mail in certified virus free.
I also install Adaware and give them a quick crash course on updating both and running scans.
This way you're leaving a piece of you behind and will be the first to come to mind if more problems arise.
by guruofdos
I used to carry a parallel port IOMEGA zip drive and Guest boot floppy in the back of the car, with F-PROT and Norton Utilities on a 100Mb Zip cartridge. Nowadays I use a 512Mb USB keyring ramdrive with a bootimage and antivirus on that. It has network drivers and CD ROM drivers included and has got me out of the poo-poo many times. It's also handy for copying files and data to for those last ditch emergency situations where only a format and re-install will do. It also doubles up as a transport medium for uploading and downloading MP3's between my in-car VIA Epia-based MP3 Player and my computer:-)
Best $30 I ever spent!!!
by timnmb2
I think a parallel port might be a good choice to carry around with a pen drive. I have stopped by many a old machines, to my disbelife. At least ONE pen drive would be antivirus mandatory only, but yea, your right, a 512 would be a cool easy way to back things up.
$30 for a 512 pen drive? Where did you find that, lol???
by timnmb2
by oz_media
"I need to make sure I have a fullproof, no stump setup ready at anytime cause my name is on the line"
Gee, maybe you're living in the wrong place!! I can go onsite completely unprepared and botch everything up without repercussions. My name is never on the line when I visit a customer site, they don't mind. Most administrators in Canada aren't even grade 12 grads, it is a good way for local business to hire the homeless and help get the drug dealers off the streets.
Boy, I sure wouldn't want to be held accountable for my work, I might get a bad reputation.
Anyhow, I'm off for lunch with Santa and Spiderman now so I'll see you later.
by oz_media
I was also shocked by the price, then I remembered it was in UK pounds. That's about ten grand in Canada!
A 32MB USB flash drive here is $39.99
,64MB = $59.99, 128MB = $99.99, 512MB = $199.99.
I guess Guru got a nice deal from somewhere!
by guruofdos
I MEANT US$30, or about ?18.
Like I said in a previous post, because of the current exchange rate vs the weak US greenback, computer stuff is cheaper here than virtually anywhere in the world!!
As it goes, I DID spend a bit of money on 4 TERRAbytes of hard disk and twenty gig of DDR466 for a small project I'm toying with, and managed to knock the supplier down from ?25 for the 512Mb USB stick as a favour!
by oz_media
Damn, at that price (even 25 Pound) I'd happily send you some money.
One band member that is staying with me for another weel is returning to England, I just wish I'd known bfore he came here.
Is that an end user price or some great deal you get from a supplier/associate? If so, is there somewhere in London to find one?
by guruofdos
by oz_media
"and managed to knock the supplier down from ?25 for the 512Mb USB stick as a favour!"
This implies that the regular price for a 512 stick is 25 pound. Is that so, or was the 25 a deal to begin with?
by jellimonsta
Tell spiderman he still owes me $20.
Oh by the way, tell Santa I am still waiting for my scalextric.
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