Firefox Tweak: Lighten Firefox’s Memory Appetite
I just found this tweak on the web. They said it has something to do with cutting down Firefox’s memory caching in order to make the browser more stable in times of heavy use.
change the value of this preference name from -1 to 5
browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers
effect:
makes Firefox more stable
improves “the go back and go forward” rendering of pages
This is what I do right after I installed AVG
First I changed the control center’s view mode from standard to reduce mode
for easy viewing.
Next, I started to configure its components
AVG Resident Shield - There are few options of this component that AVG does not enable by default.
Here they are:
Under Properties
Change “scan infected files” to “scan all files”
Check “on close scanning”
Scheduler - I hate this part. I personally dont like to set any scheduled tasks and I just dont know why. So dont bother asking me. Its up to you if your going to keep this or not. In my case I disabled it.
Shell Extention - There are good options here that needs to be enabled.
Under Properties
Check Scan system areas before the test starts
Check scan inside archives
Check scan all files
Virus Vault - Its here where the nasty stuff resides.
Open the virus vault and press F8
uncheck the “limit the size of the virus vault”
Setting a limit size is a risk your going to take if a contamination occurs. When a virus spreads itself and infecting files more than the capacity of the virus vault, excess infected files will no longer be quarantined, making the contamination a disaster.
Tip of The Day: Uninstall Unused Programs
So you want to clean up the trash for the day but don’t know where and how to begin?
No worries!
All you have to do is fire up your Control Panel and go to Add or Remove Programs.
Located on the upper-right corner of the window is an option named “sort by”.
Just click the drop-down menu and choose “frequency of use”. Then your files
will be sorted out according to its frequency of usage.
Entries are then labeled as:
Entries with no label - In most cases, this one is the most commonly use among the list
Use Occasionally - This items are accessed or modified only when needed.
Use Rarely - this is our target. The usual junk programs left behind belongs to this list.
Just like that. A plain and simple house cleaning for mom, dad or even for grandpa’s pc.
