Software to avoid

I would add Webroot Desktop Firewall 5.8. You can't remove it from Windows 7.

May I suggest that as a new OS we should just run 7 for about 6 months and not tweek it extensively until it has had a chance to soak. By then there should be a good number of updates, maybe a sp1 and we will have had a chance to try apps that have been advertized as compliant with 7, and tried out by folks here and reported on. As for defraggers, why are folks defragging already? :)

Charles Kane said:

Minotar said:

Not sure if this is in there but uniblue registry booster will give a blank log in screen,i assume it "fixes" a graphics driver or login application,becasue the keyboard did nada once it got to the blank screen.

Dan

And I'm getting a sore brain saying this - but what on earth is a "booster"?

I'll tell you - its a bottle of 21st century SNAKE OIL!!

I'll take bets that its a registry defragger - and maybe a registry cleaner thrown in for good measure.

Don't, please dont use it!

"Booster" is part of the name of the product

Yes,it was a registry cleaner,i now use cc cleaner.

In the latest version of Superantispyware I do not see any issues on Windows 7 though I have not seen any issues with it originally anyway.
Nor do I see a problem with Advanced System Care Free or Pro versions from Iobit. This is a program I use often as well.
EnhanceMy7 is not good for your installation... at all. So agreed there.

Please edit the OP with names of each software in bold and listed in alph order. Thanks!

Hi. Anybody using Comodo firewall? I've looked here and the other software stickies and can't see it mentioned anywhere.
It has a good reputation but is it necessary?
I'm currently using Avast and have been since W7 beta and I've had no problems.

Cheers, John:)

johnwillyums said:

Hi. Anybody using Comodo firewall? I've looked here and the other software stickies and can't see it mentioned anywhere.
It has a good reputation but is it necessary?
I'm currently using Avast and have been since W7 beta and I've had no problems.

Cheers, John:)

Comodo Firewall is awful. I used it for awhile a few years back. It's impossible to figure out how to control outgoing apps/processes. It doesn't even seem to be capable of doing it.

Use Avira Antivir Personal for viruses and malware.
Use PCTools, PrivateFirewall, or ZAP for firewall.

Thanks for asking though.
Software to avoid: Anything by Comodo. Their virus profram caused conflicts with Office )7. Their firewall doesn't have anything to block outbound connections.

I haven't read all the posts in this thread, so this may be old news:

Earlier versions of Photoshop will not install on 64 bit Windows 7.

This is because the earlier versions have 16 bit installer programs that won't run on a 64 bit operating system.

I know for a fact that Photoshop 4 won't install on 64 bit from personal experience, but it works very well on 32 bit. That's why I am using 32 bit Windows 7.

I think the cutoff is at Photoshop 7--you need a newer version than that, which I think means the CS series. They have 32 bit installers.