[moose1am]

I normally will shut off my firewall program and my Virus Checking Program and any other program that may be running before I go download any new files over the internet. I leave everything turned off while installing the new downloaded program also. Then I reboot after the install to complete the process. With a reboot my firewall ZAP and my virus program McAfee Virus Scan will start up again with the reboot.

To play the DW game I have to turn down the security settings on my Firewall and put the firewall in learning mode or shut it down completely.

To clear any residual temp files or tmp files you can reboot into safe mode and search for any *.tmp files on the computer and then delete them. You would be surprised how many residual temp file one can find when using windows98 SE operating system. Since swithing to Windows XP I don't seem to have as many residual temp files left on my hard drive anymore.

I hate working with computers at times due to the complexity of them. But I got into computer games years ago and that forced me to learn more about how computers work. I remember the first time I heard someone talk about a autoexec.bat file and it went right over my head. Then a few years later I was rewriting that file to play games on my computer and working with a config.sys file that allowed me to chose multiple formates when I booted up my old packard Bell 1992 computer. Games like 1942 Pacific Air Wars and Fleet Defender required lots of ram memory and I had to learn to put stuff into upper memory to make room for those games. I hated having to figure that stuff out on my own. This was before the internet was available to me and getting game tech support meant calling long distance phone numbers and being put on hold for 30 minutes before getting to talk to anyone. Boy have things changed in the last ten years. Games like DW work right out of the box without all that extra work.

Do all you guys shut down your other programs before downloading stuff off the internet? PS I don't download that many games and only from sources that I trust.