The
big April news was the National broadband announcement by the Federal
government. Should it really go ahead, This will change the Internet and
telecommunications markets in many ways.
We've discussed this on the Paul Wallbank blog and we'll be visiting
this topic again many times in the future.
Listeners' questions
As usual, we had a full board of callers but the only question we said
we'd get back to is the Vista indexing problem and AVG anti virus.
Vista Indexing
Microsoft's Vista embarrassment continues with many people complaining
about their systems grinding to a halt.
One obvious villian is the Windows Desktop Search and we recommend
turning this off.
To do this, type Services at the Start Search bar, right click on the
Windows Search service and select Properties. In the start type choose
Disabled for the start type. Then stop the service by right clicking
on it and selecting Stop.
This tip originally appeared on our
IT Queries website.Please visit it if you'd like to ask a question
The end of AVG Free
A few callers asked about the warnings they are getting from AVG Free
that service is about to finish.
The reason is AVG 7.5 has come to the end of its life and AVG 8 is
required.
We've have links to AVG 8 along with the free Avast! and AntiVir programs
on our links page.
ABC podcast
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for a week after the show.
Upcoming spots
The next Nightlife spot is scheduled for 10pm on May 25 where we'll
be looking social media in the office. We hope you can join us then.
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