On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Nicholas Thompson < nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Does anybody have anything kind or unkind to say about Driver Detective > for a year at 30 bucks. > > My computer runs like doing aerobics in a swimming pool full of molassas. > DD's free scan says i have 59 out-of-date drivers and offers to fix them. I > assume that if I allow a piece of software to correct 59 drivers on my > computer, the chance that it wont work when it is done are pretty high. > I've never seen a "free PC scan" that wasn't a scam, but maybe this one is the exception. Have you tried Windows Update to see if it has any suggested driver updates? > > And while I am asking smart people dumb questions, does anybody recommend > online backup and if so which one. Anybody know about the heavily > advertized "carbonite" which goes for six bucks a month? > > Funny you should ask, I just installed http://jungledisk.com last night, it charges ($2.00 + $0.15/gigabyte) / month. It will do backups of specific folders or allow you to simply copy stuff to the cloud drive. It bills through your Amazon account and stores the data on Amazon EC2. -- rec --
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