Can my pc handle McAfee Total Protection 2007?

btech · 02-12-2007, 05:41 PM

Hi. My husband installed McAfee Total Protection to an extra pc we have and since installing it has been EXTREMELY SLOW!!

Here is what it has:

Compaq Presario Intel Celeron CPU

1400 Mhz

1.40 Ghz

256 MB Ram

Windows XP

C: drive shows 37.2 GB / 6.91 GB used / 30.3 GB Free

Here are the McAfee requirements:

Win 2000 or XP

Pentium Compatible Processor 500 MHz or higher

256 MB Ram

175 MB Hard Disk Space

I feel like it should be ok, but I'm by far no expert.

Thank you!

SpySentinel · 02-12-2007, 05:48 PM

Not exactly sure. However, not to persuade you to change, but from recent reviews, McAfee total protection is not that good.

I would consider, after your subscription to McAfee expires, to go with either Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 6.0, Norton Internet Security 2007, or with a few free tools: Comodo Firewall Pro, AVG AntiVirus Free, SpywareGuard, SpywareBlaster, Spybot Search & Destroy, and Ad-Aware SE.

**Glaswegian** · 02-13-2007, 09:25 AM

Apart from McAfee, running XP with only 256Mb RAM is bound to be slow anyway. You really need to have 512Mb RAM as a minimum. If you can upgrade, then more RAM would help to some extent.

**Kalim** · 02-13-2007, 12:26 PM

Yes, as said above your RAM is pretty much minimum to get Windows to start. For it to work and have some applications open, you would need 512MB minimum.

ejames82 · 02-13-2007, 10:39 PM

i hope he uninstalled the previous av.

02-12-2007, 05:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
btech Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 77 OS: XP	Can my pc handle McAfee Total Protection 2007? Hi. My husband installed McAfee Total Protection to an extra pc we have and since installing it has been EXTREMELY SLOW!! Here is what it has: Compaq Presario Intel Celeron CPU 1400 Mhz 1.40 Ghz 256 MB Ram Windows XP C: drive shows 37.2 GB / 6.91 GB used / 30.3 GB Free Here are the McAfee requirements: Win 2000 or XP Pentium Compatible Processor 500 MHz or higher 256 MB Ram 175 MB Hard Disk Space I feel like it should be ok, but I'm by far no expert. Thank you!

02-12-2007, 05:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
SpySentinel Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: The United States Posts: 378 OS: Windows XP SP2	Not exactly sure. However, not to persuade you to change, but from recent reviews, McAfee total protection is not that good. I would consider, after your subscription to McAfee expires, to go with either Kaspersky Internet Security Suite 6.0, Norton Internet Security 2007, or with a few free tools: Comodo Firewall Pro, AVG AntiVirus Free, SpywareGuard, SpywareBlaster, Spybot Search & Destroy, and Ad-Aware SE. __________________ Proud graduate of GeekU - Learn how to remove malware at GeekstoGo.com UNITE ASAP

02-13-2007, 09:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,380 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Apart from McAfee, running XP with only 256Mb RAM is bound to be slow anyway. You really need to have 512Mb RAM as a minimum. If you can upgrade, then more RAM would help to some extent. __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

02-13-2007, 12:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kalim Roaming To Help Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,642 OS: Many	Yes, as said above your RAM is pretty much minimum to get Windows to start. For it to work and have some applications open, you would need 512MB minimum.

02-13-2007, 10:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
ejames82 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 396 OS: XP	i hope he uninstalled the previous av.