Programs sometimes don't open?

Right click any column heading, then add columns, in one of the process tabs, I/O read I/O write. Better yet, click file show all processes after you've added the columns, then save them and upload the .txt file.

Yeah, but avast has been a really good virus program for me and Essentials says I have to uninstall it if I want to use it. Plus if I get rid of ZA what would I use as a firewall? Windows firewall stinks.

Nope, Windows Firewall is excellent. Use this to help you configure it if need be.

http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/order.html

Second that. All you need, not hundreds more registry entries. Plus your router's firewall.

Right click Private Bytes, then add columns and continue on.

I located the Private Bytes tab, but I'm lost in all the tabs that pop up. Not sure what to do. Plus I'm not sure how to do, "... file show all processes after you've added the columns, then save them and upload the .txt file" Can you explain more about that? I have nothing for "show all processes" under File.

After clicking choose columns, click Process Performance and then tick I/O Reads/Writes and I/O Read/Write bytes. Click OK.Then click File, Show All Processes, then click Save.

When I click File I have no Show All Processes, but I turned on those other columns and saved it.The text file is attached.

Nothing out of place. Replace Avast with MSE, the in msconfig, stop the acrobat tray from loading and wacom if you don't need it.

I uninstalled avast using their uninstall utility in Safe mode. I also did the same for Zonealarm. I made sure there were no traces of either program left, then I installed MSE. I noticed one thing right away after rebooting - I got to the desktop a lot faster.

I checked out that link that TorrentG provided for the firewall utility. Not sure about that. Is there someplace to learn more about configuring Windows firewall, aside from this program? And also how to properly set up MSE? I know that ZA and avast had one.

I hope you are all right about replacing these programs. I was used to avast and ZA and I hope these new ones do just as good or if not better.

Thanks for all your help. You've been the best