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patrickp · 14-10-2005, 17:59

Nope. I suspect that carter, and certainly myself, have never even had it on our machines, and our connections work fine - better, I suspect, than yours ATM. It's ages since I last cleared my temp files (I know I ought to!) but my connection is fine.

ISP software is always to be avoided: it's generally buggy, ill-thought out, takes up too much of your bandwidth, messes up your system, can be a ****** to uninstall, and can act as spyware...

You don't really even need it to set your connection up, excepting if you use a USB connection, you need the CD for the drivers - and even then, ethernet is infinitely to be recommended over USB.

14-10-2005, 17:59	#4
patrickp Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: in the groove Posts: 897	Re: Broadband medic & temp internet files Nope. I suspect that carter, and certainly myself, have never even had it on our machines, and our connections work fine - better, I suspect, than yours ATM. It's ages since I last cleared my temp files (I know I ought to!) but my connection is fine. ISP software is always to be avoided: it's generally buggy, ill-thought out, takes up too much of your bandwidth, messes up your system, can be a ****** to uninstall, and can act as spyware... You don't really even need it to set your connection up, excepting if you use a USB connection, you need the CD for the drivers - and even then, ethernet is infinitely to be recommended over USB.