My avast anti-virus licence is expired and it wont let me update

[jxdama]

When i go to check the box where it says free it takes me to a screen to make me buy a subscription. On the bottom there is a place to click “no thanks”. I click that and it just takes me back to the original screen without renewing the licence. When i try and uninstall that wont work either. How do i get te licence to renew?

[jxdama]

OK, i got it unistalled now i will try to re-install it

[jxdama]

Its working when i uninstalled and re-installed but i just did that last month so i dont know why the licence expired after just a month. Also, why wouldnt it let me renew without forcing me to select paying for it?

[Malnutrition]

Its working when i uninstalled and re-installed

Sometimes you just need to need well enough alone, it just happens like that sometimes with a computer the only way to fix this or that with a computer is to uninstall and re install a program.

[jxdama]

thanks. do you have that avast link you sent me before? I want to save it. The one that works with vista. I used it today but i didnt save it.

[Malnutrition]

https://www.avast.com/windows-vista-antivirus

[jxdama]

Thanks. Just 1 more question. Is it better to leave the computer on all the time or shut it off when not in use?

[Malnutrition]

I turn mine off, when I’m not using it. It’s really up to you.

[Bruce]

I have always turned my off.

the eternal question is;
[ul]
[li]turn off and save power but the on/off cycle puts the greatest electrical load on components[/li][li]or, leave on and have the components wear out due to wear and tear and constant current load[/li][/ul]
in my experience, the pro’s and con’s of both negate each other.
add to that, how many PC’s do we keep for more than, what?, a few years any way - in other words, we move on far quicker than any “should I turn my PC off” consequence will be detected.

[PeterOz]

You need to hold the shift button and power off every once in a while.
Ram still does not flush 100% until power is cut

[jxdama]

I have always turned my off.

the eternal question is;
[ul]
[li]turn off and save power but the on/off cycle puts the greatest electrical load on components[/li][li]or, leave on and have the components wear out due to wear and tear and constant current load[/li][/ul]
in my experience, the pro’s and con’s of both negate each other.
add to that, how many PC’s do we keep for more than, what?, a few years any way - in other words, we move on far quicker than any “should a turn my OPC off” consequence will be detected.

Yikes, mine is 13 years old and still going. If i get a new comp can i still get one with wires, not a wireless one?

[jxdama]

You need to hold the shift button and power off every once in a while.
Ram still does not flush 100% until power is cut

Do you mean go to start globe and click on shut down or hit the shift key on the keyboard? I have been leaving mine on for 3 or 4 days at a time then shuting it down for 8 hours or so every 4th day.

[Pyro]

Is it better to leave the computer on all the time or shut it off when not in use?

To add another perspective:

I restart my computer once a week (To freshen things up), but I also put it to sleep/hibernate at night when I am not using it, otherwise it’s on.

The advice you were given before is exactly right, but as Bruce said, it’s 6 on one side, half a dozen on the other. Every electronic part will break eventually, it’s just a matter of when and ‘what if’.
If i get a new comp can i still get one with wires, not a wireless one?

There are many types of computers, but the two main ones are Desktops (wired), and Laptops/Notebooks (“wireless”), either will work and both have their pros and cons depending on what you need most out of your PC.

Computers have come a long way in the past 13 years, you can’t go wrong either way.

[jxdama]

To add another perspective:

I restart my computer once a week (To freshen things up), but I also put it to sleep/hibernate at night when I am not using it, otherwise it’s on.

The advice you were given before is exactly right, but as Bruce said, it’s 6 on one side, half a dozen on the other. Every electronic part will break eventually, it’s just a matter of when and ‘what if’.

There are many types of computers, but the two main ones are Desktops (wired), and Laptops/Notebooks (“wireless”), either will work and both have their pros and cons depending on what you need most out of your PC.

Computers have come a long way in the past 13 years, you can’t go wrong either way.

What i mean is my desktop has a cable from under the house that connects the internet to the computer. It isnt wifi. Eeverything is connected with wires including the mouse. I can still get a computer like that?

[Pyro]

That’s not the computer, that’s the devices themselves. Internet, mice, keyboards, etc all come in wired and wireless variants. If it’s a laptop you might have to purchase a hub to get all of those ports nowadays, but it’s still doable one way or another.