Help with saving downloaded movies

[msdavis74]

I know this is probably very obvious. But I cannot for the life of me figure out what to do with the movies I download from Limewire. I am noticing my computer is getting slower. I thought my computer would allow me to burn DVD's but it appears as though I can only burn cds. Any advise would b helpful. I also thought of sending them to my yahoo account but it does not seem to be working either.

[daydo]

Im a little unsure as to what your after here.
Personally i auto tranfer anything downloaded to a folder on desktop i find it easy access. I find it hard to belive that downloaded movies are slowing ur comp down unless ur hd is full or nearing full. Go to start my computer and hover cursor over c drive to see how much space you have remaining. Concerning your drive cd rewriter/dvd combo is a drive that will only burn cds and play dvds, dvd +/_ rewriter will burn both. If your harddrive isnt full other problems your likely to have that are slowing you down is grayware or virus infection, go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ and treat ur pc to the full adware and virus scan. Delete all temp files offline content and cookies. Also ensure you only have programs running at start up that you require and that your toolbar isnt full up running programs u dont require. Also be sure your not running crack programs in your toolbar as they often conflict and slow you dramaticly and make sure you have all the relavant microsoft patches downloaded. Hope this helps.

[msdavis74]

Thank you for your help. I tried to use the trend micro website, but for some reason it is not processing. Also, you suggested I only run programs that I need, but I am not sure of how to tell my computer to only run certain programs. You mentioned crack programs and something about a toolbar and forgive me, I am not a computer expert so I have no idea of what you are referring to.

For anyone else who might be reading this, my problem is that my computer seems slower after downloading movies from limewire. The person who responded to my request has been very helpful, but I need someone who can break it down and explain it to a lamen. Thank you all so much.

[wondering why]

OK what Daydo is saying: firstly you need to run an AV scan to see if you have picked up a virus....
After that you need to see if you have enough space on your computer to store your movies....
Does your computer have a dvd writer or only a cd writer....

[msdavis74]

I appreciate the last person who responded as well. But you offer no advise. So please only respond if you know about computers and can help.

I understood Daydo up until the point he or she started talking about crack programs and such. I don't know what that is. If someone can help me understand also how to tell my computer what programs to run and not to run when my computer starts up. Also about the crack programs. What is that. For those of you who are computer wizards and can help my initial request was how to continue downloading movies from limewire without slowing my computer down. I thought maybe I could store them somewhere where it would not affect the storage on my computer. Also per Daydo's suggestion I tried to go onto the trend micros website to do a scan and it was impossible. I don't know if it is my system or what, but this program just will not run. Does anyone else know of a similiar program that will help me scan the computer. Thanks in advance.

[wondering why]

Well let me say that you offer hardly no info on what your computer specs are ...Who is your ISP and do you have a brick wall in front of the world on LW...Do you not have an Anti Virus app on your comp, if you dont thats crazy...

[daydo]

K il try a little more
Firstly a cracked program is something like a program u have that may not be the original program as it was intended by the manufactorer, ie ur not 100% certain where you got it from is valid for example downloading copyrighted programs for free or dowloading from bad websites what u assume is a bonafide download but is in fact stolen and altered by the owners of that website.
Your second problem the trendmicro page what exact problem are you having with it, does it give a error message or just shut down during scanning?Which kernal are you using the java or activex try the other kernal. Be aware that when it is running it may appear to be doing nothing but is actually scaning i would estimate a time of maybe 45 min for the average comp for the scan. The reason i suggested this site is because i have found it very capable of picking up adware which would be more likely to slow you than a virus. The toolbar is in the bottom right hand corner of your screen and will give a icon for every program that has either run at startup or that you have activated since, while these programs arnt running on the screen if they are in the toolbar then they are running never the less. Anything that you dont want there ie running at all you need to right click it and select exit or shut down.
I would not recommend sending downloaded vids to anywhere other than your comp due to security issues (even tho im sure they arnt copyrighted) unless ur 100% certain of the security of where they are sent.
Was your hd full when you checked it or not? You could burn your movies to cd in data format these would work in the pc u used to burn them but not in your dvd player and probs not other pcs either.

[wondering why]

Thanks Hobo.....

[daydo]

Since my last post i have been trying to recall how to alter startup program list without manually doin each program and lol i cant remember pmsl. So heres the next best thing if anything is running in your taskbar at startup u dont want right click look for settings menu of some kind look for a line that say start at start up or initialize wiv windows blabla u get the idea and untick the offending box hehe. Iv had a quick look at the trendmicro and the only poblems i can see you having it kernal or firewall related more likely firewall as the program obviously needs to send and recieve info from ur pc. If you cant repair this problem and only IF do not use this as a alternative because of laziness as im not sure its as effective use http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/
Then when uv finished that get
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html
spybot seach and destroy and avast home edition REPLACE your current spyware and av with these if you have any DO NOT run them alongside each other as this can cause trouble.
l8z

[msdavis74]

Thanks Daydo. Out of all the reply's regarding my problem you are the only one that could help. You are the reason why forums like this actually work.