Soldato
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- 14 Jul 2007
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Im fairly clueless about stuff like this despite having used computers for many years.
Basically i have been handed a computer thats a couple of years old. It was just going to be binned as it was being upgraded - very silly. Theres really nothing wrong with it hardware wise (AFAIK) but it has lacked attention on the OS side of things. It would make an ideal media centre i think so im going to give it a go.
The problems seem to surround it running very slowly and struggling to do tasks that should be easy given the spec.
I have a couple of options i think -
I could run various defreg and anti virus software and try and drill down into the heart of the computers issues
or
Do a complete windows reinstall.
There is nothing file-wise or in terms of programs/applications that i want to keep so im quite happy to do the intstall, however i would be wary of losing driver software and things that would actually be needed in order for the computer to function.
Obviously i know i can google this but i was wondering if anyone had any links to good (noob-proof) step by step guides to either of my options or have any opinion on what i should do? I looking for the easiest way out really!!!
Many thanks!
Basically i have been handed a computer thats a couple of years old. It was just going to be binned as it was being upgraded - very silly. Theres really nothing wrong with it hardware wise (AFAIK) but it has lacked attention on the OS side of things. It would make an ideal media centre i think so im going to give it a go.
The problems seem to surround it running very slowly and struggling to do tasks that should be easy given the spec.
I have a couple of options i think -
I could run various defreg and anti virus software and try and drill down into the heart of the computers issues
or
Do a complete windows reinstall.
There is nothing file-wise or in terms of programs/applications that i want to keep so im quite happy to do the intstall, however i would be wary of losing driver software and things that would actually be needed in order for the computer to function.
Obviously i know i can google this but i was wondering if anyone had any links to good (noob-proof) step by step guides to either of my options or have any opinion on what i should do? I looking for the easiest way out really!!!
Many thanks!