New guy in town

Jimbo · 04-12-2006, 05:48 PM

Hi, I'm new to the site, and to computers, not life. Long in the tooth? Maybe, but the long ones were pulled years ago.

Was wondering if this is the site for elementary questions, because I'll have'm. I'm a wood guy, so these things confuse the hell out of me.

This is my second home computer in four years. It's a year old Toshiba Satellite from Costco. XP, pentium 4. My old one got screwed-up from a virus or something. Had a guy out that said it'd cost more to fix than replace.

Anyway, is this the place for me?????????

Rip_Uk · 04-12-2006, 05:55 PM

welcome to computer forum, it is the place to ask that question and it depends on how much he charges to fix it. What exactly is wrong?

dazedandconfuseddude · 04-12-2006, 06:14 PM

welcome

Jimbo · 04-12-2006, 06:32 PM

It's been over a year since I've use it, but I remember it was slowing down more and more. I'd boot it, go have lunch and maybe it'd be ready when I got back.

Trizoy · 04-12-2006, 06:38 PM

Sounds like either a spyware/malware scan would do you good.. or a new format. What OS do you run? Winme/2000/xp?

Jimbo · 04-12-2006, 06:49 PM

Windows 98/Intel celeron, but my lovely daughter robbed the key board and display screen. Is there a way to hook it up to this laptop or would that be dangerous for the laptop?

04-12-2006, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jimbo New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9	New guy in town Hi, I'm new to the site, and to computers, not life. Long in the tooth? Maybe, but the long ones were pulled years ago. Was wondering if this is the site for elementary questions, because I'll have'm. I'm a wood guy, so these things confuse the hell out of me. This is my second home computer in four years. It's a year old Toshiba Satellite from Costco. XP, pentium 4. My old one got screwed-up from a virus or something. Had a guy out that said it'd cost more to fix than replace. Anyway, is this the place for me?????????

04-12-2006, 05:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rip_Uk Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: West Midlands, UK Age: 23 Posts: 1,526	welcome to computer forum, it is the place to ask that question and it depends on how much he charges to fix it. What exactly is wrong? __________________ NZXT Nemesis Samsung SM226BW 22" TFT Msi K8n Diamond Sli AMD 64 4400+ X2 With AS5 BFG 7950 GT 2GB (2 x 1GB) OCZ Platinum PC3200 320GB + 300GB Maxtor Diamondmax SATA NEC ND45550 16x DVDRW +/- & DVDRAM Enermax Liberty 620W SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS

04-12-2006, 06:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
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Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Campbell, Ca Posts: 4,647	Sounds like either a spyware/malware scan would do you good.. or a new format. What OS do you run? Winme/2000/xp? __________________ 01100110 01100001 01110010 01110100

04-12-2006, 06:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jimbo New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9	Windows 98/Intel celeron, but my lovely daughter robbed the key board and display screen. Is there a way to hook it up to this laptop or would that be dangerous for the laptop? Last edited by Jimbo; 04-12-2006 at 06:54 PM.

04-12-2006, 06:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jimbo New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9	It's been over a year since I've use it, but I remember it was slowing down more and more. I'd boot it, go have lunch and maybe it'd be ready when I got back.

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