Computers ACting Up

dark_legacy2006 · 11-27-2006, 12:42 AM

alright my moms computer got screwed up when service pack 2 was screwed up, so we took it in 2 futureshop and they fixed it rreal good

it loads so slow absulutely everything, its very annoying it use to be a decent comp but now its so diggy, is there snything i could do toget it running good?

thanks alot

jp198780 · 11-27-2006, 01:25 AM

what are the specs?

maybe infected with some sort of virus/bunch of spyware?

Nevakonaza · 11-27-2006, 01:57 AM

Yeah probably time for Format & re-instal of windows (Thats of course you have the disk?)

It would be quicker than searching for viruses and realy getting rid of them imo.

jp198780 · 11-27-2006, 02:04 AM

not really dude, cause you gotta re-install/download everything you had on your computer lol..

dark_legacy2006 · 11-27-2006, 03:42 AM

its an
amd 2800
512mb ram
160gb harddrive

alright when we took it in they gave us the works internet 6, sp2, and other little things, but we cant format casue we dont have a windows xp cd.

jp198780 · 11-27-2006, 03:45 AM

have you ran scans?

dark_legacy2006 · 11-27-2006, 06:11 AM

well we got no good virus protection, avg wont work for us, and we have ran spybot.... another thing i failed ot mention when they fixed our comp they took 60 gbs im assuiming for a backup partition fo some sort

11-27-2006, 12:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
dark_legacy2006 Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Canada Age: 19 Posts: 588	Computers ACting Up alright my moms computer got screwed up when service pack 2 was screwed up, so we took it in 2 futureshop and they fixed it rreal good it loads so slow absulutely everything, its very annoying it use to be a decent comp but now its so diggy, is there snything i could do toget it running good? thanks alot

11-27-2006, 01:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,100	what are the specs? maybe infected with some sort of virus/bunch of spyware? __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4400+@2.30ghz 2gb ram 160gb 7200rpm hard drive EVGA 9600gt ssc(740/1000) xp pro

11-27-2006, 01:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Nevakonaza Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: You aint findin me now Age: 20 Posts: 9,068	Yeah probably time for Format & re-instal of windows (Thats of course you have the disk?) It would be quicker than searching for viruses and realy getting rid of them imo. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO @ 3.2Ghz-Asus Silent Knight II MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready) V1.9 Bios Seagate Barracuda 250Gb Sata II Western Digital Caviar 400GB Sata II 4GB OCZ PC2-6400C5 Vista Gold Series @ 892 Mhz Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb Overclocked. Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1 Coolermaster CM690 Dominator Black Windows XP Pro SP3\|Kaspersky IS 2009 Windows Live Gamertag - Nevakonaza (Add me!)

11-27-2006, 02:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,100	not really dude, cause you gotta re-install/download everything you had on your computer lol.. __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4400+@2.30ghz 2gb ram 160gb 7200rpm hard drive EVGA 9600gt ssc(740/1000) xp pro

11-27-2006, 03:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,100	have you ran scans? __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4400+@2.30ghz 2gb ram 160gb 7200rpm hard drive EVGA 9600gt ssc(740/1000) xp pro

11-27-2006, 03:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
dark_legacy2006 Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Canada Age: 19 Posts: 588	its an amd 2800 512mb ram 160gb harddrive alright when we took it in they gave us the works internet 6, sp2, and other little things, but we cant format casue we dont have a windows xp cd.

11-27-2006, 06:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
dark_legacy2006 Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Canada Age: 19 Posts: 588	well we got no good virus protection, avg wont work for us, and we have ran spybot.... another thing i failed ot mention when they fixed our comp they took 60 gbs im assuiming for a backup partition fo some sort

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