New mobo ?

ProgMtl

ProgMtl

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If I get a new mobo (compatible with all my current components which I will leave in the computer) will I need to reinstall Windows or should it fire up okay?
 
Swapping a board generally is seen by Windows as a major hardware change there. I would plan on it and first make some important backups. The new board will have new board drivers to contend with that may conflict with the current ones. Plus you have the hardware profile process.
 
Thanks for the info...I'm having all kinds of trouble with this Biostar mobo I bought awhile back (building a new system and giving this one to the step-daughter)...it seems to lock itself up at very strange times...reseated the video card and the ram and it seems to have done the trick...until I put it all in a new case and now the same problem is cropping up again.
 
The best is to do clean install if you change boards. But you can before you change boards uninstall all the drivers-chipset-video-sound, all of them, shut down install new board. If it will boot the first time start pressing F8 and start the first time in Safe Mode, shut down and restart in normal mode and install all the new drivers. If that doesnt work you can do a repair install. But like I say a fresh install is the best.
 
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I will just wait until I finish building the new computer...as I was going to do a fresh windows install before I gave the old one to my step-daughter anyway
 
For a new build and plenty of new hardwares that will be a must there. For cleaning up an older system to provide for student use or something like that you will want to wipe the drive clean anyways. You may even want to create a separate adminstrator's account with a password for control over the softwares installed and preventing accidential deletion there.
 
She'll be a senior in high school that will more than likely spend 90% of her computer time on myspace....she's already clogged up the dog of a computer I gave her 3 years ago....so when I clean this up and give it to her fresh she's on her own....no administrator account for me on that machine.
 
Make sure you put some good educational software on there. How large is the drive in this case? 80gb or larger? That will probably get filled fast too. I would advise putting a firewall and antivirus protection on to keep it from being cluttered with bugs! Ad-Aware, Spyware Terminator, Spybot Search+Destroy are some other adware/spyware removers to consider.
 
The drive is 250gb....have a built in firewall in the router (heard too many firewalls actually slow it down...true?)...it will have anitvirus on it (have McAfee now...hate it, will get something else)...have Ad-aware also.

As far as educational software that would be a waste of time...can't even get her to crack a textbook.

I want a faster, bigger machine so she's benefiting from that.

Was goint to give that free AVG software a try....any good? What's the recommended choice around here?
 
There have been some complaints on Avast heard lately where some simply switched to AVG. That's a matter of preference there. What firewalls will do is prompt often when anything starts up for the first time. There you choose between the allow or deny option. For some that gets to a nuisance at times. Those simply add an extra layer of protection.
 
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