my friend just got a brand new gateway pc. not sure about memory and all that. it has a dvd burner installed. win xp.
unfortunatelyt for her dsl is not available where she lives so in the meantime she has yahoo dial:( (i know, i know)
mcafee protection was already installed. ad-aware se is also installed. she tried installing an msn dial disk she had on her previous pc. i think it is only partially installed though. when i first hooked her new computer up for her it had like 79 running processes in task manager. this was a week ago. now it has 60-62 constantly running. i know dial up sucks, but she had AOL came installed when she bought the pc. it was still slow then but now that she is on yahoo it seems to be slower. Given, hopefully, enough facts on this does anyone have any advice for her? I also need a recomendation for a good antivirus. i don't think mcafee is helping any. Thanks for reading the whole thing to whoever has an answer!
2006-11-06 17:19:05 · 7 answers · asked by krs10 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
If gateways are anything like compaqs they have a ton of useless gateway "apps" loaded and running. I'd go to add/remove programs and physically remove anything with the word "gateway" in it. Be a good time to uninstall any toobars present too (except google of course). Also be a good idea to go into msconfig and remove anything unnecessary from loading at startup (necessary being the antivirus and firewall).
2006-11-06 17:32:52 · answer #1 · answered by letmepicyou 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought a computer from gateway almost 2 years ago. Let me just say they are crap. They had installed norton antivirus on my computer and I ended up getting a virus anyways. Than 4 months after actually buying my computer I had spent 100 bucks to get it fixed because it started shutting down on me and than starting back up and than it kept on doing that. I got AVG off the internet for an antivirus and it works wonderfully. I was told by the guy who fixed my computer that the ones that are free from off the internet are the best.
Let me just say one thing about gateway and I don't know about other peoples pc's but they are junk. My monitor started turning yellow about 4 months after I got the stupid computer and no one from the gateway company would help me resolve my issue.
But like I said the AVG antivirus is good.
2006-11-06 18:14:40 · answer #2 · answered by Nisi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reinstall the pc with only programmes u require and first check for the ram memeory if it is less increase it. this can help only PC speedup whereas for internet u need to go for a cable or an broadband connection. dialups nowadays are expensive + useless
2006-11-06 18:14:44 · answer #3 · answered by Trinity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its a mess just reinstall everything. Or delete the programs you dont want anymore.
The best virius protection and that works good is trend micro internet security 2006. never use any other.
2006-11-06 17:22:06 · answer #4 · answered by newyorkchess2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
CCleaner is the best tool on the market to clean up your pc. Download here http://bitly.com/UrAPru
You should definitly try it
Bye
2014-08-01 10:05:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Macafee is a resource hog and will slow down her PC.This is free and easy on resources.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5
2006-11-06 17:22:20 · answer #6 · answered by G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this happens on mine too... i duno why.. i sent it in to some dude to get rid of viruses regardless of if it didnt help.. theres no longer a lot you're able to do.. yet once you come across out tell me please!!! lol
2016-10-15 11:31:16 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋