It now has Windows XP , and also Windows Professional . This tower was working fine when my mother got it , but now it takes forever to just boot into Windows , just so she can play games offline. There seems to be a problem with the picture , as sometimes it is not there , and other times it is barely visible..... and we have tried several dif. monitors , one of them being very new , so we know it is not the monitor. My mother's previous computer has had problems with viruses in the past , and she did not have any protection .I was wondering if there might be a hardware problem that is causing some of this , if not all of it, and I'd like to know if anyone could help us with this?
2007-02-28 21:11:47 · 3 answers · asked by sheilacaddell 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
First off, Windows NT and Windows 98 are DIFFERENT!
If it had EITHER of these originally, it was of an age that upgrading to Windows XP (Home or Pro) was inappropriate without some significant hardware upgrades as well... Notably: faster CPU, more RAM, better graphics and more storage!
That said, if it worked, but getting slower, it may very well have a virus or some other malware infecting it and slowing it down...
See the site(s) below for a quick "cookbook" of free software to get it running again!
2007-02-28 21:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by N2FC 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 03:48:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had to revise my comment. I though I read win98.
Anyhow,
Sounds like some hardware is going bad.
Could be a virus?
Not being able to see the screen could mean the video card has gone bad.
My suggestion. It’s time for a new computer
2007-02-28 21:28:46 · answer #3 · answered by dirtmojo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋