[Dutch Duke]

My family computer is about 5 years old.
It worked fine for the things we used it for.
Untill my 2year old started playing with it.
It is so slow, and the longer it runs iddle the slower it gets.
It sound like the HD is constandly busy,and every thing is slow.
When it gets to bad I just restart it and it will be good enouch for 30 min.
My original restore cd is missing and using a friends disk
how do i restore??
even the simple programs are slow.
cd creator 6 don't work anymore,not even the drag to disk option.

thx Henk

ps using 98se

[TheMajor]

have u tried antivirus? u can get AVG antivirus from www.grisoft.com for free
download spysweeper from www.webroot.com to scan for spyware

[Inaris]

What is the OS that you are using?
Also, check the running processes as if you see somthing that you don't recognise, try to kill it.

[TheMajor]

he uses 98SE

[Inaris]

if you can get to it, try a few of these. They have always been very good at fixing problems.
http://www.sysinternals.com/win9x/98utilities.shtml
Filemon, process explorer, regmon and autoruns would be good to check first. They should be able to find anything that would cause something aside from ad ware and spyware.

Good luck

[Dutch Duke]

Originally posted by Inaris
if you can get to it, try a few of these. They have always been very good at fixing problems.
http://www.sysinternals.com/win9x/98utilities.shtml
Filemon, process explorer, regmon and autoruns would be good to check first. They should be able to find anything that would cause something aside from ad ware and spyware.

Good luck

Would Nortonsys. do the trick?

[Inaris]

Ad-aware SE would be better.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
there are several others, but this one seems to be the best for ad ware/spyware.

[ohGrFreak]

after that, buy the 2 year old his/her own computer, LOL

[Dutch Duke]

Originally posted by ohGrFreak
after that, buy the 2 year old his/her own computer, LOL

I've got a set of twins,and when they were about 2 1/2 years old
they knew how to connect to the net with dail up.
They are almost 5 now and have more comp. knowhow than many adults.

[beedubaya]

First try anti-virus software like the people above suggested. If that doesn't work, try doing a goold old fasioned defrag....if you've never done it or haven't done it for a while, you'll be surprised the difference it will make.