What is your modem connection speed?

What is the RAM (memory) of your mom's computer?

How much used and free space do you have on your hard drive?

Just out of interest, when you talk on the phone line used for the modem (if you do), do you hear noise or static?

In the past two year of operation, has it ever worked right?


Suellyn Simon wrote:

> ...My mom's Compaq 450 Mhz,  56K computer is not quite 2 years old. The problem is that it is ex-treme-ly slow.  I spend most of my time
> waiting for sites to open up.  I use IE 5.5 and recently updated Windows, do maintenance regularly,  performance runs about +/- 50% (up
> from 12%!!!!).  Downloading is a nightmare due to getting knocked off line continuously. Msn is the ISP. My question is......do you
> believe that re-installing Windows 98 can possibly clear up what ails this PC?  If so, how to do it?....any pitfalls?..
> ..any tips? I've re-installed Netscape and IE, but never Windows.
> Please help, I'm at my wits end with this...

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