and
 don't forget to run disk clean.
Christopher (CJ) on the move
Chaltain at Gmail

> On Mar 10, 2014, at 12:05 AM, Blaine Clark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> First off, get it cleaned, dusted out really well. Get all the hair and
> dust holding heat out of it.
> You've defragged, good.
> Update your anti-virus program.
> Install Malwarebytes which is a crapware scanner rather than a virus
> scanner. https://www.malwarebytes.org/
> Restart in safe mode - keep pressing the F8 key as the computer reboots
> - and run both the anti-virus program and then malwarebytes. Reboot and
> see what you've got.
> If its still slow, rather than run a Registry cleaner, find a way to
> research the list of processes your computer runs at startup and remove
> them from auto-start. Also, look over your programlist and see what you
> can safely un-install.
> Keep this next recommendation in mind. Just last week I installed
> Linux-Mint on a friend's IBM Thinkpad running Vista. We had tried
> several options to get it from stalling and running slow with very
> little success. It took him two eveningsto get the feel of the different
> programs, but  now in the week that he's gotten used to Linux-Mint he's
> thrilled with the speed and stability and how easy it is to use. I
> simply copied his personal files to a USB drive from the Vista, then
> copied them back into his Linux /home folder after the installation.
> If your vision is such that you need a screen reader and perhaps
> Braille, don't use Linux-Mint, instead, check out the Vinux version of
> Linux.
> 
> No Microsoft garbage used here, sent by a very satisfied Linux-Mint
> <http://www.linuxmint.com/> user (a former disgruntled Microsoft user).
> You could check out Vinux, Linux for the visually impaired
> <http://wiki.vinuxproject.org/>, and on FaceBook.
> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/vinux>
> This email and any attachments are not virus scanned either, that's up
> to you poor Microsoft users to deal with.
> I'd rather be a wild and wacky Linux Penguin than a docile,
> domesticated, Microsoft sheep.
> 
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