hello,
After lots of computer troubles last week, I reinstalled Windows on my laptop, wiping data and starting over (going Ctl-F11 on startup). Things are back to the beginning when I purchased the computer, but the problem is, it seems to be processing A LOT slower than it used to.
I can't figure out why this is. I reinstalled a second time to see if maybe I had contracted a virus early in the first reinstall. But it is just as slow. It isn't unusable, just slow.
One thing: My Computer says that I have 179 Mhz, 512 MB of RAM (the first number seems small to me, but I'm not expert). Other than that, I can't see anything that is slowing this thing down. It's essentially in original shape, except for being slow.
Other specs:
Running XP Home
Dell Inspiron 600 M
1.5 GB processor
Any help or potential diagnosis would be truly appreciated. Thank you