Thread: What On Earth is My Computer's Issue?

O.o Fixable? Or does this thing need to go to PC Heaven?

there's multiple things you can do
depends entirely on you, though

- Live with it
- Throw it away
- Reinstall Windows
- Install a more secure OS

Hmm... where can I go to get a Windows XP installation CD?

Assuming it's a pre-built machine, you could ask the OEM (Dell, HP or whoever)

It's Everex. And they're closed in the US. X.X

well, don't know then

Getting XP officially will be hard
and your machine will not be powerful enough for any other MS operating system

Have you thought about another OS
http://www.ubuntu.com

It's free software, so there's nothing to lose
you may even prefer it.....

Use a working computer, go to Ubuntu.com, and Order an Ubuntu installation CD. Linux is safer, faster, more intuitive, open source, free, etc.

If you're really insistent on having Windows or not installing a new OS, I'd try going to the Windows homepage and explaining the problem to customer support. If that still doesn't work, you could always buy Windows (I think XP - 7 should still be available) at your local Best Buy, Staples, etc. although I believe they're a few hundred dollars.

Also, check the box the computer came in. More often than not, a re installation CD is included.

Hope that helped.

Out of curiosity, can you open Task Manager (Ctrl + Alt + Delete)? Has Windows installed any updates since you got online?

The only computer I've had to resuscitate so far is my Mom's, formerly mine, which was thoroughly raped by trojans and other malware within a couple months of me giving it to her. I managed to get it pretty well back into shape without a reinstall (couldn't find the disks) by running Malwarebytes, then a registry clean-up tool (be careful with these!), then manually editing the registry to re-enable Windows updates, then installing all the updates she'd missed.

Going by specs, I'm guessing your machine wasn't new in 2007. In any case, it's quite underpowered, and that may be the beginning and end of your issues. I remember trying to run an XP machine on 512MB RAM in 2004, and it wasn't pretty.