Computer Problems
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:05:38 AM
Anyway, I got this PC four years ago, unused and in mint condition. It's gone through a power supply since then, which forced me to swap out the compact case for a white box, but I've been happy with it. In case you're wondering, my PC is running an ASUS TUSI-M motherboard with an Intel 933mH P3 processor (x86 family) and 512MB of SD-RAM running Windows XP Pro/SP2 on a 20GB Maxtor hard drive. The PC is about 5 years old (like I said, I got it unused), and aside from the power supply blowing a couple years ago, it's served me very well.
I don't have a broadband connection, having to suffer through dialup hell (with NetZero being my "ball and chain" ISP). Why it insists on setting Internet Explorer as my default browser (even though Opera is set as the default and apparently retains its state) I'll never know, but if I could find a way to change that in the settings, I'd do it in a heart beat. The computer is also armed to the teeth, running the Windows Firewall (I have a local testing server installed), AVG Anti-Virus, Ad-Aware SE, Spybot Search & Destroy, SpywareBlaster and of course the best browser ever made (Opera). IE is used only for testing Web pages I create, and the occasional time I need to go to Microsoft.com but other than that, it never get used (except when a program like Trillian needs it or my POS ISP connects to the Web). Bear in mind I never actually open anything with Trillian (the email alerts are nice, but I just go to the tab the email account is in - yes, I use Web based email rather than Outlook or Thunderbird or even the built-in Opera Mail client), and every bit of spam I get is deleted without even batting an eye.
Which means that either my ISP is mucking up my PC (wouldn't put it past them), something managed to get past my defenses and is chewing up memory, or I have a hardware issue. Any thoughts before I have the PC taken in for repairs? I'd like to just say "screw it" and get a new computer, but I'd also like to move to a better part of town sooner rather than later, so saving up for that has to take precedence over getting a new computer - even if that PC is my main source of income.













Unregistered user # Friday, April 27, 2007 11:48:42 PM
Dan Schulz # Saturday, April 28, 2007 4:54:36 AM
I'll keep you posted though.
Unregistered user # Saturday, April 28, 2007 4:19:35 PM
Unregistered user # Wednesday, May 2, 2007 9:42:56 PM
Unregistered user # Friday, May 11, 2007 4:00:19 AM
Unregistered user # Friday, May 11, 2007 4:04:47 AM
Dan Schulz # Friday, May 11, 2007 4:20:30 AM
Thanks for the advice though.