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There’s a confusing amount of accurate and inaccurate detail in this thread so I’m relating critical steps I took this morning helping a neighbour implement printer sharing in his home network where a Canon MP160 printer is connected to a Compaq Presario desktop PC running Windows VISTA Home Premium with SP1. He wanted to be able to print wirelessly from an Acer TravelMate 4000 notebook running Windows XP with SP3 in another room. If you follow these …

It’s a common source of frustration for too many people; the slow computer. In many cases the thing will freeze up entirely, leaving you stranded in an electronic limbo. Thankfully there are some common causes for the freezing and slowdowns afflicting many computers and their frazzled owners. Here are some of the most common causes and some ways you can do about them.

Slow computer cause #1 – Insufficient memory (RAM).

A lack of RAM will affect your computer the …

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Kids` Internet Games – Best games for slow computers Expert: Candace Huber – 5/16/2005

Question I have a pentium 2 350mhz Comp running Win.98 and not a very good graphics card and slow internet where can i find downloadable games that are adventure…Final Fantasy Style,That are below 10 megabytes but are still fun to play?

Answer Hi Tyler,

Sorry it took me so …

The aging computer faces a variety of performance threatening factors especially home based PCs, which comprise a large sector of the computer market but don’t usually receive the attention of commercial units. The pros can make your computer faster with actual programming methods and microprocessor reconfiguration, while the layman usually relies on a host of repair downloads.

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It’s a common source of frustration for too many people; the slow computer. In many cases the thing will freeze up entirely, leaving you stranded in an electronic limbo. Thankfully there are some common causes for the freezing and slowdowns afflicting many computers and their frazzled owners. Here are some of the most common causes and some ways you can do about them.

Slow computer cause #1 – Insufficient memory (RAM). A lack of RAM will affect your computer the …

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Why Do Computers Slow Down?

My machine is not an old antiquarian piece but a two-year old Pentium 4 with some fancy bells and whistles that I’ve modified into the computing equivalent of General Lee of the infamous Dukes of Hazard … then why does it slow down?

If you are like me, you’re probably always sitting at your computer running all sorts of programs at work and, in your free time, …

… a way that you can actually turn that machine on before you purchase it and make sure that it at least starts up. Beyond that there could be a lot of small issues or problems and some of those things are just inherent in buying something second hand. Now, the next place that you can go and one that is usually a pretty good place to see used computer equipment is through your local newspaper or your local bargain shopper type page. Many people advertise in them. Now, there’s two types of …