Off Topic... need help with computer !

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Posted By: Dave

Brett,

Your machine is pretty dated: 1 GHz AMD processor and 384 MB RAM. Slow and small. But it should work better than it is.

Another way to put it into a state where you can delete stuff is to boot in safe mode.

To do this, start with the machine fully off. Turn on, and hit the F8 button a few times as the machine first starts. You should get a text screen asking what you want. Select Safe mode and boot. You will not have any network capabilities, but none of the autoboot programs (like virus or worm) will start. If you have anti-virus software, run it while in safe mode. You may want to delete some programs, like Kazza while safe.

This may get rid of the errant programs.

I'd suggest Ad-aware and spybog search and destroy as programs that can check for and remove some bad programs but not viruses. These still may help.

Good luck.