This laptop was given to me with Windows 2000 professional
on it. I am not that computer savvy but it sometimes locks
up or is slow to respond even though I am on a high speed
connection. I don't know if there is something I can do to
test the computer before having to take it to someone to
see if I can fix this myself. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Those symptoms would lead me to believe that you may not be protected
from viruses and trojans. Are you using any Anti-virus and firewall
software?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> This laptop was given to me with Windows 2000 professional
> on it. I am not that computer savvy but it sometimes locks
> up or is slow to respond even though I am on a high speed
> connection. I don't know if there is something I can do to
> test the computer before having to take it to someone to
> see if I can fix this myself. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
>

I also have these same problems with my laptop. It also
has w2k professional. It runs constantly & sometimes
takes what seems an eternity to do anything. I do have
Norton Antivirus. I have no viruses. I just ran a complete
scan. Please help.
>-----Original Message-----
>Those symptoms would lead me to believe that you may not
be protected
>from viruses and trojans. Are you using any Anti-virus
and firewall
>software?
>
>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>> This laptop was given to me with Windows 2000
professional
>> on it. I am not that computer savvy but it sometimes
locks
>> up or is slow to respond even though I am on a high
speed
>> connection. I don't know if there is something I can do
to
>> test the computer before having to take it to someone
to
>> see if I can fix this myself. Any help would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>
>.
>

Is your antivirus properly updated?
Is there spyware installed? (check with a free spyware removal tool, as
ad-aware - www.ad-aware.com - these aren't detected by virusscanners)
is your system properly updated? (service packs, drivers, ...)

Glenn

"Donna" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:026e01c3a66f$dd65c1c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I also have these same problems with my laptop. It also
> has w2k professional. It runs constantly & sometimes
> takes what seems an eternity to do anything. I do have
> Norton Antivirus. I have no viruses. I just ran a complete
> scan. Please help.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Those symptoms would lead me to believe that you may not
> be protected
> >from viruses and trojans. Are you using any Anti-virus
> and firewall
> >software?
> >
> >(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> >
> >> This laptop was given to me with Windows 2000
> professional
> >> on it. I am not that computer savvy but it sometimes
> locks
> >> up or is slow to respond even though I am on a high
> speed
> >> connection. I don't know if there is something I can do
> to
> >> test the computer before having to take it to someone
> to
> >> see if I can fix this myself. Any help would be greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >
> >.
> >