| Trusted Advisor with 49,305 posts. | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Brandon/Valrico, Florida Experience: Advanced | |
There's no need to revert a "several years old" computer back to its original and very outdated original factory condition because it's running slow and not handling videos well.
There can be any number of reason for it, and we probably can resolve them here, given enough time.
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What's the 7-character service tag number on the sticker?
How much RAM does that Dell have?
It comes with 512 MB, but it supports up to 2048 MB.
What's the hard drive capacity and how much free space does it have?
Go to Start - Run - MSCONFIG - OK - "Startup" tab.
How many entries are checked?
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