I NEED a new computer ...advice needed!

[Sheiky]

FYI - I should mention up until 2 days ago, my computer was running perfectly, no problems! Why all of a sudden it has decided to go at such a super slow, barely moving pace I can't figure out!

Hey Denise,

don't decide too quickly I would say. If your pc worked fine up till two days ago there must be something wrong.
I don't know exactly what's wrong with it, but since it did work two days ago it's hard to believe you completely broke it.

I don't know your set-up, but it sounds like the RAM could be broke.
If you have multiple slots filled with RAM, try to remove all but one and check how it works. Do this with all the RAM-thingies you have.
It would be even better to check all individual RAM-thingies using Memtest86+. You will have to boot with this program and then it checks all the area's on your memory-thingies(no idea how you'd call them in English)

If it isn't the RAM, it could be numerous things. You could also take a screen-shot of the Task-manager while you're in Windows . See if certain things eat up all your RAM. Sometimes Anti-Virus or Malware can really slow down your pc.

This is just a start, but it might save you selling your camera-gear...
I'm pretty sure your daughter could do all this with her hands behind her back. Better yet, you could do it yourself

Let me(us) know how it goes.

Edit: You could also start by trying Memtest86+. If there's something wrong with your RAM it will quickly show. After that you could do the testing on the separate RAM-thingies if you have more than one.

[shutterdown]

Denise, do a system restore, and restore the computer to a point about a week ago.

[ddt0725]

Hey Denise,

don't decide too quickly I would say. If your pc worked fine up till two days ago there must be something wrong.
I don't know exactly what's wrong with it, but since it did work two days ago it's hard to believe you completely broke it.

I don't know your set-up, but it sounds like the RAM could be broke.
If you have multiple slots filled with RAM, try to remove all but one and check how it works. Do this with all the RAM-thingies you have.
It would be even better to check all individual RAM-thingies using Memtest86+. You will have to boot with this program and then it checks all the area's on your memory-thingies(no idea how you'd call them in English)

If it isn't the RAM, it could be numerous things. You could also take a screen-shot of the Task-manager while you're in Windows . See if certain things eat up all your RAM. Sometimes Anti-Virus or Malware can really slow down your pc.

This is just a start, but it might save you selling your camera-gear...
I'm pretty sure your daughter could do all this with her hands behind her back. Better yet, you could do it yourself

Let me(us) know how it goes.

Edit: You could also start by trying Memtest86+. If there's something wrong with your RAM it will quickly show. After that you could do the testing on the separate RAM-thingies if you have more than one.

Ram-thingies works for me! It's the only computer lingo I understand ...LOL! She just checked my RAM-thingies with Speccy and all was good! I told her the free anti-virus software that she re-installed the other day may be the problem. She had to re-install it because it kept shutting itself off. So then she just used Windows Task Manager to see how much RAM it was using and saw that it was using pretty much ALL of it!!!! So she uninstalled it just now. "IT" being AVG anti-virus program. She now installed Comodo, another free anti-virus program and is currently doing an initial scan. Even while it is doing the scan, I am able to type this and have been able to have multiple screens open and WOW!!! I have speed!!!

I am so glad I posted this and got such quick responses before putting my lens up for sale!!!! Thank you, thank you EVERYONE so much for the suggestions and getting us to further investigate the problem with the computer!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the problem has been solved!!! I was able to type this at 70 wpm and my computer kept up with me ...LOL!