- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
My mother's computer is apparently running very slowly. Last time I visited her, I looked at how much memory capacity was left - 90%. It is only three years old, and has a 2mb memory, IIRC.
Would "defragging" help to speed things up. With so little on it, I had assumed it would not make a huge difference.
She has got two printers with it, one "three in one" and one with a scanner for slides etc, she also runs one of the phones on the computer, and a web cam. Do all these peripherals have an effect on speed?
I have set up the computer so that it has the Accessibility Options on it, large icons, mouse trail, long interval on double click etc.
I am beginning to think she thinks it runs slowly, because other people who have used her computer have told her so. I can see that the Accessibility Options might slow it down, I may even have slowed the mouse speed down. I should add that she is 89 years old, and partially sighted. She enjoys using the computer to write short stories, and to send e-mails. I do not think she surfs the net.
I do not want her spending her money on a new computer, if with a few hours of fettling, I can speed it up. I would like to be able to explain to her what can be done, if anything, to speed it up. Even if she just replaces the CPU, is that going to be almost the same cost as a complete computer.
I would be grateful for advice from the people on here, so that I can more confidently explain to her what can be done. Thank you
Would "defragging" help to speed things up. With so little on it, I had assumed it would not make a huge difference.
She has got two printers with it, one "three in one" and one with a scanner for slides etc, she also runs one of the phones on the computer, and a web cam. Do all these peripherals have an effect on speed?
I have set up the computer so that it has the Accessibility Options on it, large icons, mouse trail, long interval on double click etc.
I am beginning to think she thinks it runs slowly, because other people who have used her computer have told her so. I can see that the Accessibility Options might slow it down, I may even have slowed the mouse speed down. I should add that she is 89 years old, and partially sighted. She enjoys using the computer to write short stories, and to send e-mails. I do not think she surfs the net.
I do not want her spending her money on a new computer, if with a few hours of fettling, I can speed it up. I would like to be able to explain to her what can be done, if anything, to speed it up. Even if she just replaces the CPU, is that going to be almost the same cost as a complete computer.
I would be grateful for advice from the people on here, so that I can more confidently explain to her what can be done. Thank you