I just got new computer and I’m sending my old one to my dad. It doesn’t run terribly, but I know there is a lot on there that is slowing it down.

I’d like to just do system restore and put it back to the way it came, but I can’t find the disk. Any advice would be appreciated!

I need one bad becuase my computer i screwing up and my dad thinks i play to many games thats why its slow but i know its the registry please help.
P.S. It need to be free and clean of spyware, viruses, and etc.

I have an incense burner filled with sand to hold the insence stick in place. It was on my desk where my computer is and it fell behind my desk. I picked up all the glass peices but there’s still sand all over my computer plugs! Obviously my computer is working fine. But I don’t want to break it or something by trying to clean up the sand mess. Plus, my dad will kill me if he finds out about this.

I know it’s a weird situation but any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Well i got a pretty old computer. It had 2 worms once.. and my dad got it to his friend to fix it. When he fixed it he said he wouldnt fix it again.. so now its broken again and i really want to remove viruses without paying..heres some problems

1.SO MANY VIRUSES AND STUFF.
2.WHEN I OPEN A PROGRAM IT ASKS ME WHAT PROGRAM I WANT TO OPEN IT WITH.
3.I HAVE AVG 8 BUT SINCE I CANT OPEN PROGRAM SINCE IT ASKS ME WHAT PROGRAM TO..I DONT KNOW WHAT.
4.JUST MESSED UP I TRUELY WISH TO FIX.

I REALLY WANT TO FIX!!! SO ANY SOLLUTION LIKE A GUIDE TELL ME.
Here my questions:

1.I want to get a fresh new start i got 2 cds..the 1st one says:
DRIVERS AND UTILTIES- ALREADY INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER-DVD for Reinstalling Dell Inspiron 530/530s Computer Software-THe software is already installed on your computer.Use the media only to reinstall the software-Contents Device drivers Diagnostics and utilities-I got windows Xp!

I use an Compaq Presario SR1103WM when I'm at my Dad's house. We've had it for about 2 or 3 years, and used it for everything from games to internet to whatever you can think of. However, it's outdated now, but I can't afford any major upgrades or to buy a new computer right now, so I'm trying to figure out how to run it better. The only specs I know are:

248 RAM (8mb is diverted to video memory) max is 1 GB
Intel Celeron(P) 325 2.56 GHz
40 GB HD

I have no clue about what the video card is, I've had it 3 years and still can't figure it out. Sorry the specs aren't very informative, but you could probably Google the rest if you need it. Right now it's on a dial-up connection, which I only use for instant messaging. Like I said, as of right now I can't really afford to upgrade it, but here in about a month I can. We're also getting Road Runner for it, which should speed up the internet connection a bit. Besides upgrading it, what else could I do to make it faster?
Also, I have deleted a lot of old software that I don't ever use anymore, and I just figured out how to clean the hard drive, so I did that for the first time in 3 years and it is sped up slightly.