I’m having a issue understanding virus protection because I had a virus before and Dell tech team said I needed to reformat pc and I did. I downloaded viruus protection programs and aren’t them programs to remove the virus? Say if I downloaded a song from LimeWire what is the virus protection will do? Are the free AVG protections good or is better buying protections instead of getting a free version? Some sites I go to ads appear when closing, how can I prevent that do I need a spyware protection?

I inherited a HP 510 Notebook PC from a friend but any software that came with it is lost.

The Dell CD says "only for use on a Dell" or some such stuff but that seems like it might be just corporate nonsense.

I can load the recovery console in the HP at bootup using the Dell disk but I want to know if there’s any real reason not to try it out before I start messing with it.

Alright, I am really broke right now and I need my laptop for school. i was just wondering if there is anywhere that could at least tell me what is wrong. It’s a hardware problem, not a software problem. I’ve tried everything and the stupid company (Dell) refuses to help unless i pay them like two hundred dallors and that isn’t for fixing it, that’s for seeing what is wrong and i bought the computer brand new off the market from their company website.
Dell is a horrible place to buy computers and their computers stink, I’m never buying them again. But I need to use it to finish school really bad. Thanks anyone, if you know where any online printable coupons or anything like that is i would greatly appreicate it. Thanks and God Bless.

OTHER THAN DEFRAG AND DISK CLEAN UP I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD BE DONE TO CLEAN UP MY COMPUTER AND HELP IT THINK FASTER. ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE? ITS AN OLDER DELL.