I had Windows Vista Home Basic (My computer is a Dell) and I was going to reformat because of a bad virus. My bro gave me Vista Home Premium so i used that and started the formatting process. When it finished, i played a game of solitaire and a notice came up saying that hardware acceleration is off (never happened before). When the game opened, the frame rate becomes very low. Im assuming that my graphics card isn’t working properly. I ran DirectX Diagnostics and it didnt detect my graphics card.
I ran Everest and it says that the graphics card is a Standard VGA (if memory serves from 30mins ago).

I bought this computer off ebay a while ago and the seller gave me the following Installation CDs:

o Cyberlink PowerDVD
o Dell Photo All-in-One Printer
o Dell Dimension Computer Software
o Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit
o Dell LCD Flat Panel Monitor
o Norton Anitvirus

I installed them all except the antivirus.

When I opened up my computer (risky for a noob like me :D), I saw three cards (i assumed one was a graphics CARD). I unclipped them and one says Dell Memory and the others have no name. Games were working for me earlier before i uprgraded.

How do i find the graphics card so i can update it?
Is there any other ways to fix this?

Help please ~ ty

I need to take apart my dell pc so i may clean the fan etc…I would appreciate step by step help or perhaps a diagram to help me accomplish this task…ty

registry cleaners?

does ne 1 no where i can get this service for free. every 1 ive tried lets u do the scan but wont fix the problem with out paying???? ne ideas?
ty cia it was quick and easy and fixed every problem in under 2 min!

registry cleaners?

why do people always say that you should only use a MICROSOFT branded registry cleaner instead of any otther registry cleaner? and if its true then could you tell me a website for a FREE microsoft registry cleaner? if not, could you tell me a website with a FREE registry cleaner? ty

Is there a free registry cleaner that doesn’t just scan but actually removes the errors at no cost. Yeah I’m being cheap, but I can’t afford the software and my computer is running very bad. Any help would very helpful to myself and my family. ty
i'm looking for a free registry cleaner that will correct the errors found after scanned can't afford the software. does anyone have any answers. ty, broke and computer illiterate.