In my case the cost was minimized due to the income I had but that did not stop me from finding the tools necessary to upgrade my $200.00 Laptop .On the Compaq nc8000 was a D-LINK wireless adaptor ,windows xp sp2, and a 40GB hard drive .
I had surfed the web for information about many things when I started to have problems with system crashes (BLUE SCREEN) ,which was later determined as a Trojan. Once the problem was removed I had more system errors to fix but this all happened within 2 months of purchasing the rebuilt laptop. After 4 months of use on this system It started to become very slow responding to my needs ,since I I had no prior experience with diagnostics more surfing was needed to find the tools & knowledge to properly diagnose this slow system .
In surfing the web I have learned a lot about how the system slows down and needs protection from virus and malware ,however affording them was another problem . So My system went through some major changes including using two Hard drive disks due to not being able to properly transfer system files to the larger disk which was on a USB cable to use the original 40GB drive as a system drive which was becoming full with files taking up the space until Microsoft support was able to set the Registry to redirect the downloads to the 160GB drive . It turns out this exercise was a bit of a headache with loose Usb cables and failure of certain components not reading or writing ,ENOUGH with the headaches !
Putting that frustration aside I now have a very smooth running system and feel it is fairly secure and it has XP3 pro with 1.5GB ram, 160GB disk space, I have three security programs ,all of which provide different functions and if Truth be known this system still only cost me approximately $600.00 so far with all these upgrades and security and registry enhancers now have access to three of those as well.
The gist of this blog? When your system is new or used or rebuilt you will need to get enhancers to solve the registry,security, and storage problems you will come across !
These programs are just a few of what I have found but they are the trusted ones that worked well for me and remember if you use your computer daily check it weekly for errors .
Don't wait for the headaches to come because they will get worse ! So download the fixes now before the errors shut you down for good!
