CD-ROMS & DVD Problems/my slow pc

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Expert: Roy Bonner - 11/5/2006


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my pc is like 9 years old i really want to keep it.but i'm runing xp on it and it runnnnnssss sssllllooowww.so i was thing if i use win 98 and run verizon dsl on would it run rite?

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Hi,
Sorry, but NO! '98 is now unsupported and sadly lacking in security, so any machine running '98 is liable to security breaches and therefore is unsafe. At 9 years old this machine is so far out of date, it is not upgradeable, and quite unusable for a modern OS. Also parts for it are becoming hard to find as well as very expensive. In other words, replace it, it will cost far less than you think.

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Roy

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Motherboard/cpu, disk drives, sound card, graphics card and modem setup, also software setup win95,98,98SE,Me,NT3.5, NT4, XP & win2000, Lotus, MS Office 95, 97, 2000 & 2003.

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Hi, I have been doing this spot here for some years now, and I like to think that I have helped a few people here and there, but due to advancing years and failing health, I'm afraid that I have decided that I can no longer carry on since I can no longer guarantee to be able to answer questions in a reasonable timescale. I should like to thank all the other experts and the users of this site for what has been an enjoyable and enlightening experience. I shall be terminating next Sunday 12th November 2006.

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