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Answer» <html><body><p>OK, so I am <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/newbie-1117061" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEWBIE">NEWBIE</a> and first I just want to thank everybody for forums like this. I was just about to toss this computer at the wall. <br/><br/>My problem is this computer is soooooo soooooo slow. Belive it or not it is barely year old. The place were I am buying the laptop from told me to bring it in and they will do something called "SYSTEM RESTORE".They said that I will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/lose-537625" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOSE">LOSE</a> everything, because they will make it so it is like the computer is coming out of the box for the first time. So my first question is how do I save my pictures, music, microsoft office and all of the other programs I have added to my computer? The second question is, will I lose Norton Anti Virus? or is that safe during a system restore?<br/><br/>Now as I said before I told the guys that my laptop is running slow and they said they are going to do a SYSTEM RESTORE, is this something you would suggest be the fixer for a slow, freezing pain in the a** laptop? if not what do you suggest I do?<br/><br/>Here is my System Properties<br/>Dell<br/>Inspiron 1501<br/>Windows Vista Basic<br/>Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3500+ 1.80 GHz<br/>446 MB<br/>32-bit Operating System<br/><br/>My Computer Rating is a 2.0 which is determine by the lowest subscore<br/>3.7 for the Processor<br/>2.0 for the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/memory-11894" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MEMORY">MEMORY</a> Operation Per Second<br/>3.5 for the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/desktop-949558" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DESKTOP">DESKTOP</a> performance for Windows Aero<br/>3.1 for the 3D business and gaming graphics performance<br/>4.6 for the Disk data transfer rate<br/><br/>Here is my other problem. I would like to uninstall WINDOWS VISTA and install WINDOWS XP. Would this fix some of my problems? <br/><br/>I just need some advice please on what to do. Quote</p><blockquote>The second question is, will I lose Norton Anti Virus?</blockquote> <br/>You will want to be rid of Norton Anti-Virus.  It uses a lot of system resources, and is most likely a small part of why your system is running so slow.  There are alternative anti-virus programs that are resource-lean.Thank you for your response Aegis.<br/><br/>I think I am stuck with Norton for 234 more days. Do you have any suggestions for anti-virus programs that are resource-lean?<br/>Norton is  a secondary problem.<br/>Your main problem is:<br/> Quote<blockquote>446 MB</blockquote> I'm assuming it's 448MB, not 446MB.<br/>You have only 512MB of RAM, from which your on-board video takes away 64MB.<br/>Vista needs 2GB of RAM to run properly.Thanks Broni for responding to my problem.<br/><br/>When I click on "view basic Information about your computer"  under the memory(RAM) it has 446 MB.<br/><br/>So does this mean I have to uninstall Windows Vista and use Windows Xp? That is what somebody told me<br/><br/>All you need is more RAM. Go to <a href="http://www.crucial.com">www.crucial.com</a>, enter your computer make, and model, and it'll tell you what you can get.<br/>Most likely, you'll get 2GB of RAM for around $50. <br/>Going back to XP is too much trouble, and 512MB for XP is barely enough, anyway.in response to getting rid of norton... <br/><br/>get avast or avg antivirus, they have freeware versions which simply gives you only basic virus protection with the automatic daily updates. Uses less resources and does job <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/fine-248571" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FINE">FINE</a>. As always, they're always updating their virus databases at least once a day so don't worry about it not having good detection rates.</body></html>


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