Is there a trust worthy online site that will really help my computer run better?

How old is old ?

If you are running Windows XP and you have 1 gigabyte or less of RAM, your laptop will run very slow and there is nothing on the Internet that can change that.

Websites and webpages are becoming more complex and thus require more processor speed and more RAM, and so in a few more years old computers will be nearly unusable except on really simple websites.

You need a more recent computer, look at the want ads for people selling unwanted laptop computers but also be aware there might be malicious software on the computer and you will have to clean it all out or start completely over with an erased harddrive and fresh installation of the factory software.

Large cities have lots of people dumping old laptop computers, and also have small businesses that specialize in checking out or repairing these laptops and selling them. Some of them

One such company in the Austin, Texas area is called Discount Electronics. They specialize in Dell computers because Dell is nearby and there are a huge number of Dell computers in the area.

Honestly speaking, just buy a new laptop. If not, fix it. It sounds like you might have a lot of viruses or just a lot of stuff on your hard drive. Try to fix it, but if not, a brand new laptop isn't extremely expensive.

If you want something to clean your computer out, try Microsoft Security Essentials, or a factory reboot.

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