Originally Posted by
PJD1
Feel free to spend your money on a new graphics card if you wish but I would put money on the fact that it won't solve your problem. Often starting from scratch and re-installing is the best way to solve these sort of problems. You mentioned having anti spyware, anti malware etc. These sort of programs can often be some of the worst culprits for slowing a computer down, Norton in particular is one of the worst pieces of bloatware that I have ever seen! If you have Windows 10 it has very good anti virus built in in the form of Windows Defender and if you have Windows 7 you can download Microsoft Security Essentials for free which is basically the same thing. You really don't need any more than this to keep you safe.
True, there is many different ways to skin a cat: Norton comes with my Internet service for free so I let it stay, but as you mention, maybe I should let it go, no harm, no foul.
I do have Windows 7 still and I keep updating it and babying it along. Heard too many horror stories about Windows 10, starting a few years ago when it came out. Perhaps the product is better now and now is the time to upgrade....?
Not sure, guess it could fall either way: Slow down my PC more, or make my life better.
Any recommendations?
Is it still free?
I kept getting reminders and sneak attempts to upgrade “Automatically”.
I finally blocked the whole thing with a nuclear firewall, but since I am extremely Open Minded, in addition to being extremely handsome, I may reconsider.
