Feline,

You seem to have a good handle on PCs. I would think of getting 512Mb of RAM for your comp and installing WinXP. Once you go to WinXP, you will not go back to Win9X and you will kick yourself for not upgrading sooner.

There are some good OEM deals out there that almost get it down to the price that would make it a stocking stuffer you could ask Santa for. (Do not forget to ask Santa for the RAM too.) ;)

Take Care,

Richard

I can confirm that by a combination of changing the memory, switching off everything like Norton and ZoneAlarm, and using the Defrag that Ausatco kindly sent I have now managed to successfully defrag my father's PC, so thank you all, particularly Ausatco, for your help, and Happy Holidays to all our readers!

W