Oops (OT - Totally)

[John Ross]

Hi Avery,
I would reformat. You don't need all the old files, do you?
What does it have, Win 95 or what?
Do a defrag, then the Norton. Is it Norton Works or just Anti Virus?
John
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net>
To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 9:03 PM
Subject: Oops (OT - Totally)


> I forgot to mention that I only paid $50.00 for it and it
> included a Lexmark printer.
> 
> Avery
> 
> =============================================================
> Since the list is kind of slow right now, I'm going to take
> a chance and post a totally OT post, computer related.
> 
> Have any of you ever had anything to do with an old (1995 ish)
> IBM Aptiva?
> 
> I felt sorry for a guy I know and bought a computer, sight
> unseen, that he "said" was a Dell. Well, it turns out that it
> has a Dell monitor & keyboard but the computer is an Aptiva!
> Yeah, I know. Don't go there! :-)
> 
> Anyway, I managed to get Norton SystemWorks installed on it
> and am in the process of running a Virus scan right now. Well,
> it's so slow, it's UNBELIEVABLE! The scan has been running for
> over 24 hrs. and STILL isn't through! :-)
> 
> Even when nothing else is running, it takes several minutes to
> open when I click on the Start button!
> 
> I could probably upgrade it for app. $100.00 or so, to something
> usable but I wonder if it's even worth it as cheap as CPU's are
> now!
> 
> No real question here, just wanted shoulders to cry on! :-)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Avery 
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