Posted by Tricky Dicky on 11/07/06 19:16

"Colin Wilson" <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fb5f98fdb97f9cd989a55@news.individual.net...
>> I have no idea what was/is wrong. My sister is 50 miles away so I can't
>> just
>> pop round to try a few things. As previously mentioned, the PC is so full
>> of
>> crap her kids have installed I am surprised it even works (think 5
>> minutes
>> to boot up and 20 icons in the bottom trays)
>
> Time to give them a restricted account, install k9 web filter (free),
> and make sure their AV / antispyware etc is up to date :-}

Thankfully the security measures are up to date. It's just the sheer amount
of garbage that wants CPU time. Nothing ever gets deinstalled and I know
damn well they switch the PC off without shutting down properly as well (10
year old's have busy lives which mean that cannot wait and do things
properly)

Tricky

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