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Computer Help and Support

customerserviceguy

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8. So far, so good

Reply to True Dough (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 4, 2019, 12:09 AM

Jun 2019

If you still have one of the old ones laying around, you can try my suggestion and see if too many "terminate and stay resident" programs were running. Who knows, you might be able to give the old beast a second life!

I have to look up how to keep too many things from starting up on Win 10. And I'm up north now, my little laptop is back on my desk in SC. Man, it's cold up here, temp will get down to a bit below fifty tonight. We were frying in the Carolinas last week!

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Not impressed with HP customer service [View all] True Dough Jun 2019 OP

They suck. SamKnause Jun 2019 #1

Yeah, they were pushing the extended warranty HARD True Dough Jun 2019 #2

They lied. SamKnause Jun 2019 #3

Carly Fiorina customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #4

A 12-year-old laptop? True Dough Jun 2019 #5

Nope customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #6

I'm not having problems with speed currently since this laptop is only four months old True Dough Jun 2019 #7

So far, so good customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #8