Hello and boy do I need help!!!

Hi call me Daz. I'm 50 tomorrow and started computers with a trs-80 and stopped at a 386. My concern at the time was that keeping up with the changes was too time intensive and that a few years away they(the business world) would create standards and and hardware would stop becoming outdated and expensive.

After I realized my mistake the Pentium 4 was out and I was far behind the curve. The internet was too big to navigate and viruses were only 1 of many infections a system could be attacked with.

My old fears of system damage have greatly increased and my knowledge of maintaining my system (Acer Aspire t160) is sorely in need of help.

The thing for me is I have no interest in becoming an expert. I just want to look things up and play WOW and maybe a few other games.

Right now I have mail problems, mouse trouble, infections ( of different types) and I'm looking to upgrade my cpu and hard drive.

My biggest holdback is that I'm not able to work (health issues) and am on a limited budget. The purchase of anything means deciding what I'm to do without that month.

To top of everything I came on this site and not understanding what I was doing thought I was to download all the " must have downloads" before I could participate in anything else (because it was in the "new start here " Info ) and by doing too many too fast my system will only run in safe mode.

now I have too much to do and no idea where to start. Any ideas on first steps after the mess was created?

by the way I try to read all I can but it's a foreign language and I have a very very hard time understanding what to do.

 

Hi and welcome to majorgeeks!

You will find this to be a very friendly place, in light of the range of your problems I wouldn't really know where to say to begin....maybe post in software first to get rid of some of that software that is bogging your machine down, and then right into malware to start on getting rid of your infections. Either way, someone else will no doubt get you straight on what to tackle first. I can link to the "Read & Run me first" procedures here for malware removal... http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407

Best of Luck:wave

 

:wave and welcome to MG's..

 

Thanx for the welcome.

Still so much reading...

 

hyas Daz58 a very big welcome to you;PCs always make me feel old;what with all the new soft and hardware it is a minefield but i assure you,you will get the best help out there,so my advice is to read and read all the info given to you,(Question anything you do not understand and i believe you will do ok..............
Read all post youre given to help you ;and as i say follow each step exactly and if you get stuck just holler and wait;usually pretty quick,(post and WAIT....)
all the best to you in youre pc adventure.......LOL GL

 

Thanx for the confidence build.

Daz58

 

You are making me feel all squishy )
It's nice to not be made fun of. I've got a high IQ and find I think differently than most. It makes it hard for others not to think I don't understand.
ty much.
Daz58

 

Thanx for your patience I am learnig and keep in mind this is my first forum participation.

Daz58

 

Not to worry we all have high IQs here (mine is 4) so we should have no problem understanding you.

but be warned you definitely need a sense of humor.