How to Figure Out What's Wrong with Your Personal Computer
Stephen Schultz
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This article is written with this in mind: you have a computer system that you are just about ready to throw away. For whatever the reason, your computer has finally ticked you off enough that you are ready to junk it. If that is where you are, then this article is for you. 
If, however, you have a more minor technical computer problem, do your internet research, check the forums and even get professional, technical computer help first. Some of the suggestions that follow may, if applied in the wrong way or at the wrong time, cause your situation to go from bad to worse. You have been warned. I am not an IT tech, even though I've been told I should be. I'm simply a guy that likes to figure out what is wrong with computers and try to fix them.
But if your computer situation couldn't get any worse, then please continue.
What's wrong with your computer? Let us start with some of the more frequent problems that seem to keep coming up when you own a computer.
1. My computer is throwing out all these pop ups, running real slow, opening things I don't want opened, and generally freaking out. What's wrong with my computer? I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have a virus. Viruses (typically a Windows thing) cause your system to do things you don't want. At the very least, a virus on your Windows computer can cause it to run tracking spyware so that those on the internet that are so inclined can monitor you activities and even use your system. At the very worst, a virus can render your system a big metal boat anchor.
What would I do to fix your computer? There are literally hundreds of different websites with ideas on how to fix pc's that have suffered from some type of virus or other. So, if you don't like my suggestion, try one of those sites. Here is what I would do, though:
If, however, you have a more minor technical computer problem, do your internet research, check the forums and even get professional, technical computer help first. Some of the suggestions that follow may, if applied in the wrong way or at the wrong time, cause your situation to go from bad to worse. You have been warned. I am not an IT tech, even though I've been told I should be. I'm simply a guy that likes to figure out what is wrong with computers and try to fix them.
But if your computer situation couldn't get any worse, then please continue.
What's wrong with your computer? Let us start with some of the more frequent problems that seem to keep coming up when you own a computer.
1. My computer is throwing out all these pop ups, running real slow, opening things I don't want opened, and generally freaking out. What's wrong with my computer? I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have a virus. Viruses (typically a Windows thing) cause your system to do things you don't want. At the very least, a virus on your Windows computer can cause it to run tracking spyware so that those on the internet that are so inclined can monitor you activities and even use your system. At the very worst, a virus can render your system a big metal boat anchor.
What would I do to fix your computer? There are literally hundreds of different websites with ideas on how to fix pc's that have suffered from some type of virus or other. So, if you don't like my suggestion, try one of those sites. Here is what I would do, though: