Okay: Old Gateway and XP could be a problem. I don’t think MS has updated XP, for us average Joes in a while. And the Gateway is probably out of date and unable to keep up.
If your hardware is still doing okay, a fresh install of XP is probably in order. You’ll have to back up your data, but go with a fresh install and reload programs as needed. And only needs programs. You’ve probably accumulated a lot of stuff over the years, that out of date. also only go with what you need.
That's what the guy did. He re-installed XP and now nothing will install on it. I can't even install Adobe flash player. My anti-virus program can't even update!
Until thursday night this computer was perfect.
You never know when something like this is going to happen, do you?