[fireman15]

Thanks, I wave a windows 10 laptop that was given to us, and it is slow as molasses- I mean really bad.

When you switch from a newer computer to an older computer they do feel sluggish. But Windows 10 and a bunch of crapware will slow an older computer to a crawl. Since it is a laptop that came with Windows 7... it has an OEM license. There are ways to reinstall Windows 7. The first step would be to find as much information and drivers from the manufacturer's website along with the latest bios update. I assume that you do not have the original recovery DVD that came with most Windows 7 laptops but you might be able to order one from eBay if the manufacturer no longer carries it or find an ISO file. Even if you can't find any of that with enough determination you can should be able to get Windows 7 reinstalled and activated using the OEM info contained in the BIOS.

If you send me the specs I will try to do a little research on it... My guess is that the old dog could run smooth again with a clean install and then being careful what you install on it. Whether it is worth it or not for you is the question. There is a good chance that you could buy a much more powerful laptop used or new for a couple hundred dollars.

[Bob434]

Thanks, yeah, but this laptop has something wrong with it.

I do have an iso of windows 7, so all set there. I do wanna keep it as a gaming computer offline, and record keeping- also as a backup for photos- so not worried about installing older versions of windows o. It, but gotta determine what is causing it to be so slow first though. A relative owned it, and she was elderly and definitely not tech savvy. I e scanned for viruses, Uninstaller most of the crapware, cle a Ned ot down to a base install almost, but it didn’t help the issue, and the fact that Linux is even super slow on it might indicate ram or HD issue

Thanks for the offer, but I can try a few things first, like changing out had to an ssd, checking ram and increasing if needed.

I probably should just buy a cheap one to replace it, but I like th3 challenge. I’d also like to 3xperiment with like windows 98 se on it at some point, but might do that in a vm.