hi i have a hi gradelaptop on vista basic on it my son didnt make a copy disc to crash it and its running very slow snail pace lol can i crash it without a disc vista was preinstalled when i bought it thank you

swifty, December 2008

Swifty - you do not need to CRASH the computer - you may wish to reinstall the operating system but you don't need to CRASH it... Given that you have no recovery disk you are best off fixing the problem.

This from the Microsoft site
1. Open Windows Defender by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking All Programs, and then clicking Windows Defender.
2. Click the Tools button, and then click Software Explorer.
3. In the Category box, click Startup Programs.
4. Select the program that you want to prevent from running, and then click Disable.
5. Click Yes to confirm that you want to stop that program from running.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for every program you want stop from running.

Peccavi, December 2008

hi peccavi i aint got a clue whats running all i need to do is crashit to wipe it clean but i dont have a recovery disc so can i do it any other way

swifty, December 2008

A computer crash is an unexpected and usually fatal error in an application or operating system code - something stops working without warning and the screen often freezes.

Post again with a clearer explanation of what you're trying to achieve.

Try to find out what's running in your machine when it's going slowly - you may have programmes eating up the resources that you didn't expect to be running - spyware and other rubbish.

Peccavi, December 2008