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I'm giving my older laptop to my mom. I've deleted all the personal files I can find, run the malware checkers, made sure Windows updates were up to

Posted by mara Feb 11 '11, 15:18

date, uninstalled downloaded programs she won't use, used CCcleaner to wipe the unused portions of the hard drive, defragged, deleted cookies, deleted favorites and history from the browser.

Anything else I need to do?

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CCcleaner for registery. Install FireFox. -- nm - Qale Feb 11, 15:21
Lend her a 14 year old kid to teach her how to use it. -- nm - pmb Feb 11, 15:21
Give it to me instead -- nm - con_carne Feb 11, 15:20 1
- Eh, it sucks. It runs hot and loud, and there's something causing massive slowdowns -- can't even play Zuma Blitz on it. She just needs a machine for - mara Feb 11, 15:24

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