Go download cpu-z, it will give more DETAILED information on your system. Then you can go to one of the tabs (I forget which one, but your options are rather limited) and make an output of the information. Post it here, put it on a file hosting site, whatever. Someone can look at it, I will, but maybe someone else will, and we can give you a general idea of the issue.

just run avg anti-spyware, it's free and did a hell of a job upping my speed.

Thanks again and I will post it here I won't get home until like 3:00 pm EST so if any of you are online look for it around then. And thanks again.

I'll have to look up how much graphics cards are in the states, you can get a pretty good one here in the UK for £60

Found a grpahics vard on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/nVIDIA-7300GS-7300-512mb-PCI-Express-PCI-E-Video-Card_W0QQitemZ330126919568QQihZ014QQcategoryZ40161QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

nVIDIA 7300GS 7300 512mb PCI Express PCI-E Video Card

I'm presuming you have a PCI Express slot, but it might not be.

Best two spyware tools, recommended by nearly all pc mags and pros.

1. Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE (FREE)
2. Spybot's Search and Destroy (FREE)

Definately need to check your pc's specs vs what is recommended on the games mentioned. Instead of Ebay I would check www.newegg.com. Great prices, fast shipping, very reliable.

Upgrading cost is very much dependent on what you currently have.

For memory: ($50 to $150)
What type of memory are you running, what type of cpu and motherboard do you have? Many times the max amount of memory isn't always the best because it also will decrease the speed a which the cpu can talk to the memory.

For Graphics:($200 to $600)
What type of video card slots do you have? What type/how many watts of power source do have? Do your games prefer Nvidia or ATI?

I forgot to mention that installation is very simple. Just need to follow some basic rules. Absolutely NO magnetic charge on your person. You should get a wrist strap to ground yourself. The memory just fits in a slot, if it is dual memory then you will have two cards that go in corresponding blue and black slots. Should be similar to what is already there. The GPU will have a similar slot but the added peice of a wire to the power source. Either way make sure you are grounded, clean, and dry. Don't touch the metal parts, only keep hands on edges of boards. Kinda like holding a cd/dvd from center hole and edge only.

Before investing in extra hardware you should run the spyware/adware and virus detection software. Also run scandisk and defrag on your harddrive. Lastly you might also try going to Start --> Run --> type "msconfig" enter... DO NOT touch the items uder the first couple tabs, just go to startup and turn off all the crap that is mostly unnecessary to begin with. If you do not know what something is, just look at the path it is run from. If it says C:WINDOWS.... then leave it alone, if it's some crap like C:PROGRAM FILESGOOGLE... then turn that kind of crap off, it serves no purpose other than self imposed advertising. Msconfig will make a huge difference sometimes, JUST REMEMBER only alter items under the startup tab unless you really know what you're doing. Hope this helps!

I would suggest dual booting Ubuntu Linux and try that out. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by the performance increase you will see on the same hardware.

www.ubuntu.com
www.cedega.com

I would suggest dual booting Ubuntu Linux and try that out. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by the performance increase you will see on the same hardware. You will no longer have to worry about Virus', Spyware/Adware or anything else that takes up way too many resources that slow you down.

www.ubuntu.com
www.cedega.com

If he's completely new to Linux, Wine/Cedega is asking WAY too much of him. No one should be trying Linux unless they're very knowledgeable with computers, pick things up fast, and are ready to be frustrated.