Sounds like your Dad's computer needs to have its system cleaned up. I use My Clean PC by CyberDefender ( https://www.mycleanPC.com ). It costs $40 per year, but it really works! I've been told, though, that one can do all the stuff that My Clean PC does by oneself if one knows how--but I don't know how.

That computer should also be checked for viruses, and it probably needs more RAM (Random Access Memory). A computer techincian can do all these things for you. Installing more RAM is so easy I don't even think you'll be charged for the labor, since all that entails is opening the CPU housing, pushing a RAM stick (a flat card of electronic circuitry about one inch deep by six to eight inches wide) into the socket, and snapping it in. At our local computer shop, RAM sticks cost about $35, virus removal costs $100, and I'm not sure what system cleaning would cost, because we (my Dad and I) always do that ourselves. But that adds up to $135-$200 (assuming system cleaning might cost about $65--but it might be $100), which is still nearly half the cost of a new computer, at least at our local shop.

My computer, on which I am typing this, was made in 2004-2005, and we recently spent $135 on virus removal and adding RAM, and this old computer is SO FAST now, the only way to make it faster would be to get a faster Internet connection! We have DSL. If we upgraded our Internet service, then adding still more RAM could pay off, but I don't think it will with pur present connection. As it is, I'm perfectly satisfied with the present state of things!

I hope this information has been of some help to you!

# A few years ago Dad got a newer computer for a coworker which is very fast, and then when my computer got "de-virused" and had more RAM installed (it now has 1GB RAM, like Dad's), Dad said he should've just done that earlier instead of getting a newer computer! I'm glad he didn't, though, because I got his old one--this one!

By the way, "system cleaning" means deleting junk datd and the contents of the Recycle Bin (I'm assuming your Dad's computer is Windows-based--I don't know about Macintosh- and Linux-based computers), defragmenting the hard drive(s), and optimizing the registry. My Clean PC does all this and more, and there are many adjustable settings so the user can choose what it does and doesn't do.

thanks but too late now. It froze up again and now its locked. unless you know how to bypass passwords?

Nope, sorry, but you'd have to ask your Dad's permission to download My Clean PC anyway--they'll let you run a system scan for free, but not use their system-cleaning software until you pay for it. And all the rest of what I mentioned pretty much requires taking the computer to a shop, or hiring an in-home computer repairman.

By the way, mycleanpc.com and CyberDefender have an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, the best there is!

Thanks for the help. But did you even see my comic?

No, sorry.

*looks at comic*

Okay, I saw it, but I don't understand it. Maybe because I never saw its prequels.

Nice work! You draw humans better than I do--but then I don't draw humans at all! *chuckles*

I know each song from the game by heart. In fact, I tend to go crazy on them with the keyboard and even hum "Zelda's Lullaby" to help me fall asleep. ^w^

To me, the comic seems pretty good. :3

I hum songs from the games I like too :3

Oh, and one more computer tip: Remind your Dad to look at the list of programs installed on his computer, and uninstall any that he doesn't need. Be careful, though--if they came with the computer from the store where it was purchased (in other words, if they were already in the computer when it was first used) they may be important. I never uninstall anything that came with a conmputer.

And don't hold me responsible if you or your Dad do something to that computer--wether I suggested it or not--and that action causes any problems!