How do I set it up? I click start but don't see run to put anything into.

Try disabling startup programs. Go to Start > Run (search in Win 7) and type MSConfig. In Startup tab, uncheck anything that you don't want Windows to load automatically. It will make Windows boot faster and use less resources while running. This just disables them in startup. Programs will still load, but when only you initiate.

No date option means the drive is not being monitored for restore. Right click My Computer > Properties and enable.

If your system is running slow it might have a virus and most definitely if you've got Norton or McAfee on it, you can almost bet they've let something in.

Now, let's clean your system up a bit.

Click Start/Programs and look for the RUN command. You might see it anywhere once you click Programs, or it might be inside the Accessories folder. Click RUN and when it opens up type "msconfig.exe" (without the quotes) then hit ok.

When the System Configuration window opens click the Startup tab. In the Startup Tab we are only concerned with 2 columns, the first column which is the Startup Items and the column that says Command. You can put your mouse pointer between two column headings and it will turn into a +, then hold the left mouse button and drag the column over to the right to expand it so you can read what's below it.

Now everything has a check mark beside it. This means that everytime you start your computer, these items have to load and run. Most of the stuff is good, but there might be so viruses that are running also so we want to remove the check mark from them.

Start with the first time listed under the startup item column and look at it and look at the command for it. Most times you will see something under the command such as Adobe, Yahoo, Dell, HP, etc. that you know are ok so go to the next item. Also if you see something under the command like C:\Program Files\.... then it's ok, also C:\Windows\System32\.... then it's ok.

If you see something that does not have anything under the Command column, remove the check mark, it's a virus that's trying to hide.
If you see something that says something like: dumprep 0 -k in the startup item column remove the check mark from it. Reboot machine.

Most viruses will attach themselves to a User Account and be in one of the hidden folders. If you see something under the Startup Item column that does not make sense such as xjieryert67 or 12326543;ehdyu and when you look at the Command column it is located in c:\Documents and Settings\the user id\Local Settings\Application Data\...... remove the check mark because it's a virus. Note that the user id will be the name of one of your user accounts. It could be something like your name, Owner, User, etc.

When you have been through all the items click OK or Apply then OK and the system will show you restart options. Select Exit Without Restart so that the machine does not reboot yet.

Don't be afraid about removing the check mark from something. All this does is stop something from starting when you boot your machine. You can always go back in and put the check mark back on something.

Now all we've done so far is stopped the virus from running when you boot your machine. The next thing we want to do is kill it.

Open your internet browser and go to www.google.com and in the search box type: 'Download Cnet Malwarebytes" (without the quotes) and you will see a site called download.cnet/malwarebytes. Download and install MalwareBytes from that site. When their site opens be sure to click on the Green Download button on the left, that's malwarebytes. Don't click the Red Download button, that's some junk.

Once malwarebytes is at the end of the installation process it will pop up the Gui Interface and a popup window overlaying it that says Decline or Accept a 30 Day Trial. CLICK DECLINE and your copy will always be FREE without a trial period. Then take the option to RUN A QUICK SCAN.

The Quick Scan will run and if it finds infections the number will be shown in RED. When it is done you will click SHOW RESULTS. A notepad text document will open up showing you the results of the scan. You can close it because we are only interested in the Gui Interface. Next click REMOVE SELECTED RESULTS and the results will already be selected for you. Once the infections are removed you will be instructed to click and reboot your computer.

If you're amazed at how many infections Norton or McAfee let in give them the boot and go with a FREE Antivirus such as Microsoft Security Essentials, AVG Antivirus or AVAST Antivirus. If you're going to get a virus, WHY PAY FOR IT WHEN YOU CAN GET ONE FREE.

Also when you reboot and everything is running smoothly go into www.google.com and search for "download Mozilla Firefox", and "Download Opera" and "Download Google Chrome". Download and install each of these internet browsers, you don't need to make them your default browser unless you want to. They are much faster and safer than Internet Explorer. if you want a virus, continue using Internet Explorer. And don't worry they don't take a long time to install like Internet Explorer they install very fast.

More little things that makes your system run faster:
Don't install toolbars from everybody that wants to stick it on your internet browser. You only need Google and Yahoo toolbars. Toolbars will clutter your browser and slow it down and some just let viruses, addware and spyware in.

Be careful when you search the internet and download something because some products like Norton, McAfee and Ask will already have a check mark by them to install on your system. You don't need that junk.

Click Start/Program and look in your program list and uninstall any buggy and junk programs such as: Weather Bug, anything from Freeze.com, My Fun Web Products, My Web Search, Coupons, Rebates, Norton Products, McAfee Products, etc.

Sometimes there will not be an uninstall option for Norton or McAfee. In that case click Start/Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs in windows XP. For Vista click Start/Control Panel/Programs and Features. When the window opens showing you all the installed programs, click to highlight the one you want to remove and click uninstall, on some it might say remove.

Most people rely on Norton and McAfee because that is what they have on their job. On the Job, they have what is called the Enterprise Version of Norton or McAfee, plus they have someone there monitoring it all the time. The Enterprise Version is a good product, but what they sell you and I in the store is the consumer version which is nothing but a core hog and junk. Also now since they realize people are gaining knowledge about the products they give it away Free from your Internet Service Provider. Also remember this, on your job you're on lock down. You can't go to certain sites, you can't get to your personal email, etc. So that help protect the company from getting viruses. At home there are no restrictions unless you're smart enough to set them.

The best free antivirus out there would be AVG or AVAST and believe it or not Microsoft Security Essentials.

Just go to www.google.com and in the search box put Download AVG Antivirus or Download AVAST or Download Microsoft Security Essentials.

On AVG just be sure you pay attention to the screen popups during installation to make sure you stay with the FREE version. You don't need PC Analyzer or PC Tune Up that AVG will try to ask you to install. You only want the FREE Virus protection.

I've provided links below that you can click or copy and paste in a browser to get to their download page.

http://free.avg.com/us-en/free-antivirus-download

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials

Instructions on cleaning up your pc are below:
How much hard drive space do you have left? ClickStart/My Computer then right click on the Local C: drive and selectproperties. This will show a pie chart of the disk drive.

You might need to invest in a external drive and start taking off some of yourDocuments, Music and Pictures or you could buy a 2nd hard drive and put it inthe computer if it has an extra slot for one.

Are you sure your hard drive is not partitioned off into a C: and a D: and C:is full but D: is sitting there with almost nothing on it? Clicking MyComputer will tell you that because 99% of the time D: is the DvD/CD drive.

So one clarification, Files on the disk drive do not occupy memory, they takeup disk space, so they are not memory hogs. Memory hogs are things likeNorton Antivirus, McAfee Antivirus, AOL products.

If your system is running slow it might have a virus and most definitely ifyou've got Norton or McAfee on it, you can almost bet they've let something in.

Now, let's clean your system up a bit.

Click Start/Programs and look for the RUN command. You might see it anywhereonce you click Programs, or it might be inside the Accessories folder. Click RUN and when it opens up type "msconfig.exe" (without thequotes) then hit ok.

When the System Configuration window opens click the Startup tab. In theStartup Tab we are only concerned with 2 columns, the first column which is theStartup Items and the column that says Command. You can put your mouse pointerbetween two column headings and it will turn into a +, then hold the left mousebutton and drag the column over to the right to expand it so you can readwhat's below it.

Now everything has a check mark beside it. This means that everytime youstart your computer, these items have to load and run. Most of the stuffis good, but there might be so viruses that are running also so we want toremove the check mark from them.

Start with the first time listed under the startup item column and look at itand look at the command for it. Most times you will see something underthe command such as Adobe, Yahoo, Dell, HP, etc. that you know are ok so go tothe next item. Also if you see something under the command like C:\ProgramFiles\.... then it's ok, also C:\Windows\System32\.... then it's ok.

If you see something that does not have anything under the Command column,remove the check mark, it's a virus that's trying to hide.
If you see something that says something like: dumprep 0 -k in the startup itemcolumn remove the check mark from it. Reboot machine.

Most viruses will attach themselves to a User Account and be in one of thehidden folders. If you see something under the Startup Item column thatdoes not make sense such as xjieryert67 or 12326543;ehdyu and when you look atthe Command column it is located in c:\Documents and Settings\the user id\LocalSettings\Application Data\...... remove the check mark because it's avirus. Note that the user id will be the name of one of your useraccounts. It could be something like your name, Owner, User, etc.

When you have been through all the items click OK or Apply then OK andthe system will show you restart options. Select Exit Without Restart sothat the machine does not reboot yet.

Don't be afraid about removing the check mark from something. All thisdoes is stop something from starting when you boot your machine. You canalways go back in and put the check mark back on something.

Now all we've done so far is stopped the virus from running when you boot yourmachine. The next thing we want to do is kill it.

Open your internet browser and go to www.google.com and in the search box type:'Download Cnet Malwarebytes" (without the quotes) and you will see a sitecalled download.cnet/malwarebytes. Download and install MalwareBytes fromthat site. When their site opens be sure to click on the Green Downloadbutton on the left, that's malwarebytes. Don't click the Red Downloadbutton, that's some junk.

Once malwarebytes is at the end of the installation process it will pop up theGui Interface and a popup window overlaying it that says Decline or Accept a 30Day Trial. CLICK DECLINE and your copy will always be FREE without atrial period. Then take the option to RUN A QUICK SCAN.

The Quick Scan will run and if it finds infections the number will be shown inRED. When it is done you will click SHOW RESULTS. A notepad text documentwill open up showing you the results of the scan. You can close itbecause we are only interested in the Gui Interface. Next click REMOVESELECTED RESULTS and the results will already be selected for you. Oncethe infections are removed you will be instructed to click and reboot yourcomputer.

If you're amazed at how many infections Norton or McAfee let in give them theboot and go with a FREE Antivirus such as Microsoft Security Essentials, AVGAntivirus or AVAST Antivirus. If you're going to get a virus, WHY PAY FORIT WHEN YOU CAN GET ONE FREE.

Also when you reboot and everything is running smoothly go into www.google.comand search for "download Mozilla Firefox", and "DownloadOpera" and "Download Google Chrome". Download and installeach of these internet browsers, you don't need to make them your defaultbrowser unless you want to. They are much faster and safer than InternetExplorer. if you want a virus, continue using Internet Explorer. Anddon't worry they don't take a long time to install like Internet Explorer theyinstall very fast.

More little things that makes your system run faster:
Don't install toolbars from everybody that wants to stick it on your internetbrowser. You only need Google and Yahoo toolbars. Toolbars willclutter your browser and slow it down and some just let viruses, addware andspyware in.

Be careful when you search the internet and download something because someproducts like Norton, McAfee and Ask will already have a check mark by them toinstall on your system. You don't need that junk.

Click Start/Program and look in your program list and uninstall any buggy andjunk programs such as: Weather Bug, anything from Freeze.com, My Fun WebProducts, My Web Search, Coupons, Rebates, Norton Products, McAfee Products,etc.

Sometimes there will not be an uninstall option for Norton or McAfee. Inthat case click Start/Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs in windows XP. For Vistaclick Start/Control Panel/Programs and Features. When the window opensshowing you all the installed programs, click to highlight the one you want toremove and click uninstall, on some it might say remove.

Most people rely on Norton and McAfee because that is what they have on theirjob. On the Job, they have what is called the Enterprise Version ofNorton or McAfee, plus they have someone there monitoring it all thetime. The Enterprise Version is a good product, but what they sell youand I in the store is the consumer version which is nothing but a core hog andjunk. Also now since they realize people are gaining knowledge about theproducts they give it away Free from your Internet Service Provider. Alsoremember this, on your job you're on lock down. You can't go to certainsites, you can't get to your personal email, etc. So that help protect thecompany from getting viruses. At home there are no restrictions unlessyou're smart enough to set them.

How much hard drive space do you have left? Click Start/My Computer then right click on the Local C: drive and select properties. This will show a pie chart of the disk drive.

You might need to invest in a external drive and start taking off some of your Documents, Music and Pictures or you could buy a 2nd hard drive and put it in the computer if it has an extra slot for one.

Are you sure your hard drive is not partitioned off into a C: and a D: and C: is full but D: is sitting there with almost nothing on it? Clicking My Computer will tell you that because 99% of the time D: is the DvD/CD drive.

So one clarification, Files on the disk drive do not occupy memory, they take up disk space, so they are not memory hogs. Memory hogs are things like Norton Antivirus, McAfee Antivirus, AOL products.

If your system is running slow it might have a virus and most definitely if you've got Norton or McAfee on it, you can almost bet they've let something in.

Now, let's clean your system up a bit.

Click Start/Programs and look for the RUN command. You might see it anywhere once you click Programs, or it might be inside the Accessories folder. Click RUN and when it opens up type "msconfig.exe" (without the quotes) then hit ok.

When the System Configuration window opens click the Startup tab. In the Startup Tab we are only concerned with 2 columns, the first column which is the Startup Items and the column that says Command. You can put your mouse pointer between two column headings and it will turn into a +, then hold the left mouse button and drag the column over to the right to expand it so you can read what's below it.

Now everything has a check mark beside it. This means that everytime you start your computer, these items have to load and run. Most of the stuff is good, but there might be so viruses that are running also so we want to remove the check mark from them.

Start with the first time listed under the startup item column and look at it and look at the command for it. Most times you will see something under the command such as Adobe, Yahoo, Dell, HP, etc. that you know are ok so go to the next item. Also if you see something under the command like C:\Program Files\.... then it's ok, also C:\Windows\System32\.... then it's ok.

If you see something that does not have anything under the Command column, remove the check mark, it's a virus that's trying to hide.
If you see something that says something like: dumprep 0 -k in the startup item column remove the check mark from it.

Most viruses will attach themselves to a User Account and be in one of the hidden folders. If you see something under the Startup Item column that does not make sense such as xjieryert67 or 12326543;ehdyu and when you look at the Command column it is located in c:\Documents and Settings\the user id\Local Settings\Application Data\...... remove the check mark because it's a virus. Note that the user id will be the name of one of your user accounts. It could be something like your name, Owner, User, etc.

When you have been through all the items click OK or Apply then OK and the system will show you restart options. Select Exit Without Restart so that the machine does not reboot yet.

Don't be afraid about removing the check mark from something. All this does is stop something from starting when you boot your machine. You can always go back in and put the check mark back on something.

Now all we've done so far is stopped the virus from running when you boot your machine. The next thing we want to do is kill it.

Open your internet browser and go to www.google.com and in the search box type: 'Download Cnet Malwarebytes" (without the quotes) and you will see a site called download.cnet/malwarebytes and you might see a January 30, 2012 date on it. Download and install MalwareBytes from that site. When their site opens be sure to click on the Green Download button on the left, that's malwarebytes. Don't click the Red Download button, that's some junk.

Once malwarebytes is at the end of the installation process it will pop up the Gui Interface and a popup window overlaying it that says Decline or Accept a 30 Day Trial. CLICK DECLINE and your copy will always be FREE without a trial period. Then take the option to RUN A QUICK SCAN.

The Quick Scan will run and if it finds infections the number will be shown in RED. When it is done you will click SHOW RESULTS. A notepad text document will open up showing you the results of the scan. You can close it because we are only interested in the Gui Interface. Next click REMOVE SELECTED RESULTS and the results will already be selected for you. Once the infections are removed you will be instructed to click and reboot your computer.

If you're amazed at how many infections Norton or McAfee let in give them the boot and go with a FREE Antivirus such as Microsoft Security Essentials, AVG Antivirus or AVAST Antivirus. If you're going to get a virus, WHY PAY FOR IT WHEN YOU CAN GET ONE FREE.

Also when you reboot and everything is running smoothly go into www.google.com and search for "download Mozilla Firefox", and "Download Opera" and "Download Google Chrome". Download and install each of these internet browsers, you don't need to make them your default browser unless you want to. They are much faster and safer than Internet Explorer. if you want a virus, continue using Internet Explorer. And don't worry they don't take a long time to install like Internet Explorer they install very fast.

More little things that makes your system run faster:
Don't install toolbars from everybody that wants to stick it on your internet browser. You only need Google and Yahoo toolbars. Toolbars will clutter your browser and slow it down and some just let viruses, addware and spyware in.

Be careful when you search the internet and download something because some products like Norton, McAfee and Ask will already have a check mark by them to install on your system. You don't need that junk.

Click Start/Program and look in your program list and uninstall any buggy and junk programs such as: Weather Bug, anything from Freeze.com, My Fun Web Products, My Web Search, Coupons, Rebates, Norton Products, McAfee Products, etc.

Sometimes there will not be an uninstall option for Norton or McAfee. In that case click Start/Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs in windows XP. For Vista click Start/Control Panel/Programs and Features. When the window opens showing you all the installed programs, click to highlight the one you want to remove and click uninstall, on some it might say remove.

Most people rely on Norton and McAfee because that is what they have on their job. On the Job, they have what is called the Enterprise Version of Norton or McAfee, plus they have someone there monitoring it all the time. The Enterprise Version is a good product, but what they sell you and I in the store is the consumer version which is nothing but a core hog and junk. Also now since they realize people are gaining knowledge about the products they give it away Free from your Internet Service Provider. Also remember this, on your job you're on lock down. You can't go to certain sites, you can't get to your personal email, etc. So that help protect the company from getting viruses. At home there are no restrictions unless you're smart enough to set them.

You download the BIOS update from here. In case you don't speak German, here's the translation:

1. Download bios7502.exe
2. Double-click the file and unzip (default is C:\Medion)
3. Go to the location where you unzipped the files and run WinFlash.exe
4. You can save you old bios (just in case) as i.e. oldbios.bin
5. Now open the new bios version with the name W7502MLN.10R and start the update process by clicking the update button.
6. Reboot and you're done.

Note: Don't run anything else when you're doing this and do not interrupt the process until the reboot is complete. You could risk rendering your BIOS unusable!

Goto C: drive icon in My Computer. Then click on Properties, then click Disk Cleanup. There is also on option to clean all but the latest restore point, that saves a lot of hard drive space.

You can also defragment your hard drive which sorts all the files out so that when a file is accessed it finds all of it at once, instead of finding fragments and putting them all together. Files are not usually stored all in one but are spread around the drive, taking longer to find the fragmented bits. It also consolidates all the free space for faster writing to the drive.

You can also go in to MSCONFIG and click the Startup tab and see what programs are running. Anything in there automatically starts running as soon as Windows starts. You can dissable the ones that you know don't need to be running. Not things like Antivirus, Firewall or anything to do with Internet though.

Go to the start menu and type msconfig in the search / run box and press Enter. When you have unticked the ones you dont want running restart the computer.

You will probably get a box pop up when you have restarted saying that you have been in to the configuration settings etc. Just tick the little box on the left that says Don't show this again or whatever it says.

You could also uninstall any programs that you don't actually use.
Go to the Control panel and click on Add and Remove Programs for Windows XP, or Programs and Features in Windows 7.

If it's just got slow gradually,cleaning up usually helps a bit.

If you just want it to be a bit faster then maybe it can have more Ram fitted on the motherboard, that helps, also upgrading the processor, and a faster hard drive will help.

You can also use a little program called CCleaner whhich searches the hard drive for all the rubbish left over from uninstalled programs, unused files, temporary files that are no longer needed etc. It's a free program and very popular.

You can also clean the registry which gets rid of a lot of rubbish left in there. There is an option in CCleaner whhich will do that.

Hope this helps.

You dont clean the Bios, you can reset it to the defaults or you can usually update it, but thats not recommended unless it needs a critical update, so many people have tried it with bad results, like the pc not starting up after an update, but it is highly unlikely that anything has changed in there so I would leave it and concentrate on the actual computer hard drive.

You can clean you hard drive if you right click on the C: drive icon in My Computer. Then click on Properties, then click Disk Cleanup. There is also on option to clean all but the latest restore point, that saves a lot of hard drive space.

You can also defragment your hard drive which sorts all the files out so that when a file is accessed it finds all of it at once, instead of finding fragments and putting them all together. Files are not usually stored all in one but are spread around the drive, taking longer to find the fragmented bits. It also consolidates all the free space for faster writing to the drive.

You can also go in to MSCONFIG and click the Startup tab and see what programs are running. Anything in there automatically starts running as soon as Windows starts. You can dissable the ones that you know don't need to be running. Not things like Antivirus, Firewall or anything to do with Internet though.

Go to the start menu and type msconfig in the search / run box and press Enter. When you have unticked the ones you dont want running restart the computer.

You will probably get a box pop up when you have restarted saying that you have been in to the configuration settings etc. Just tick the little box on the left that says Don't show this again or whatever it says.

You could also uninstall any programs that you don't actually use.
Go to the Control panel and click on Add and Remove Programs for Windows XP, or Programs and Features in Windows 7.

If it's just got slow gradually,cleaning up usually helps a bit.

If you just want it to be a bit faster then maybe it can have more Ram fitted on the motherboard, that helps, also upgrading the processor, and a faster hard drive will help.

You can also use a little program called CCleaner whhich searches the hard drive for all the rubbish left over from uninstalled programs, unused files, temporary files that are no longer needed etc. It's a free program and very popular.

You can also clean the registry which gets rid of a lot of rubbish left in there. There is an option in CCleaner whhich will do that.

Hope this helps.

To keep your laptop from going into standby mode you want to change the power settings. To do that, click on the start button/windows logo to open the start menu. Then click on control panel, or if you do not see it start typing control panel. Then go to power settings. You then need to change the advanced power settings for your battery options. Change the power settings so that it does not standby at all. Another thing you can do is plug the power cable in and that way it also will not enter standby mode.

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Click on Start and choose Run.

2) Type in RegEdit and select OK.

3) Now click on the little plust to the left of H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

4) Continue to drill down, always clicking on the plus sign at the left of the named key, through Software, Microsoft, Windows, Current Version and Policies.

5) Now click on the Ratings folder. 6) In the right pane of the RegEdit window you'll see an icon called Key. Click on it and press Delete.
7) Next, choose Registry and then Exit to exit RegEdit. You've just deleted your original Content Advisor password.

8) Restart the computer and run Internet Explorer again.

9) Choose View and then Internet Options (or Options for version 3.x). For IE 5 or greater, Click on Tools, Internet Options.

10) Click on the Content tab and click on Disable. When asked for a password, don't enter anything; just click on OK. This will disable Content Advisor because there's no longer a password.

Your computer has only 512MB of RAM.That will just barely run your XP,forget about doing anything else.You need a minimum of 1GB,2GB is even better.Your computer works in RAM not your hard-drive.The hard-drive is for storage,the RAM is for running your programs.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01311536.pdf
This link is your manual and it will walk you thru the procedure.Hope this helps?