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08-17-2026, 6:05 PM#2
Update your router's firmware before anything else. Good call.
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SaffronRobin54 84d ago+1 more #12
Did you check the keyboard language setting?
08-19-2026, 1:47 AM#8
An SSD is the best upgrade you can make to an old PC.
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08-19-2026, 10:57 AM#9
Clean the fans and replace the thermal paste. Night and day.
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08-21-2026, 5:35 AM#14
@RustyCompass Thank you, sending this to my parents too.
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08-21-2026, 10:17 PM#15
An SSD is the best upgrade you can make to an old PC.
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08-22-2026, 4:08 PM#16
Interesting, I had the opposite experience.Originally posted by ClayAn SSD is the best upgrade you can make to an old PC.
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08-22-2026, 8:55 PM#17
An SSD is the best upgrade you can make to an old PC.
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WillowGardener 81d ago+5 more #18
Did you check the keyboard language setting?
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ByteSizedBen 77d ago+4 more #20
Update your router's firmware before anything else.
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WillowGardener 77d ago+1 more #21
Change that password now and turn on two-factor, you'll be fine.
ByteSizedBen 77d ago #22
An SSD is the best upgrade you can make to an old PC.
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SawdustSam 69d ago #23
Change that password now and turn on two-factor, you'll be fine.
PepperLantern Chief Snack Officer 59d ago #24
Clean the fans and replace the thermal paste. Night and day.
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