Back in business

Well sort of. If you'd noticed I've been in kind of a lull here lately for actual PC project. Well I landed one. The computer is from a friend of my wife. I didn't get a first hand description of the problems. Apparently it is thought to be a virus or perhaps a spyware problem. Not to mention an overall slowness of the system(don't we all want a faster computer?). It's a Dell Dimension 3000 tower with Windows XP Home Edition. I just got it today and haven't had a chance to go through it. I'll try and share some details as I go through. It sounds like a good candidate for a tune-up.