Hello, I recently acquired a used desktop with W10 Pro which I was told was 'working fine' and would make a 'good home computer'.
The reason I took it was because the back is exactly the same as my existing tower, so I would be able to connect all leads easily without taxing my very moderate techie knowledge. In fact the only plug-in that was different was the monitor which went at the bottom rather than the side.
Once connected I discovered quite a few glitches and wonder if somehow these are a result of something I have done. This seems unlikely, as I really have done very little, but it seems to me that they certainly don't allow the pc to be described as 'working fine'.
Glitches are:
It won't highlight for C&P, or in the address bar to allow deletion.
When trying to install (Chrome, for example) the 'allow or not changes' window is very temperamental. It usually won't allow yes to be clicked, although does occasionally and randomly.
When trying to put an address in the bar it adds letters - such as outlooklook.comutlook.com, or it adds another URL. This is on Edge, Chrome and Avast.
There's 'jumping around' in some situations. For example, in Chrome Settings at 'start a new page', 'use current pages', 'resume where left off', clicking any results in 'select' jumping around all three.
Also, when my wife tries to look at enlarged photos on Facebook, they, too, jump around, so to speak.
Resolution is quite poor. I've tried changing it, but doesn't appear to have made any difference. May be the monitor or cable as had similar problem with existing desktop? Or the card, graphics card is it?
It's described as silver build, whatever that is, is W 10 Pro with specs DDR2 4GB ram, 500gb HHD, Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz (4CPUs)
Sorry, quite a lot there, but any thoughts, in simple language please, most welcome.
Thank you.
The reason I took it was because the back is exactly the same as my existing tower, so I would be able to connect all leads easily without taxing my very moderate techie knowledge. In fact the only plug-in that was different was the monitor which went at the bottom rather than the side.
Once connected I discovered quite a few glitches and wonder if somehow these are a result of something I have done. This seems unlikely, as I really have done very little, but it seems to me that they certainly don't allow the pc to be described as 'working fine'.
Glitches are:
It won't highlight for C&P, or in the address bar to allow deletion.
When trying to install (Chrome, for example) the 'allow or not changes' window is very temperamental. It usually won't allow yes to be clicked, although does occasionally and randomly.
When trying to put an address in the bar it adds letters - such as outlooklook.comutlook.com, or it adds another URL. This is on Edge, Chrome and Avast.
There's 'jumping around' in some situations. For example, in Chrome Settings at 'start a new page', 'use current pages', 'resume where left off', clicking any results in 'select' jumping around all three.
Also, when my wife tries to look at enlarged photos on Facebook, they, too, jump around, so to speak.
Resolution is quite poor. I've tried changing it, but doesn't appear to have made any difference. May be the monitor or cable as had similar problem with existing desktop? Or the card, graphics card is it?
It's described as silver build, whatever that is, is W 10 Pro with specs DDR2 4GB ram, 500gb HHD, Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz (4CPUs)
Sorry, quite a lot there, but any thoughts, in simple language please, most welcome.
Thank you.
