Having problems trying to fix my laptop

Oh there were many, from Skype to LibreOffice. Right now I'm trying to install Word 365, but it is so slow, my laptop falls asleep before the installation is finished.

@mrki444 It's old enough (2012) that it is always plugged in, but I could change the settings for it to not go to sleep and see if that works.

@Carmelanirel2 Put laptop on charge until installation is finished. What kind of laptop and operation system you have? Maybe it is not strong enough for operation system you running.

@Carmelanirel2 Sorry to hear that two of your friends passed away successively !Hope you will soon snap out of the grief !

As for how I have been, I've been doing okay considering I lost 2 friends to cancer, one in August, the other just a couple weeks ago. This caused strife in my family and church., it's a long story, but I'm hoping to come out of it soon. And thank you for the belated New Years greeting, it was okay, it could have been worse.

@changjiangzhibin89 The grief I can snap out of, given time. But some people in my life was an obstacle in my grieving and it caused strife in my family. Then again, it also opened my eyes. Don't know if you recall the issues I had with my family when I first started here on MyLot, but it has not only returned, but I'm wiser now and not going to take it anymore.

Hi @Asylum, glad to see you. I don't know if you know who Kim Komando is, but I followed the instructions I could in her article about slow computers. Here's the link to that: After some guessing, I was able to remove all but one item and I ended up removing that a different way. I am very weary of removing anything I don't know, and after I did all I could, the words came back, and though my computer isn't so slow that it freezes up, it is still really slow.

@Carmelanirel2 These are all fairly basic steps, but I am pleased that your problem is resolved.

@Asylum Yes, it is. It would be an awful computer for my son to play games on, but for my writing, it is good, even though I'd love to speed it up due to my multitasking. lol

No, the only way to know would be if I could get on my desktop computer, but it's New Year's Day, my son used that computer for most of the day. However, I guessed, only one item wasn't removed, but I was able to remove it another way. I now see the buttons, and my computer isn't freezing up too bad (After all, I'm here now. ) but it is still running slow.

That is how I do it, but some programs I can't tell if it is something I shouldn't remove or not.