I haven't used my computer in a week and.............?

Question

I opened my first computer and the internet connection didn't work at all. All the connections were plugged in before I went on the 1 week vacation the way it was and it was on. So then, I restarted it and then it worked but it was really really slow which was very unusual. (this computer was XP btw). Then I opened my second computer (Vista), typed in my password and let it wait and then it said "Preparing Desktop" which never ever happened to me before. It loaded for some time and then I only saw 3 rows of icons when I normally had like 6-7 rows of icons. My McAfeee popped up and said the registry was changed and if i should allow it or not. The Gadgets were very different because some of them I never had and my weather gadget stated San Francisco when I was living in NY. Some other windows popped up too that I never seen before. (Sry I kinda forgot which were they). So then this was very weird to me so I System Restored it to the way it was before I left and everything was back to normal except for the fact that it was very slow like the other computer. I don't understand what happened...........

Answer 1

Sounds as if someone reinstalled Vista while you were gone.

Answer 2

well let me tell you 5 steps to make your computer faster

1-start>run>%temp%select all (shift+delete)

   start>run>prefetch  select all (shift+delete)

Open Internet explorer>tools>internet options>temporary internet files delete

2-start>all programs>accessories>system tools>disk clean up

3-start>all programs>accessories>system tools>Disk Defragmentor

4-start>my computer>select the drive with right click options>tools>error checking>check (scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors

5-protect your computer from viruses i reccomend use norton or eset smart security and windows defender.