I have an old hp dv4 that I jusy did a factory reset on. It now runs slower than ever and keeps randomly shutting itself off. I only want to play runescape on it so it shouldn't be too much to ask for after a factory reset. What can I do now?
Then there is this page on dealing with slow performance. This one is for windows 7, but most of it works for Windows Vista as well.
http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-dv7-6b00-Entertainment-Notebook-PC-series/5145684/model/5204567/document/c01817290/