I think that I must have the worst luck on the entire planet when it comes to my computer.  I have probably had the worst luck of anybody I know at least.  Let me attempt to explain some of my problems that I have been having over the years. My first computer worked fine for one year, then died.  My second and third had issues with speed and I needed a registry cleaner for those.  My current one is looking like the registry needs cleaning on it as well.  At least there are great products out there to help me out.