It would tell me that it needs an overhaul... software-wise. Oh yes indeed!
A lot of little niggling bugs are creeping up and the best way to go around that would be to totally wipe out the main partition and reinstall Windows XP.
The only reason why I haven't already done that is because the time taken for me to totally rebuild the software on the computer is honestly... way too long for my parents to bear... they want the computer working whenever they want to use the computer and that won't happen if I can't locate all the necessary CDs... it's been ages since my computer had to have a major software overhaul.
Besides... I'm not even sure if the installation CDs that I have can still be used... because some CDs do seem to have some data deterioration after time.
So for now, I will settle for stop gap measures that can be found via Google... but those are surely temporary... until my brother can send back his old PC to me.
By the way, his old PC happens to be actually newer than the one I'm currently using at home right now... my trusty old clone desktop powered by a Pentium III. Yes! A Pentium III machine!