The price was good at Sam's Club and I just couldn't resist it.  It's the SyncMaster model 223BW, which I think is a older model.  Couldn't find it listed on Samsungs web site. 

This replaces the 17" LCD regular screen that I had and it does make a world of difference.  I also use my 37" LCD TV as a second monitor.  I run in clone mode and the 37" does show the same resolution as the 22".  I have an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 with dual VGA outputs.  Th...

So the computer is going on four years old now and it's probably about time it will start acting up or worse, show signs of getting ready to die.

I run anit-virus, anti-sypware and clean-up programs along with defragging the HDD

I've gone to Major Geeks to see what is there and if they had recommended choices. I found the following:

Find out what is inside my computer:

Everest Free Edition
AIDA32
PC Wizard
SIW (System Info)
WinAudit
SIV (System Information Viewer)
...

When I look throuh the forums posts that identify problems, alot of the times it is suggested to update the device drivers. What is the recommended way of doing that, going to the vendors web site or using the Device Manager under System Properties?

The reason I ask this is that whenever I go to nVidia's web site to see if there are new drivers for my video card I have no idea what I'm doing.