[QUOTE=alpertron;319183]
CPU rolling average 66 / 1000 ( 7%)

This month the computer was running maybe 1 hour a day because the temperatures are rising in the southern hemisphere and the processor runs at 80 °C when using all cores.[/QUOTE]

This explains everything. Your rolling average is way below 1000 because it is only running one hour a day. As your rolling average goes down so does your P4 equivalent speed.

Note: At your current P4 equivalent speed, the CPU will be assigned TF or ECM work. You may want to force a specific work type if the computer will resume 24 hour a day operations.

I've always run ECM on low exponents (less than 1 million) in that computer, so I have no problems for the low performance.

[QUOTE=NBtarheel_33;319076]I have an XP OEM install disk and the whole set of MS Works 2002 software with product key. Would that be of use to them? I would be willing to part with the lot for some help on the postage.[/QUOTE]

Ernst, did you ever hear anything more from her on this?