How to fix this computer?

I'm pretty good with computers, and i went to my grandmas house this week and while im here i've been fixing up everyones computer, and my aunts friend brought her laptop over and i heard it was kind of slow and everything, but i figured it could manage. It's horribly slow, has about 115 processes and cpu spikes from now and then. Was going to install malwarebytes/ Avast Internet Security/Ccleaner, and clean it all up, but it won't even connect to the internet. She has Vista, and the start menu looks different and i can't really find find my way around to a good scanner. (found HP health check, but gave me nothing, and screen went completely white while looking through the resource monitor) If anyone can help me diagnose the internet problem, that would be great. Or possibly a way to put a program on it without connecting to the inernet would be even better. Just ask if you need more information, any help would be appreciated thanks

What are some fun, team building activities for 11-15 year olds?

Ultimate Frisbee! It's fun and requires teamwork and communication skills. All you need are 7-15 people split into 2 teams, a Frisbee, and a simple soccer field to play on. Each team is on either side of the field. One team will throw the Frisbee as hard as they can to the other team, and the other team will try to get the Frisbee to the other side of the field. The person holding the Frisbee can only take two steps, and must throw it to another teammate. If it lands on the ground, the opposing team will take possession of the Frisbee. Other players can interfere with the pass as long as they don't slap it out of the player's hand. It is fun, gets the youth good exercise, and teaches good communication and teamwork skills! It's a game that my youth group played all the time when our lesson plans got shot down. :)

What are some good resources for an author working on their first book?

Someone suggested the book A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life by Judy Reeves, because I tend to suffer with writer's block frequently. I've been working on the same book for a long time now and I just keep reading over it and deleting 2/3 of the book and re-writing it. Maybe I'm just too critical of my own writing or something, but I'm determined to finally see this thing through to the end, even if it isn't published anywhere except through Amazon for Kindle or a similar source.

Is it bad to swallow phlem?

When you swallow the phlegm, its not going into your lungs, its taken to your stomach by your esophagus, so it's not going to make your bronchitis worse. It will probably make you nauseaous though.

All day, I've had this horrible pain like at the top of my throat/behind my nose?

Every time I swallow, a searing pain occurs. With it, I have so much flem in my mouth it's sickening and I cant get rid of it. How can I fix this and what's it caused by?

Do I have whooping cough?

My mom got sick a couple days ago, and a few days after that I got sick too. She's pretty much better now, but I had a stuffy nose, and now I have a really bad cough. Is it whooping cough? I don't seem to hear the "whoop" noise after I cough, but I think I have all the symptoms of whooping cough, occasionally I get hot while coughing (fever), I had the common cold, and the dry cough. But sometimes I have flem, or liquidy stuff in my mouth after I cough. I'm just very concerned, what should I do?

Severe back pain, what is it from?

Yes you should go back to the doctor. It could just be growing pains or you could have an old injury that hasn't healed right. I got into a car accident when I was 16 years old and I have nerve damage in nerves in my spine that go to my neck into my legs which makes not only my back hurt, but my neck and legs as well. I also have three fractured vertebraes and knee problems as well. I hope you find out the cause of your problems. Back pain is the WORSE also is knee pain. My doctor only gave me pain killers. I could have surgery but it is too risky because the problems are on my spine and doctors do not like to do surgery too close to the spine because too many problems can come up, like something going wrong, and me ending up paralyzed.