How do I "scrub" an old computer with Widows XP?

[IamSam]

Hey, I hear you about pliers and just tools, in general. Once upon a time I had a tool box containing needle nosed pliers and a host of other useful tools. Unfortunately, I had an aquaintance help me do a few small repairs around my apartment some time back. At the end of the day, he tossed almost all my tools into his own tool box without me knowing it, and then he drove off. I haven't seen him or my tools since.

Friend one has some needle nosed pliers for sure. I'll pass along your advise re straightening the pins, and if he's willing to do that, I'm willing to plug in a monitor and see what's what on his Dell. I strongly suspect he'll whine and cry about doing ANYTHING with his computer all by his little self, even something as simple as that. If he doesn't care enough about it to even straighten the pins, I certainly don't care to do all the work of putting in a video card, getting a manufacture's copy of XP, etc.

So, in your opinion (or that of anyone else who may be reading this) is it worth my time to try to get my old e-machine running again?