Re: Question on XP slow operatoin

In news:42ea59d1$1_2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Don. <Me@xxxxxxx> typed:

> Ken Blake wrote:
>> In news:42ea54d0$1_2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Don. <Me@xxxxxxx> typed:
>>
>>
>>> I'm running Win98SE on this machine and it's 10 times faster
>>> than on
>>> my wife's machine. Her XP installation came from a "friend"
>>> who installed it in April.
>>
>>
>>
>> Are you complaining that XP runs slower than Windows 98? If
>> both
>> machines are Windows 98-era machines, that's not surprising.
>> XP's
>> hardware needs are much greater than 98's. In particular, for
>> almost everyone, unless you have at least 256MB of RAM, XP
>> won't
>> run at acceptable speeds.
>>
>
> Thanks for the QUICK reply, Ken. You are faster than her XP!
> ;-)
>
> I'm not shure how much RAM she had, I think it's 256MB and it
> was a
> WinME machine.


Please check and report back on her complete hardware
configuration.


> I see you snipped the question about Defragging an XP machine,
> does
> that mean you aren't familiar with that feature?


Sorry, I didn't notice that question. Can you repeat it?


> Thanks again...


You're welcome. Glad to help.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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