Re: Question on XP slow operatoin

Ken Blake wrote: 
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Don. <Me@xxxxxxx> typed:


Ken Blake wrote:

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Don. <Me@xxxxxxx> typed:



Ken Blake wrote:


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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.


I'd tell you her hardware configuration if I knew how. I'm not sure
what you'd like to know other than:
23 GB HD, 3.5" floppy drive, USB 1.1, read only CD unit.



The most important things are the speed of the CPU and the amount of RAM.

The other issue which I mentioned in another reply in this thread is the possibility of spyware. What anti-spyware programs are run?



I also was told by "friend" that you don't need to Defrag an XP
system.



There are differing points of view on this. Personally I defrag about once a month. Since I never notice a performance increase after doing it, I could get away with at least doing it less often.



First time I did it took about an hour.



Yes? Are you complaining about that being a long time, or thinking it shorter than you expected?


When I can defrag this Win98SE machine (1.2GHz) in 10 minutes, once a month, then 30 minutes for a (850 MHz) machine seem like a rediculously long time. AND performance didn't improve as you experienced.

BTW, my computer has 5.4GB worth of files and she has 7.5 GB.

She runs F-Prot for AV and Zone Alarm Pro for a firewall. We are both on a dialup.

Thanks to your questions this is the first time I've made such comparisons and now I'm starting to wonder if the 2 operations aren't to be expected.

We have to go somewhere in a few mintues so I'll do the usual Scandisk/Defrag while we are gone.

Thanks for your help, and we'll tell "friend" he's not up to date on his knowledge of XP. ;-)

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