Re: Computer takes forever to startup/do things

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dotbowels Wrote:
> My laptop only has 256 memory, would increasing to 512 memory speed
> things
> up? Anything else I can do? Appreciate help thanks Dorothy

If you are running out of HD space or its choked with junk and badly
fragmented, you will experience slowdown. Run a disk cleanup regularly,
check the disk for errors and defragment the drive.
Here are some links for speeding up
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/AtWork/getstarted/speed.mspx/


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