Re: XP performance

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From: fraz (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:06:23 -0800

thanks for the help guys,

a) no, taking each stick of ram out individually did not
help.

b)i reinstalled windows as an upgrade, i did not format
the hard disk... should i format the windows drive and
install a fresh copy?

Thanks again

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