Re: **Windows XP installation**

> FWIW, I saw a 266 PII laptop with 192MB RAM and a 3GB HDD recently that
> ran XP Pro ok.

I guess that "ok" is in the eye of the beholder :-) Systems seem to vary
quite a bit with their specs vs. performance.

FWIW, I was asked to "fix" a relative's P4 with 256MB RAM over Christmas
which was purchased with XP Home SP2 pre-installed.but was rather slow at
doing anything, launching apps etc. The parents bought it for their child
but she was quite unhappy with it because of its sluggish performance.

I ran anti-virus, spyware checkers, defraggers etc. Not much change.

I added a 256MB RAM stick and the system seemed to gain a new lease of life.
It now runs beautifully.

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Regards

John Waller


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