Re: Why is XP running so slowly?

"Leythos" wrote:

> In article <ABC3DB7F-98D1-4976-AE3C-AB7C04CA1EBC@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Mooncinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> > Thanks very much to everyone who's replied. I've already tried defragmenting
> > the hard drive and (as I mentioned in my original post), I regularly use
> > antivirus and anti-spyware/adware programs which are regularly updated.
> >
> > Sorry I didn't include more information about the configuration of my
> > computer in my previous post. What else do you need to know?
> >
> > OS: Windows XP with Service Pack 2
> >
> > Antivirus/anti-spyware software: Avast! Antivirus and AdAware (both are
> > regularly updated). I also use Trend Micro Housecall regularly.
> >
> > 112MB RAM - This struck me as strange because it should be 128MB but this is
> > what was displayed in system properties.
>
> There is your problem - 112MB means you are running 128MB, but your
> video card is using some of that for itself. In addition to that, 128MB
> of RAM is WAY TO LITTLE for XP. You need at least 256MB to make XP
> usable for most people, more like 512MB if you use a few memory hungry
> applications.
>
> > 1.40 GHz
> >
> > I quite often get "virtual memory too low" warning messages and I downloaded
> > and ran Windows memory test but there were no errors. Let me know if any more
> > information would be of help.
>
> See above, you don't have enough real memory.
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That sounds like a reasonable explanation except I haven't just installed XP
or anything like that. It suddenly slowed down about a month ago but before
that, it had been running perfectly at normal speed for a good two years!
Trouble is, I haven't changed anything system-wise so I can't figure out what
could have caused it to slow down so drastically.
.

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