Re: Help, is there an answer other than you need more memory
From: Sharon F (sharonfDEL_at_ETEmvps.org)
Date: 05/08/04
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Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 10:03:46 -0500
On Sat, 8 May 2004 03:56:03 -0700, Scott D wrote:
> I have recently purchased a second hand laptop running windows xp. It's a
> Celeron 450mhz with 64mb ram and 6gb hard drive. It works well,
> all-be-it a little slow. However, whenever I connect to the internet
> either through dial-up or broadband it has a tendancy to crash. It copes
> with e-mail and surfing of basic sites but whenever you ask it to do
> anything complicated it crashes.
>
> I'm not a whix at these things and I'm told that it's memory I need.
> Being a little strapped for cash I don't really ant to shell out any
> more cash.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> I do have an OEM Win 98SE from an old machine thats packed up. Could I
> load this onto the machine? How easy is it to format and start a fresh?
>
> Thanks in advance for you replies.
>
Win98: It would run better on the laptop BUT the copy you have is OEM (tied
to the machine it came installed on) and it won't have any special drivers
needed for the laptop.
WinXP: Additional RAM is needed for better performance as 64 MB is the bare
minimum. In the meantime, try System Properties> Advanced> Performance>
Settings> Visual Settings. Check that "best performance" is selected. Also,
your main bottleneck seems to occur while connected to the internet.
Barring the presence of any viruses or other malware that mucks up an
internet connection, updating the modem drivers *might* help.
If the system uses a winmodem, you may want to try an external modem as an
alternative connection device. Not as expensive as additional RAM and the
improved connection performance of an external modem may be sufficient to
eek out the lifetime of this laptop a little longer.
-- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
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