RE: Slow graphical response

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From: M. Rajesh (mrajesh24_ns_at_nospam.hotmail.com)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:11:01 -0700

Hi,

See you are running the system with the bare minimum RAM 128 MB. Get more
RAM and the prices have fallen.

Also make sure that you have updated the graphic display adapter to
accomodate your drivers for that device which is provided by the manufacturer.

Regards
M. Rajesh
.Net and Windows Shell MVP
www.winxpsolution.com

"TrUdS" wrote:

> Hi!
>
> One of my customers ran a clean installation on a machine with the following
> specs:
> VGA = Via-Techvt8361/vt83601
> Memory = 128MB
> CPU = Pentium 111 800
> Full Description of the issue:
>
> The installation is running and he leaves the Administrators account
> password blank, when he gets to the option Username: he types the username
> and the installation completes successfully. He reboots the machine and logs
> in as the Username he has created (username is part of the Administrators
> group) and everything works 100% when right clicking on my computer etc, it
> opens the windows straight away, however when adding a user account (username
> is part of the Administrators group) and he logs on as this user, everything
> is sluggish on the machine, when right clicking on my computer for e.g., it
> takes forever to open the required window, this happens with everything he
> tries to open. Logging on as administrator - he gets the same slow
> performance. Now I know that the specs of his machine is not the greatest and
> minimum, What could the reason be for the user he created whilst installing
> the OS working 100% and the user created after that - and the administrators
> account being sluggish. All the graphic etc settings are exactly the same for
> both the user profile created when he installed and the profile created after
> the installation.
>
> Now he re-formatted the machine to only get exactly the same issue. He wants
> to know from me why this is, he understands that the specs on the machine is
> minimum, nevertheless - why would one profile work fine and another not right
> after formatting the machine?
>
> Please advise.........
>
> Kind Regards,
> Trudie
>

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