Re: XP Performance

tmb

Go to Performance section in Control Panel and adjust video for best
performance instead of best appearance.. you will lose the 'silly' XP colour
scheme which is no bad thing, and performance will be quite a bit better..

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"tmb867" <tmb867@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a Pentium II and I am running windows xp on it. It is very slow.
>Even
> if I am not on the internet. Is there anything I can check on or tweak to
> make it run faster. I understand why its slow on the internet but not when
> I
> am just on the windows. Any ideas other than get a new computer. HA.
>
> TMB867


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