Gerald, If you need someone's permission to go buy a new PC, there you have mine. Go for it son! :-) -- ===== GTCox ===== -- Gerald Gollinger wrote: > John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Gerald Gollinger wrote: > >> >From time to time the above subject message appears on my task bar. I only >> >have 256 MB RAM on my present Compaq Presario running Windows XP Home. Is >> >increasing Random Access Memory the solution? >> >> If the present Dell sale lasts through next week I will visit a Dell Center >> kiosk and purchase a newer and better Windows XP PC. Will this solve Virtual >> Memory Minimum problems? >> >> Gerald >> > Your virtual memory problems can likely be solved one of 2 ways (both > cheaper than a new PC). > 1) Adjusting the memory settings in the system area of the control panel. > 2) Buying some extra memory and installing it an an empty slot in the > machine. > > True, but there are other problems: usb 2 scanner backward compatibility > to usb 1.1 and either a defective printer or defective parallel port which > could be solved with a usb 2 printer. The present pc is over four years > old and there is a potential battery problem. SP2 is compatible with my > peripherals; vista may not be. > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. > > > > -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.