Re: [PCWorks] Computer is too slow
- From: Peter Kaulback <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:56:17 -0500
Larry, I received a Dell Inspiron 1100 with 256 mb of ram like yours. I
formatted the drive and reinstalled XP SP2 as it took about 5 minutes to
be ready.
I had defragged the drive, run memory tests, done chkdsk, run vir*s
scans and nothing helped much. After the format it was much quicker, as
it had been almost 5 years since originally installed by Dell. But of
course another 512mb of ram would be really helpful too :)
Peter Kaulback
LarryB wrote:
> I have a Dell which is a neighbor computer that is very slow on startup.
> It is a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, 1.6g processor, 798mhz and 256 ram.
> The HD is 33g with 23g free. Running Windows XP with SP2
> Now it takes 5 plus minutes to load the icons on the desktop and another
> 1 minute for the tray. Then it is ready to go. I have the tray down to
> AVG anti and fire wall, and Wireless, Audio, and power.
> I pull up Ctrl+Alt+delete and the performance is CPU 0 to 1% while the
> PF usage is 402 MB. This is with no applications running.
>
> I am presently doing a complete vir*s scan as my first step in trying to
> speed this computer up. Any help would be appreciated. One question is
> could it be that 256m of ram is too small? They use OE and IE as their
> main applications along with QuickBooks 2003.
> Thanks
>
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