You definitely need more RAM to have any chance of running XP even reasonably on 
that machine. Judging by the processor speed, you should definitely be able to upgrade 
the RAM - though with the age of machine, RAM for it may be quite expensive (its 
currently very cheap for new machines). If you post the model (you said it was a 
Toshiba..), we could probably find some RAM prices for you (also need to know where 
you are to price up).

The previous o/s was probably windows 98 - which should run ok on that spec (but 
64MB ram still not brilliant even for 98). I'd be surprised if your software doesn't 
run on 98.

If its just for one app, does it need to be on the internet? You've nowhere else 
to run said app?

Putting 98 back on may not be straightforward (would need install Cd & to get the 
relevant 98 drivers for the laptop's hardware). Upgrading RAM to say 256MB would 
probably make the machine usable with XP - unless there is something else wrong with 
it - but won't know unless you get reasonable amount of RAM in the first place (some 
of those messages in the event log suggest the machine's bios may not be totally 
XP compatible - but that doesn't usually matter in terms of how it actually runs. 
Ie, if it runs, probably ok).






On Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 10:08 am, Linda wrote:

>Steve,

>In System Config, there were only 5 things checked, so I disabled GPCtray (part 
of 

>encryption software which I no longer use), hp psc 1000 series (rarely print from 

>the laptop), and hpoddtol.exe.

>

>Went to Event Viewer errors: Under System, the source ACPI came up a lot. Said, 
"attempting 

>to write to an illegal IO port address which lies in the protected address range. 

>This could lead to system instability. Go to go.microsfot.com/fwlink/events.asp.

>And another Source is windows Update Agent (lots of errors on that one), and Service 

>Control Manger, and some warnings like W32 time. And an application warning with 

>Userenv (lots of those).

>

>I think I will get connected and let Windows Software Update complete the updates 

>(sometimes it won't finish and other times I  need to use my phone so I disconnect). 

>Last night I ran Spybot and Ad-Aware (no errors). Strange, Ad-aware doesn't have 

>any new definitions since a few months ago, when I checked for updates. I removed 

>AVG thinking that was the culprit, but I will go ahead and download it again. 

>

>I'll let you know how things are running after I get on and use it for a while today. 

>Please question me for anything else you need to know.

>

>This laptop was given to me by my sister's husband who removed a lower OS and installed 

>Windows XP Professional because that's what I was told I needed to use my medial 

>transcription software. Maybe I can downgrade. I'm wondering how much that would 

>cost to get the next one down, what's the name of it? And which one is most stable 

>for my little laptop?

>

>How do I make line spaces on this thing? It's now showing after I post.

>

>Thanks again. 

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