I recently bought windows xp OEM and installed it on my dell, which was running on 
ME. When i went to install it, it told me that both operating systems would be on 
the same partition. (which was not recommended, but it when installing, that was 
my only option) Now that it has been installed, XP runs so slowly and it's hard to 
get anything done.

What can I do to remove Windows ME from the system so XP is not so slow.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You.

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Removing ME is not likely to speed up XP, although it's not a bad idea. How much 
memory do you have? What processor/speed? How much free disk space? What is your 
cpu utilization (open Task Manager to determine)?







On Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 5:58 pm, kristina wrote:

>I recently bought windows xp OEM and installed it on my dell, which was running 
on 

>ME. When i went to install it, it told me that both operating systems would be on 

>the same partition. (which was not recommended, but it when installing, that was 

>my only option) Now that it has been installed, XP runs so slowly and it's hard 
to 

>get anything done.

>

>What can I do to remove Windows ME from the system so XP is not so slow.

>

>Any help would be appreciated.

>

>Thank You.
 

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Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4
CPU 1400MHz
1.38 GHz
128 MB of RAM

I have 6.33GB used space and 30.9GB Free Space

What is your cpu utilization (open Task Manager to determine)? CPU Usage = 27%

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Your cpu shoould be adequate, and disk space is fine, but you don't have nearly enough 
RAM for XP, 256 MB is bottom limit for performance, 512MB would be better. RAM is 
a pretty inexpensive upgrade.







On Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 7:33 pm, kristina wrote:

>Intel(R)

>Pentium(R) 4

>CPU 1400MHz

>1.38 GHz

>128 MB of RAM

>

>I have 6.33GB used space and 30.9GB Free Space

>

>What is your cpu utilization (open Task Manager to determine)? CPU Usage = 27% 

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very silly question, where can i get that? thank you so much for all of your help

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At a computer store, but better yet - buy it on line. The trick is to get RAM that 
is suitable for your motherboard.
Download Everest:
http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en
to determine make and part number of your motherboard. After you get that repost 
and ask for more help.
Basically you will go to the m/b manufacturer's web page, determine the type of RAM 
you need (actually Everest might provide you with that) then there are a number of 
places on the web that can help you buy the right RAM.






On Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 8:11 pm, kristina wrote:

>very silly question, where can i get that?

>

>thank you so much for all of your help 

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I agree with RiceR46 that you need more RAM.

Go to the web site of popular RAM vendors such as kingston.com, pny.com, or crucial.com, 
enter your make and model number and you will be informed of exactly what kind of 
RAM you have and what is the max you can install.

If you live in the USA, it's been my experience that the best RAM prices are had 
when the big box electronics stores/office supply stores put your kind of RAM on 
sale and on rebate.

As a rule, a clean installation of XP is preferred over an installation which "upgrades" 
an already-installed verion of Windows to XP.  For best results, you should backup 
or copy off any and all files you want to save, then do a clean installation of XP.

If you visit the Dell support pages and enter your service tag or model name and 
number, you will be show a wealth of information about how to support your computer, 
and you will be able to download drivers and what is needed so that your older computer 
will work properly with XP.

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I agree with RiceR46 that you need more RAM.

Go to the web site of popular RAM vendors such as kingston.com, pny.com, or crucial.com, 
enter your make and model number and you will be informed of exactly what kind of 
RAM you have and what is the max you can install.

If you live in the USA, it's been my experience that the best RAM prices are had 
when the big box electronics stores/office supply stores put your kind of RAM on 
sale and on rebate.

As a rule, a clean installation of XP is preferred over an installation which "upgrades" 
an already-installed verion of Windows to XP.  For best results, you should backup 
or copy off any and all files you want to save, then do a clean installation of XP.

If you visit the Dell support pages and enter your service tag or model name and 
number, you will be show a wealth of information about how to support your computer, 
and you will be able to download drivers and what is needed so that your older computer 
will work properly with XP.

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I made this error when I installed my first XP. Along with adding RAM, I ultimately 
did a clean install to rid myself of ME. ME forever clutters XP until it is removed, 
at least in my experience.  For whatever reason, I could not remove all of MP without 
reformat.

While it can be done, but it requires familiarity with registry structure and bit 
by bit removal that is, IMO counterproductive and hazardous. 

I reserve the right to disagree on occasion ;o)







On Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 6:29 pm, Ricer46 wrote:

>Removing ME is not likely to speed up XP, although it's not a bad idea. How much 

>memory do you have? What processor/speed? How much free disk space? What is your 

>cpu utilization (open Task Manager to determine)?

>

>

> 

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