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Slow--on Xp?
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Slow--on Xp?
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 4:26 am
Posted by Jim
(5 messages posted)
I have the use now of an old laptop, 400Mhz, 6G HD.
I has Xp professional SP3, with Office 2000. Is Xp, plus Office too "heavy" for
it? What house keeping might speed it up a little? The owner does not want it back
so we are free to try anything.
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re: Slow--on Xp?
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 5:40 am
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
You didn't say how much memory, which is the most important stat. You need at least
256MB of memory, preferably more. But you'd be better off with an older OS.
On Monday, September 14, 2009 at 4:26 am, Jim wrote:
>I have the use now of an old laptop, 400Mhz, 6G HD.
>I has Xp professional SP3, with Office 2000. Is Xp, plus Office too "heavy" for
>it? What house keeping might speed it up a little? The owner does not want it back
>so we are free to try anything.
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re: Slow--on Xp?
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 5:44 am
Posted by Kevinh
(634 messages posted)
You may get away with this depending on how much RAM it has. Minimum RAM spec for
XP without service packs is 64MB but most will advise128Mb+ for what you want to
do.
On Monday, September 14, 2009 at 4:26 am, Jim wrote:
>I have the use now of an old laptop, 400Mhz, 6G HD.
>I has Xp professional SP3, with Office 2000. Is Xp, plus Office too "heavy" for
>it? What house keeping might speed it up a little? The owner does not want it back
>so we are free to try anything.
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re: Slow--on Xp?
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 8:41 am
Posted by Jacob6601
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xp + office should spin like a top. You are adding things (like this internet connection)
that are slowing you down.
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re: Slow--on Xp?
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 8:57 am
Posted by Jacob6601
(2174 messages posted)
You might also try disabling some services. Reference:
Default settings for services = http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
For more info see:
Chapter 7: System Services -- Download at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd162275.aspx
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re: Slow--on Xp?
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 9:42 am
Posted by Jim
(5 messages posted)
It allows 256M max
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re: Slow--on Xp?
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 9:44 am
Posted by Jim
(5 messages posted)
It has 256M. Is SP3 heavy?
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re: Slow--on Xp?
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 9:48 am
Posted by Jim
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Thanks. I'll have a look
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re: Slow--on Xp?
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 10:09 am
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
That will work for light weight activities, and if you are patient. Forget graphics
intensive apps. And as Jacob suggested, Blackviper has several suggested tweaks that
will help.
On Monday, September 14, 2009 at 9:42 am, Jim wrote:
>It allows 256M max
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