Re: Too slow online with WinXP

Meggy wrote:

> My PC is PII 466, 64mem. I just upgraded the windows from
> 98 to XP. The speed is too slow when surffing on the
> internet compared with it installed 98. For exmaple, it
> takes about more than 1min to load the page of
> support.microsoft.com. Anyone has idea how to improve it?
> I use IE6, WinXP professional, Norton FireWall, Norton
> Anti-Virous.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Your machine is inadequate for XP. At minimum, upgrade to at least 256
mb memory, and if you can, go for 512.

In news:0d6901c37ecd$73f35c30$a001280a@phx.gbl,
Meggy <zhoulink@hotmail.com> typed:

> My PC is PII 466, 64mem. I just upgraded the windows from
> 98 to XP. The speed is too slow when surffing on the
> internet compared with it installed 98. For exmaple, it
> takes about more than 1min to load the page of
> support.microsoft.com. Anyone has idea how to improve it?

You have far too little RAm, and that's why it's so slow--you are
paging all the time.

How much RAM you need for decent performance depends on what apps
you run, but most people need between 256 and 512MB. Some,
particularly those doing photo-editing, need even more.

You need to upgrade to a minimum of 256MB.

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Ken Blake
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In news:054701c37ed5$ddf8f4c0$a101280a@phx.gbl,
The Unknown P <mikisiw@msn.com> typed:

> PII and 466MHz alone are so old and slow as
> to be useless in todays environment

This is completely false. One of my computers here is a PII-400,
with 256MB of RAM. It's certainly not a speed demon, but its
speed is acceptable. It's very far from "useless in todays
environment."

> add to that only 64MB
> of RAM and you have a recipe for disaster.

Yes, 64MB *is* inadequate for Windows XP.

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Sounds as though you either have a bad memory stick or your system cannot
accommodate any more than 256MB of RAM.

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"Meggy" <zhoulink@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hey, Guys,
>
> Thanks so much for the great advise. I got 512M of RAM.
> But it seems only 256 is varified. Anyway, it helps a
> lot. Good weekend.
>
> Meggy
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >My PC is PII 466, 64mem. I just upgraded the windows

> from

> >98 to XP. The speed is too slow when surffing on the
> >internet compared with it installed 98. For exmaple, it
> >takes about more than 1min to load the page of
> >support.microsoft.com. Anyone has idea how to improve

> it?

> >I use IE6, WinXP professional, Norton FireWall, Norton
> >Anti-Virous.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >.
> >

>Thanks so much for the great advise. I got 512M of RAM.

>But it seems only 256 is varified.

Your system is old enough that it either won't accept 512 memory or it
doesn't recognize the chip density (i.e., one 512 Mb stick vs. two 256 Mb
sticks).
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