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Thgat's what I needed to know.
Mikee
"Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> But it works fine on a 4550.
>
> In answer to the other question, the 4550 has two slots, each limited to
> 512MB for a total of 1GB, which is what mine is running.
>
> Tom
>
> "Helen" <@abuse.roman.gov> wrote in message
> news:XErve.5412$qm.4335@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
>> XP - SP2 will NOT work on ALL machines. I've had it mess up my machine
>> twice! I've un-installed it
>> and will NOT re-install it again. It is not an improvement, but on my
>> machine it locks it up, and just overall
>> malfunctions. No, I don't have spyware, trojan, worm ad-ware, etc.
>> Housecleaning is done regularly.
>> It is just that this machine does not run SP2, period. There are
>> several
>> people who have machines that
>> SP2 will not run well or run at all on. BTW, as for the MS
>> Updates...it's
>> far better to not do an automatic
>> update but rather a custom update whereby you can see what's being
>> updated
>> and determine whether or not
>> it is somtheing you need. I just had problems with the latest update of
>> Office 2003!
>>
>> Still using SP1 and without problems.
>>
>>
>> "RRR_News" <nospam@isp.com> wrote in message
>> news:X7OdnQDY2YKgAiDfRVn-tA@comcast.com...
>>> Mike,
>>> In addition in adding more memory as William has posted, especially if
>>> you
>>> use onboard graphics, instead of a separate video card. You should, if
>>> you
>>> haven't already done in the past, run an adware detector/removal program
>> on
>>> your PC. It has been reported when SP2 was first introduced, that if
>>> there
>>> was any malware on your XP SP1 PC, performance was not good, but barely
>>> passable. But with SP2 installed, performance really went down.
>>>
>>> The following should be done to help out.
>>> 1. Run Antivirus and anti-spyware programs on your PC. I use the
>>> following
>>> free programs for spyware:
>>> a. Ad-Aware (free): http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
>>> b. Spybot: S&D (free):
>>>
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
>>> c. MS AntiSpyware (free):
>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
>>>
>>> 2. Clear TIF folder, and possibly the Cookie folder.
>>> In IE> TOOLS> internet Options> General tab> Delete Files button> Select
>>> Include Offline Content> OK.
>>> Consider Clearing Cookies, you will need to reload them when visiting
>> sites.
>>> This may cause a delay the first time you visit the site, but after that
>> you
>>> should be fine. You will probably need to reenter ID/Password info on
>>> the
>>> site.
>>>
>>> 3. If you go to sites that use Java, consider clearing the Java Cache
>>> folder. If Sun's Java is installed:
>>> Control Panel> Java> General tab> Delete Files button> OK.
>>>
>>> 4. Check if there is any upgrades for drivers for any hardware on or
>>> attached to your PC, or any software upgrades, especially security
>> programs,
>>> such as Norton or McAfee. Again some manufactures had to create patches
>> for
>>> their products after the SP2 upgrade.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Rich/rerat
>>>
>>> (RRR News) <message rule>
>>> <<Previous Text Snipped to Save Bandwidth When Appropriate>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <William P. N. Smith> wrote in message
>>> news
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>>> "Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> >We have a Dell 4500 256MB RAM, XP Home. After upgrading to SP2 the PC
>>> >is
>>> >very very slow.
>>>
>>> 256M isn't a lot of memory, but you can check a couple of things
>>> first:
>>>
>>> Use perfmon or task manager to see how much free memory you have
>>> and/or what processes are taking up your memory and/or CPU cycles.
>>>
>>> Use Mike Lin's fine Startup.cpl to remove things you don't need to
>>> start when the system starts.
>>>
>>> If you can borrow another 256M of memory, try it.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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