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In news:uWKIAdyuFHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
Forrest Ganther <forgan@advertisnet.com> typed:
> OK, Thanks everyone for your help!!!! Appreciate it very
> much!!!!
You're welcome. Glad to help.
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> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:OtiY94wuFHA.3688@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> In news:eKx4GywuFHA.3688@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>> Forrest Ganther <forgan@advertisnet.com> typed:
>>
>>> Dell Dimension 2100 with win XP is taking a very long time to
>>> complete loading Windows. This seems to have started after
>>> updating winxp. Only have 128 meg RAM, would increasing to
>>> 256
>>> help?
>>
>>
>> Increasing othe RAM would very likely help. 128MB is
>> insufficient to
>> run Windows XP with any acceptable speed.
>> How much memory you need depends on what apps you run, but
>> almost
>> everyone needs at least 256MB for decent performance. For some
>> people, for example those who edit large photographic images,
>> more
>> than 256MB--even much more--can be required for good
>> performance.
>>
>>
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>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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