I am using Win XP in my PC. Since after I installed it, the PC is slow in performance - especially while more browser windows are open. I was using Win 98SE formerly which had good performance. What can I do to make my PC speeder?

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What sort of computer are you running XP on, and how old is it? What CPU and RAM do you have?

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I have a P4 1.7 Ghz with 256 MB of RAM. Is it due to the low RAM that it is slow? The problem arise whenever more browser windows are open along with Thunderbird.

Shyampc, you're system is old but it can run windows xp i suggest you use more virtual ram(It's like ram memory and it's located on the harddisk) go in My computer and right click - properties(Disable System Restore if you don't use it) you could also Defrag your disk(Right Click in your HDD-properties and defrag. I suggest you use CCcleaner and Tuneup Utilities 2007 to boost up your system and to configure your Ram memory!

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You should consider adding another 256MB RAM. That will mostly solve your problem.

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Yes, you really should consider adding more RAM. Virtual memory may help a little, or slow things down, since your hard drive is much, much slower than RAM.

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Is it ok when you're not on line?

If you have at least 2 gigs of ram it will go really fast. Also try disabling background progams you don't use.

2 gigs if you have vista. XP runs great on 1-1.5gb. I have xp with 1.5gb and I can play bf2142 on high settings for everything.

This user doesn't seem to be returning, but XP can run fine on 512 if you're only doing the basics. I have a virtual machine with it installed, and it runs smoothly on 128MB. I only use this for BBC iPlayer video, and my phone's transfer software, though. However, 512 is the recommended minimum, and if you're doing any kind of heavy tasks such as video editing, Photoshop or CAD, then you really want a gig or more.

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