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osho67

I get a feeling that my laptop has slowed down over last 3-6 months. Is there any free software I can run which might help. It may not help because the MHz is about 700-800. I have installed XP pro on the machine but that was very recently. C drive is 40 and memory is 124. If need be I can go back to Win 2000 (laptop came with it, I think)

Comments and help much appreciated.

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rossored

Osho, run the tests at PC Pitstop.

They tell you the state of hard disk, whether you need a defrag, etc. Might be useful.

www.pcpitstop.com

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wheezergeezer

try running your Defrag, also so get rid of any old files that you don't use i.e. digital photo's, music files, I can't see that changing your XP back to win 2000 win make much difference !

good luck

Racer

Clear out the cache, cookies, temp files for IE, also check for spyware that is on your computer (I use Ad-Aware) www.lavasoft.de

oatman

You don't have a lot of RAM. I believe XP is greedier than Win2K so it might help to go back.
Simple answer is upgrade your RAM.

http://www.crucial.com/uk/index.asp?...77&PID=1264078

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osho67

I forgot to mention few things. I am running broadband and the computer is running till 10. pm. I run defrag regularly and also clear out temp files for IE.

Will I be able to upgrade RAM? It had only 64 when I bought it and in the empty slot I added another 64.Can I remove both and put 128 each in both the slots? Laptop is compaq . I will do other things as suggested above.

Thanks to everybody for help

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wheezergeezer

The more RAM the better 512, or 256, check with the manufacture
as regards to upgrade............

wheezergeezer

PS, if you have a copy of Norton Utilities, try running that it may help.....