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W2000 with 64MB RAM
Name: Gianni Date: June 24, 2000 at 12:25:05 Pacific
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I installed w2000 on a Toshiba laptop with 64MB of RAM and now everything is low with a lot of disk accesses... There are some tricks to slim down the w2000 installation to save memory and reduce disk accesses for swapping ram contents ? Please, reply to gpavan@telnetwork.it
Name: Tony Date: June 24, 2000 at 18:26:32 Pacific
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Response Number 2
Name: Undo Date: June 24, 2000 at 21:47:46 Pacific
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64 megs is the minimum for Windows 2000. I do have one machine, a P 200 with 64 megs and it runs pretty well. You might try logging on as administrator........that frees up a lot of security checks etc. That windows does when other people log in. Since Administrator has full access rights to everything those checks are not needed.
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Response Number 3
Name: W2K Stud Date: June 25, 2000 at 06:08:54 Pacific
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Your best bet is to add more memory. W2K uses about 3 times the memory, but it is also capable of running faster, if you have the right amount of memory. I'm using 96 MB minimum--and W2K is using about 70 MB. I've found that 128 MB is the best minimum and I don't notice a performance increase going from 128 to 256.
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