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Slow XP
Name: William Lockie Date: December 11, 2003 at 18:12:51 Pacific OS: WXP CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
I did a clean install of XP after updating the BIOS. I did this to get a stable machine. I have not noticed any improvement in stability (it's only been a few days) since installation. The one thing I have noticed is that it is slow between clicking an icon and the resulty. Slow enough that I click again and the sometimes I have the progrm open twice. What might be causing this? Bill
Name: svg Date: December 12, 2003 at 03:59:58 Pacific
Reply:
Maybe the mouse-button itself is faulty/dirty/sticky ...?
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Response Number 2
Name: Bill Date: December 12, 2003 at 09:44:02 Pacific
Reply:
The mouse has been tested. I even changed the mouse. The problem is a general slowness. When I click to expand a drive it may take as long as 5 seconds. When I had W98 with the same hardware a click on the drive ico in My Computer opened the drive immediately. Bill
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Response Number 3
Name: Jumbie Date: December 12, 2003 at 16:03:06 Pacific
Reply:
You didn't put the cpu speed in your message header. WinXP needs much more horsepower to run compared to Win98. The 256 ram is only just adequate.
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Response Number 4
Name: Bill Date: December 12, 2003 at 18:58:35 Pacific
Reply:
My cpu speed is 1.4. Memory is probably the problem. I'll get more. Thanks for the intelligent answer. Bill
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