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WINXP hangs with 2 users logged
Name: bamdl Date: August 26, 2002 at 13:37:46 Pacific
Comment:
My WINXP hangs at least once per day if I have 2 users logged on..... AMD 1600+xp, 128 ram.....
Get more DRAM. It is suggested you have at least 128Megs per user when using fast user switching. Any programs left running when you switch users will consume memory and having only 128megs of DRAM is stressing XP. I would suggest at least 256, if not 384.
Later,
KTTD
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Response Number 2
Name: Daryl Date: August 26, 2002 at 20:49:37 Pacific
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adding more ram probably will not help.. I have 512mb and still have this problem so I just fixed it by forcing a sign off when changing users.. The reason is, some programs cannot run at the same time. If you are using a program and switch users without logging off. The program is split and not all programs are able to this without slowing down...
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