Installing XP has slowed down my computer

[Guest]

Ever since I upgraded from Windows ME to XP my computer definitely runs
slower. For example, it takes much longer for Word to load, as well as other
programs. I have 256 megs of RAM. Is that enough or is that not the problem

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

256MB is minimal for normal operation. 512MB would be better, as office
applications tend to use a lot of memory.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[David]

I'd run XP with a minimum of 512. Upgrading to 1Gb will run Photoshop
operations approx 40-50% faster than with 512Mb, when run on XP.

David