Performance problems after upgrading ME to XP

[Tim C]

Hi. Am in a bit of a struggle with this computer. I
upgraded Windows ME to Windows XP pro sp1. Have
installed updates, etc and still have major performance
issues. The pc has a p3 500mhz processor which is more
than adequate for the users needs and I recently
installed another 256 mb stick of ram to bring total up
to 384mb. Again, this is more than sufficient for the
users needs. I have defragged, scanned and removed
viruses and adware. All unnecessary progrmas have been
removed from start up. Still, it has performance
issues. I even added a second drive as a swap drive to
give the overall performance a boost. Still no good.
Display tends to flicker on start up and when starting a
game (Medal of Honor, Allied Assault I think). Machine
overall is very slow and I am at the end of what I can
think of to do here. Has anyone else had these problems
whe upgrading a computer from windows me to windows xp
pro? Any ideas on what I can do? Thanks all.

Tim

You can reply at tacinc@ hotdak.net

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

This is to be expected - XP is a more robust OS, thus being a bigger
resource hog. Suggest turning off all of XP's visual bell's and whistles -
i.e. menu fading, (basically everything when you click on My Computer,
Properties, Advanced, Performance button - click the "Adjust for best
performance" option).
If you really want all those bells and whistles, then you'll need to upgrade
your hardware, suggest a 1-1.5 GHz at minimum.

 

[Guest]

Understandable (by the way, should I delete the original
posts in my reply when I reply to the reply? not sure
the ettequitte thing here sorry) but Ihva e run xp on
less of a processor (p3 350mhz with 192 mb ram) with
petter peroformance than this. What I am wondering is if
since me was such a sucky system is it causing problems
with the upgrade that a fresh install should be the
correct way to go. I have the software but would like to
do so with "least administtratiove effort, if you know
what I mean.

Thanks for the advice because I may go that way next if
no other solution presents itself.

Tim
tacinc@ hotdak.net