Why is my computer so slow?

[Alexandra]

I have Compaq Presario, AMD Athlon XP 2000+, speed 1665
MHz, RAM 128 MB, Hard disk memory 37.29 GB (used 9.23;
free 28.05).

My computer is kind of slow. I am not very good in
computers. How can I find out the problem?

Is 128 RAM too small? How can I get bigger RAM?

Thanks!

 

[Rich Barry]

Alexandra, with only 128MB of Ram it will slow XP down. Get at least
another 256MB. Go here to find out
what kind of Ram you need. Crucial is a very good brand.
www.crucial.com
You can also check your system for virus, spyware, adware and
trojans. Use these websites
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

http://safespy.net/Spyware_Hunter.htm

http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

http://spybot-spyware.com/trojan.htm

http://www.spysweeper.com/

http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/

And finally have you defragged or did a chkdsk lately? Cleaned out
your system?

http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks12.htm

 

[Alexandra]

Thank you for the links and great advice!!!