PC slowdown

[jaybo2]

hi, i am having problems with my pc, all programs, even start up run slow, what could be the cause of this?

i run win xp on a P4 (m) 1.4mzh, 128mb ram, 10 gig hd

please help me, i am useless with pc's

[mikezel]

your problem would definately be a lack of RAM. usually, the minimum for xp is at least 256mb. If you were to add another 256mb to what you have, you will notice a <b>huge</b> increase in performance.
Post as much information about your pc as you can, and we can try and help you chose new ram for it.
mike

[0wain.]

Whoops someone beat me to it.
DO what it says above ^

[jaybo2]

ok, is an IBM thinkpad mobile intel (R) 4 -1.8ghz with 112 mb ram laptop, hope that helps

cheers

jay

[jaybo2]

also could it be an overload of software as it use to be a lot faster when i bought the machine, i takes over 1 min to load ms word at the moment

[mikezel]

what is the model # of that notebook?

[ghost2003]

Go in run and type msconfig, then go to the startup tab and unckeck all that you dont need or want running at startup. Press ctrl-alt-del and click on the performance tab, it should say howmuch memory is still available.

[glc]

Do virus and spyware scans. Get some more ram. If the hard drive is more than 80% full, get rid of some stuff or get a bigger hard drive.

128 megs of ram and a 10 gig hard drive is not a good combination for WinXP except for very light use with minimum applications.