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07-19-2008, 07:40 PM
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XP Kind of slow switching users
Hello! My second build (see sig) is all good, but it usually takes a long time (like 20 sec) to switch users. The install of XP is fresh, but I do have all of the software loaded on there that my parents need (no extra bloat though). Should I upgrade RAM? Is my CPU not fast enough? Thanks
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07-19-2008, 08:03 PM
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Could be the RAM. During that 20 seconds, is the hard drive working hard? Is ther a lot of processes running?
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07-19-2008, 08:23 PM
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If you use fast user switching, you need a lot of ram. 1gb really isn't enough.
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07-19-2008, 09:15 PM
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Well when I switch users, there is pretty little HDD activity. I dont think there are too many processes that are running, I mean I recently reformatted it and it only has the things that my parents absolutely need. So, if I upgrade from 1gb to 2gb, user switching will be faster? Guess that would make sense, just dont want to end up upgrading something that doesnt need to be. Thanks.
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07-19-2008, 10:04 PM
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If the hard drive isn't thrashing, then RAM probably isn't the problem.
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07-20-2008, 02:14 AM
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However, 2 gigs of DDR2 ram is only 40 bucks these days.
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