Guest Korea92 Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer not being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is still kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? Computer information: Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) 448 mb of ram hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to put.
Guest GreenieLeBrun Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) Korea92 wrote: > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer > not being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted > computer is still kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i > reformatted. > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? > > Computer information: > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) > 448 mb of ram > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to > put. Add more RAM
Guest sandy58 Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) On Jun 17, 7:18 am, Korea92 <aznman2...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer not > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is still > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? > > Computer information: > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) > 448 mb of ram > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to put. Make sure your chipset is up to date, then.......................add more RAM!!
Guest philo Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:863AE2BD-25C9-4EE1-BC64-853310630EEE@microsoft.com... > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer not > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is still > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? > > Computer information: > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) > 448 mb of ram > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to put. > > try this: control panel system advanced performance then set the machine for best performance
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:863AE2BD-25C9-4EE1-BC64-853310630EEE@microsoft.com... > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer not > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is > still > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? > > Computer information: > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) > 448 mb of ram > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to put. > You need to post the full specification of your PC if you want a good answer. 448 MBytes is fine but your processor speed may be low. By the way - if you want lots of answers to your question then a Subject line of "Slow PC" would attract the attention of many more people than "OK finally".
Guest Terry R. Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) The date and time was 6/16/2008 11:18 PM, and on a whim, Korea92 pounded out on the keyboard: > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer not > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is still > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? > > Computer information: > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) > 448 mb of ram > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to put. > > RAM is low if you run more than a couple programs at a time, especially if you don't have a dedicated video card. You should find out what type of video card you have (or video chip on the motherboard) and install the latest driver update, as the one used by XP is old and not optimized for the specific device. You may have a 5,400 rpm hard drive which slows things down. But if you add the costs of improving performance on an older machine, it may be more beneficial to buy a newer one if funds permit. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest Ron Badour Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) What is the CPU speed? Is the PC slow with only XP installed or did you install software as well? Do you have AV installed and if so, does it do a scan upon booting? Like most of the others, I would install more ram providing you have a half way decent CPU. If you think the hard drive is damaged, get diagnostic software from the maker's web site and test it. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:863AE2BD-25C9-4EE1-BC64-853310630EEE@microsoft.com... > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer not > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is > still > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? > > Computer information: > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) > 448 mb of ram > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to put. > >
Guest Korea92 Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) were can i download this diagnostic software if the maker of my computer was microsoft? or my computer has a "intel inside pentium 4" sticker on it? btw how do i add more RAM? :P "Ron Badour" wrote: > What is the CPU speed? Is the PC slow with only XP installed or did you > install software as well? Do you have AV installed and if so, does it do a > scan upon booting? Like most of the others, I would install more ram > providing you have a half way decent CPU. If you think the hard drive is > damaged, get diagnostic software from the maker's web site and test it. > > -- > Regards > > Ron Badour > MS MVP 1997 - 2008 > > > "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:863AE2BD-25C9-4EE1-BC64-853310630EEE@microsoft.com... > > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T > > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 > > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer not > > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is > > still > > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. > > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. > > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 > > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? > > > > Computer information: > > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) > > 448 mb of ram > > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to put. > > > > > > >
Guest Korea92 Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) "Korea92" wrote: > were can i download this diagnostic software if the maker of my computer was > microsoft? or my computer has a "intel inside pentium 4" sticker on it? > > btw how do i add more RAM? :P EDIT: i forgot to add that i have not installed anymore software. as soon as the reformat finished it has been laggy. i did the control panel thing that philo has suggested and it seems to go a TINY big faster > > "Ron Badour" wrote: > > > What is the CPU speed? Is the PC slow with only XP installed or did you > > install software as well? Do you have AV installed and if so, does it do a > > scan upon booting? Like most of the others, I would install more ram > > providing you have a half way decent CPU. If you think the hard drive is > > damaged, get diagnostic software from the maker's web site and test it. > > > > -- > > Regards > > > > Ron Badour > > MS MVP 1997 - 2008 > > > > > > "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:863AE2BD-25C9-4EE1-BC64-853310630EEE@microsoft.com... > > > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T > > > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 > > > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer not > > > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is > > > still > > > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. > > > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. > > > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 > > > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? > > > > > > Computer information: > > > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) > > > 448 mb of ram > > > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to put. > > > > > > > > > > > >
Guest Ron Badour Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) Microsoft doesn't make computers--it makes software. The P4 sticker identifies the type of CPU and since it is a Intel P4, it is fast enough to handle XP. To find the CPU speed, right click My Computer, Properties and it will be displayed on the General tab. You can open the case and look at the outside of the hard drive to find out the maker and model. Then go to the maker's web site and look for diagnostic software. There is also software (Belarc Advisor for example) that should identify the drive. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html You have to check the mobo specs or with the computer maker to find out if your PC will accept more ram. Considering it has a P4 CPU, I would be surprised if it will not take one or two GB or more. I have a Dell with a P4 3GHz CPU and the mobo has four slots that will accept 1 gb of ram each. I don't think a lack of ram is what is your problem is since you have not loaded software yet. You need to run the hard drive diagnostic or get the machine to a qualified repairman to see what ails it. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:7232BB85-4869-4155-ABA8-D5BA3FA26050@microsoft.com... > were can i download this diagnostic software if the maker of my computer > was > microsoft? or my computer has a "intel inside pentium 4" sticker on it? > > btw how do i add more RAM? :P > > "Ron Badour" wrote: > >> What is the CPU speed? Is the PC slow with only XP installed or did you >> install software as well? Do you have AV installed and if so, does it do >> a >> scan upon booting? Like most of the others, I would install more ram >> providing you have a half way decent CPU. If you think the hard drive is >> damaged, get diagnostic software from the maker's web site and test it. >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Ron Badour >> MS MVP 1997 - 2008 >> >> >> "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:863AE2BD-25C9-4EE1-BC64-853310630EEE@microsoft.com... >> > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T >> > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 >> > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer >> > not >> > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is >> > still >> > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. >> > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. >> > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 >> > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? >> > >> > Computer information: >> > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) >> > 448 mb of ram >> > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to >> > put. >> > >> > >> >> >>
Guest Korea92 Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) Ah thank you for your response, it cleared up something. i downloaded the diagnostic software from my harddrive providers site(western digital) turns out that the hard drive is fine. the diagnostic test thing said everything was fine. i dont know what else to do now, since you said RAM dosnt seem to be the problem. should i take it to the repairman? any guess/estimates how much this will cost? "Ron Badour" wrote: > Microsoft doesn't make computers--it makes software. > > The P4 sticker identifies the type of CPU and since it is a Intel P4, it is > fast enough to handle XP. To find the CPU speed, right click My Computer, > Properties and it will be displayed on the General tab. > > You can open the case and look at the outside of the hard drive to find out > the maker and model. Then go to the maker's web site and look for > diagnostic software. There is also software (Belarc Advisor for example) > that should identify the drive. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html > > You have to check the mobo specs or with the computer maker to find out if > your PC will accept more ram. Considering it has a P4 CPU, I would be > surprised if it will not take one or two GB or more. I have a Dell with a > P4 3GHz CPU and the mobo has four slots that will accept 1 gb of ram each. > > I don't think a lack of ram is what is your problem is since you have not > loaded software yet. You need to run the hard drive diagnostic or get the > machine to a qualified repairman to see what ails it. > > -- > Regards > > Ron Badour > MS MVP 1997 - 2008 > > > "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:7232BB85-4869-4155-ABA8-D5BA3FA26050@microsoft.com... > > were can i download this diagnostic software if the maker of my computer > > was > > microsoft? or my computer has a "intel inside pentium 4" sticker on it? > > > > btw how do i add more RAM? :P > > > > "Ron Badour" wrote: > > > >> What is the CPU speed? Is the PC slow with only XP installed or did you > >> install software as well? Do you have AV installed and if so, does it do > >> a > >> scan upon booting? Like most of the others, I would install more ram > >> providing you have a half way decent CPU. If you think the hard drive is > >> damaged, get diagnostic software from the maker's web site and test it. > >> > >> -- > >> Regards > >> > >> Ron Badour > >> MS MVP 1997 - 2008 > >> > >> > >> "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message > >> news:863AE2BD-25C9-4EE1-BC64-853310630EEE@microsoft.com... > >> > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T > >> > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 > >> > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer > >> > not > >> > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is > >> > still > >> > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. > >> > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. > >> > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 > >> > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? > >> > > >> > Computer information: > >> > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) > >> > 448 mb of ram > >> > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to > >> > put. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest Ron Badour Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) What I said about your *amount* of ram is that your machine should not be bogging down just running XP. If you were running an Office Suite, a big graphics program, etc., then more ram might help. What I would do is contact a repairman, explain what is happening, tell what you have tried and then ask if he/she has any ideas, if there is a free estimate, etc. Shops in my area charge $60 an hour on up. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:23498702-218A-4BDD-8991-DAC8B85E14D2@microsoft.com... > Ah thank you for your response, it cleared up something. i downloaded the > diagnostic software from my harddrive providers site(western digital) > turns > out that the hard drive is fine. the diagnostic test thing said everything > was fine. > i dont know what else to do now, since you said RAM dosnt seem to be the > problem. should i take it to the repairman? any guess/estimates how much > this > will cost? > "Ron Badour" wrote: > >> Microsoft doesn't make computers--it makes software. >> >> The P4 sticker identifies the type of CPU and since it is a Intel P4, it >> is >> fast enough to handle XP. To find the CPU speed, right click My >> Computer, >> Properties and it will be displayed on the General tab. >> >> You can open the case and look at the outside of the hard drive to find >> out >> the maker and model. Then go to the maker's web site and look for >> diagnostic software. There is also software (Belarc Advisor for example) >> that should identify the drive. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html >> >> You have to check the mobo specs or with the computer maker to find out >> if >> your PC will accept more ram. Considering it has a P4 CPU, I would be >> surprised if it will not take one or two GB or more. I have a Dell with >> a >> P4 3GHz CPU and the mobo has four slots that will accept 1 gb of ram >> each. >> >> I don't think a lack of ram is what is your problem is since you have not >> loaded software yet. You need to run the hard drive diagnostic or get >> the >> machine to a qualified repairman to see what ails it. >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Ron Badour >> MS MVP 1997 - 2008 >> >> >> "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:7232BB85-4869-4155-ABA8-D5BA3FA26050@microsoft.com... >> > were can i download this diagnostic software if the maker of my >> > computer >> > was >> > microsoft? or my computer has a "intel inside pentium 4" sticker on it? >> > >> > btw how do i add more RAM? :P >> > >> > "Ron Badour" wrote: >> > >> >> What is the CPU speed? Is the PC slow with only XP installed or did >> >> you >> >> install software as well? Do you have AV installed and if so, does it >> >> do >> >> a >> >> scan upon booting? Like most of the others, I would install more ram >> >> providing you have a half way decent CPU. If you think the hard drive >> >> is >> >> damaged, get diagnostic software from the maker's web site and test >> >> it. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Ron Badour >> >> MS MVP 1997 - 2008 >> >> >> >> >> >> "Korea92" <aznman2azn@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:863AE2BD-25C9-4EE1-BC64-853310630EEE@microsoft.com... >> >> > Hey guys,, its me again i need help again T.T >> >> > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 >> >> > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer >> >> > not >> >> > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer >> >> > is >> >> > still >> >> > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. >> >> > so i am asking what i should do next to finish off this slowness.. >> >> > are there any drivers i should download to help support the sp3 >> >> > or should i take to a computer repair guy and have him check it out? >> >> > >> >> > Computer information: >> >> > Windows XP proffesinal with sp3(used to be sp2 before reformat) >> >> > 448 mb of ram >> >> > hmm im not too much of a computer expert so i dont know what else to >> >> > put. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
Guest Plato Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Re: OK finnally :) =?Utf-8?B?S29yZWE5Mg==?= wrote: > > so i finally finished installing my windows xp with SP3 > with the knowledge that my harddrive MIGHT be damaged or my computer not > being able to support sp3..either way the new reformatted computer is still > kinda laggy, but not as SLOW SLOW SLOW as before i reformatted. Any MS OS upgrade makes your pc slower. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
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