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windows xp upgrade

etones
By etones
Aug 1, 2005
  1. hi i have just upgraded my friends pc from windows 98se to xp, but its going very slow and not working as well as it should be. its an old pc, should i just put windows 98 back on.
     
    Aug 1, 2005
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  2. PanicX

    PanicX TechSpot Ambassador Posts: 669

    Aug 1, 2005
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  3. Tedster

    Tedster Techspot old timer..... Posts: 6,000   +15

    make sure your computer has ample memory. XP is a memory hog. A minimum of 512MB is recommended. Although 256mb will suffice it will run very slow as it has to use a page file.
     
    Aug 1, 2005
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