I think adding a least another stick of 256 RAM (or more if you can afford 
it)would help.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Cox" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:46 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] slooow computer

A friend has a Compaq Presario, 2.4 GHz Athlon, 256M RAM that runs very 
slow.  Takes over 5 minutes to boot up, all program loading is similarly 
slow.  The list of programs under Startup doesn't show anything significant, 
but I haven't yet run "What's Running". It is running Symantec NAV.  I have 
run Spyware doctor and quarantined a lot of spyware, but it still runs slow. 
It does have Wild Tangent (spyware?) that I haven't yet removed (just 
printed the removal procedures).  Can that be the problem? What other 
measures should I take to improve performance, short of clearing the HD and 
starting all over.

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