Subject: Can't open programs One of my RAM chips failed. I had to reinstall XP and it will not recognize or open programs that can be seen by win explorer. When I click on a program icon it seems that one or another .dll file is missing. So right now I have a number of programs sitting on my drive that are not useable. I hesitate to simply delete these and leave remnant files throughout my system. My laptop is now running very slow and takes many minutes to be up and running from start and from hibernating. Aside from adding 512k replacement to my 256k RAM is there any other way to get my laptop speed back. I am newly running MS Office on a HP Pavilion ze5700. Paul Berberich [log in to unmask] Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com