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. PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]> Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com