For the blue task bar:
Right-click My Computer/Properties/Advanced/Performance
Check the box "Adjust for best performance".
Look under the General Tab to see how much memory is installed.
Right-click My Computer/Manage/Disk Management to see how much space is left
on the drive.
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:22 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi There  ---
>
> It's probably been 2 years  since she used it.  It has (as far as I could
> tell) has 37.24 GB.  I  dont know why the '24' is tacked on there for,
> cause
> when I went to look at the  puter information, that's the figures it had on
> there and since I have  uninstalled a lot of stuff since I got it --- it
> only has used up approx.  1/8th of that 37 GB.
>
> But what I dont like about  it --- I use Classic on this desktop, and when
> I put her's on Classic, the set  up was so totally different, but kept it
> there so I could change to my  colors and task bar from that bright blue to
> a
> soft gray, but regardless of how  many times I re-did that, besides cutting
> it on and off,  that blue task  bar would never disappear, and the reason I
> don't like it is cause the icons were  terribly tiny.  I dont understand
> why
> that didn't change when I was  able to change everything else by right
> clicking on my desktop - properties,  appearance, then advanced and select
> the
> colors I wanted.  Thanks for  your prompt reply.   Harriet
>
> <<<<It's unlikely you could use your CD due to MS'  restrictions.
> The slow defrag/chkdsk times aren't completely out of line,  especially if
> it's been some time since it was done.
> If it's still slow,  I'd look elsewhere for the cause.
> How much memory does it have, and how much  disk space is left?>>>>
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:54 PM,  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > My daughter gave me her old  HP  Compaq nc6120 using WinXP Sp 2 with
> 37.24
> > GB ...  She left some of  the  stuff you need to run it and made me a
> > wireless
> >  connection for me.  It is  very slow.... though.  It took me 4  hours to
> do
> > a scan disk and 5 hours to  defrag.
> >
> > I  dont know whether to keep it and format, then putting my  own WinXP
>  on
> > there or if MS would allow me to use my CD.  If so, would   it still be
> > slow?
> > I'm sure the HP is at least 6 or 7 years  old.   Harriet
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