I saw a comment on another thread from Richard that XP runs very sweetly on 512M of memory. Having just put in an extra 256 stick to take it up to 448 M before installing XP at Christmas, I dug out another stick from an old machine in the attic yesterday to take it up to 512M.
Wow ! The machine now goes as quickly as an Aberdonian going home on a flag day! I wouldn't have thought that such a relatively small increase in memory would make such a big difference.
So many thanks, Richard, and to all the other prolific posters who add greatly to my knowledge of PCs.
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