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Needing help and suggestions...	by GigiNYC	2004-09-22 18:59:53
Generous-spirited little demi-geek that I am, I've recently been doing some informal tech support for one of my co-workers when she gets in a jam -- but I have to admit that the most recent conumdrum has me outclassed and I find myself forced to grovel before my betters and ask for help. The computer in question is a desktop running Windoze Me (I know, I know!) with a 6GB hard disk drive -- and following a RAM upgrade (I was not involved with that), the RAM is at 511MB. Her primary complaint is that the computer is too slow, which may have something to do with the processor (I don't know what speed it is, unfortunately). It occurs to me that part of the problem may be the fact that she only has less than a GB of free space left on the drive -- and small wonder, given that her swap file is over 2GB in size. It's also not possible to defragment the drive or run scandisk without being in safe mode -- it halts halfway through. Short of buying another computer, does anyone have any suggestions about what if anything can be done to make things work a little better?
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Sounds like a old install of windows	by Freakazoid	2004-09-22 19:03:17
Check the RAM to see if both sticks are the	by NOLAWitch	2004-09-22 19:06:56
Begins the reinstallation powwow	by KrakensDen	2004-09-22 19:07:16
Backup / Format / Re-install	by dericpr	2004-09-22 19:09:06
"Computer is slow"...	by GigiNYC	2004-09-22 19:26:41
Slow surfing / Slow Switching	by dericpr	2004-09-22 19:43:27
Check/limit swapfile size	by phezult	2004-09-22 19:23:06
Done the spyware/virus check?	by Atrahasis	2004-09-22 19:23:56
totally untech suggestion ..	by DragonLady	2004-09-22 19:40:30
Already on it...	by GigiNYC	2004-09-22 19:48:47
You should be fine with a 1Gig swap	by Freakazoid	2004-09-22 19:50:55
Probably have tried this	by tangrene	2004-09-22 21:04:49

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