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Thread ID: 111767	2010-08-11 00:26:00	Upgrade to XP	lakewoodlady (103)	Press F1

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1126498	2010-08-11 07:26:00	Is this the Pavilion 8800? If so, the drivers should be here (appears to list only video drivers for the 8800 with XP, hopefully XP will supply the rest). h20000.www2.hp.com	feersumendjinn (64)
1126499	2010-08-11 10:58:00	Definitely upgrade the RAM it will be a much better experience. some computer places will sell you suitable 512Meg sticks second hand, quite cheaply, as they have them left over from doing upgrades for other customers. I've helped a couple of friends out this way and it did make a difference.	PPp (9511)
1126500	2010-08-11 22:00:00	And for what it’s worth, upgrade to SP2 and leave it at that. :eek: Turn off windows updates, turn of notification, and have an old computer that runs reasonably well. :) Update to SP3 and all the IE updates and watch your old underpowered computer die a slow agonising death. :( But I guess such a suggestion will start a flame war with the purists. :lol:	B.M. (505)
1126501	2010-08-11 23:04:00	And for what it’s worth, upgrade to SP2 and leave it at that. :eek: Turn off windows updates, turn of notification, and have an old computer that runs reasonably well. :) Update to SP3 and all the IE updates and watch your old underpowered computer die a slow agonising death. :( But I guess such a suggestion will start a flame war with the purists. :lol: A friend of mine who only had 512MB and all the updates had a machine running like a dog but now with 2GB it is sweat.	mikebartnz (21)
1126502	2010-08-12 00:20:00	Yep, it should help but a friend of mine installed everything Microsoft offered, upgraded to 1 Gig of RAM and achieved little if any improvement. :groan: Personally, I think his problem is the FSB only being 100mhz. However, I'd be interested in comments on that theory. :D	B.M. (505)
1126503	2010-08-12 03:37:00	Yep, it should help but a friend of mine installed everything Microsoft offered, upgraded to 1 Gig of RAM and achieved little if any improvement. :groan: Personally, I think his problem is the FSB only being 100mhz. However, I'd be interested in comments on that theory. :D I appreciate your comments on whether or not to put SP2 on. I think I will anyway and possibly upgrade the RAM to 1GB when I can afford it. I am usually very choosey and don't install "everything that MS offers". LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1126504	2010-08-12 03:42:00	Yep, it should help but a friend of mine installed everything Microsoft offered, upgraded to 1 Gig of RAM and achieved little if any improvement. :groan: Personally, I think his problem is the FSB only being 100mhz. However, I'd be interested in comments on that theory. :D What is the "everything Microsoft offered" that he installed?	Agent_24 (57)
1126505	2010-08-12 03:52:00	I appreciate your comments on whether or not to put SP2 on. I think I will anyway and possibly upgrade the RAM to 1GB when I can afford it. I am usually very choosey and don't install "everything that MS offers". LL SP2 is fine, it's SP3 that seems to kill things along with a zillion security updates and IE8. I've heard this complaint on a number of occasions and I still wonder if it's a slow FSB that's causing a bottleneck. :confused:	B.M. (505)
1126506	2010-08-12 03:54:00	What is the "everything Microsoft offered" that he installed? SP3 and all the so called secutity updates and fixes, including IE8 I think.	B.M. (505)
1126507	2010-08-12 04:07:00	So, you would rather run a fast, dangerously un-secured Windows system, than one with some chance of surviving intact?:illogical	KarameaDave (15222)
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