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Thread ID: 72949 2006-10-02 01:16:00 Computer slow down Bryden (4161) Press F1
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488534 2006-10-02 01:16:00 I have a friend running Windows XP who recently installed Office 97 since when she has noticed a distinct slowing down of her PC. Any clues please?

I have suggested Disk Clean-up and Defrag. though not sure whether she has done these or not at this stage.

Is Office 97 RAM hungry?

TIA

Bryden:help:
Bryden (4161)
488535 2006-10-02 03:08:00 Have a look in the Startup folder on the Start Menu.
Delete the shortcuts to Find Fast and Office Startup if they are there.
Then restart the PC and see how it is.
CYaBro (73)
488536 2006-10-02 09:34:00 how much RAM does she have?

also, has she checked for spyware/adware/viruses?
motorbyclist (188)
488537 2006-10-02 16:06:00 check taskmanager for which process is using cpu time.....if a process is locked itself into a loop it'll chew up the cpu......iv'e seen this happen one time with ms works......works calander thing got itself into a loop and was using 100% of the cpu thus the system slowed to a crawl.....if you can identify what the problem is then go startbutton/run and type in msconfig then goto the 'startup' tab and disable the problem program drcspy (146)
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