Re: [Thinkpad] Glacial A30

Get more RAM - I would suggest running with at least 512k given your use
case. Also do a clean install of XP if you can.

oh, and get your money back from "Data Doctors". They sound more like
quacks if they didn't remove any spyware.

:)

Ellis Weiner wrote:
> I finally repossessed the A30 I had given to my daughter. It was
> running--if that's the word--as though sedated on Thorazine. So I took
> it to the local Data Doctors. The guy removed a lot of extraneous
> programs and did whatever he did. Twice I asked them if it would help
> to boost
> the RAM and twice they said, Not really.
>
> It's down to 49 processes, which he says is closer to optimal. Fine.
>
> It's STILL insanely slow. It takes five minutes (literally) to boot up
> and another five, at least, to launch Word. And this is when it's
> offline and not even
> connected to the Net.
>
> I installed Spybot and caught 25 spywares. Nonetheless...
>
> It's got a Pentium 3 and has 256 MB RAM. Of that, 41.48 is "Available
> memory" with a total virtual memory of 2 GB. The HD is 30 gigs
> with about half newly cleaned out and available.
>
> What gives? Should I indeed get more RAM? All I want to do is run Word
> and some basic email and Firefox stuff. I swear. I love the hi-rez
> screen, which
> is still perfect.
>
> TIA with thanks, in advance.
>
> Ellis
>
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Received on Wed Apr 9 12:47:08 2008