Deathly slow XP Professional Machine

[Kelvin]

I have a PC with a 500 Mhz processor that is so slow with XP it is basically
useless. Previously I had Windows 2000 installed. After one of the service
pack upgrades and the upgrade to the latest Windows Media Player the
machine became very slow.

I upgraded to XP Professional and things got worse.

I know 500Mhz is slow for the current market but that's all I can afford
right now. What configuration changes can I make to speed up the machine?

 

[michelle]

I recently installed WinXP on my parents pc which is a
Pentium 450Mhz and it runs very well. However, I had
problems upgrading from WinMe and ended up doing a fresh
install. I think that may have made the difference. If you
can save all important files and settings and feel like
doing a clean install, 500Mhz should be fine.

 

[Mike]

Right click My Computer go to properties go to the Advanced tab and settings
in the Performance box and set it to adjust for best performance. That
should help some.