Hi Len,
You can improve system performance through these methods:
* Close currently open programs
* Change the Visual effects in Display properties (In the Effects dialog
box, deselect the items not required.)
* Change the visual effects in System Properties(On the Visual Effects tab,
click Custom. Deselect the options that are not required. )
* Change the Performance Options settings in Windows XP under Virtual
Memory click Change. Set the RAM value to 1.5 times of the RAM.)
* Indexing service is a small program that requires a huge amount of
RAM. The indexing Service program is not necessary and can be disabled (Go
to Services in Administrative tools and right click the item to disable).
* Stop background programs from loading at Startup (Use MSCONFIG)
This should resolve.
Regards
Selvaraj Shanmugam