XP performance

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I bought a computer about a year ago. AMD 1800XP with
256M of memory. This computer shows very poor performance
and is always accessing the hard drive. I even see the
hard drive indicator light go on when the computer is just
sitting with no one even logged on. I am forced to wait
constantly, even when running very simple applications
(i.e. Word, Excel). I have a cable modem and thought that
maybe hackers were accessing my drive, so I put it on a
router with firewall. The computer came loaded with
Windows XP and I have been blaming the OS. Is there some
configuration that would cause this constant accessing of
the hard drive? Am I short on Memory? Any suggestions???
 
I have all your settings and I also have 256, That should be enough. Sounds
like a virus or many you have too many services running in the background
 
You can turn disk indexing off, it is on by default and
speeds searches for files when you are on a network.

You may have other services running in the background and
you could have a Trojan which can penetrate your router
because it is already on your system. Install Zone Alarm
(free) and it will allow you to block out-bound traffic.
You will see a request for Internet access when a program
tries to go on-line.



| I bought a computer about a year ago. AMD 1800XP with
| 256M of memory. This computer shows very poor performance
| and is always accessing the hard drive. I even see the
| hard drive indicator light go on when the computer is just
| sitting with no one even logged on. I am forced to wait
| constantly, even when running very simple applications
| (i.e. Word, Excel). I have a cable modem and thought that
| maybe hackers were accessing my drive, so I put it on a
| router with firewall. The computer came loaded with
| Windows XP and I have been blaming the OS. Is there some
| configuration that would cause this constant accessing of
| the hard drive? Am I short on Memory? Any suggestions???
 
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