Windows xp 256 ram

Avoid file sharing sites too! Be careful with instant messenger programs and accepting files there. Do you have kids using the computer? If so you may need to do some other things to limit where they go. Thank you,Jeremy. I will follow your advices. Only I need everything for free. I think that the guy who produces and sells vulnerable OSs actually should take care about the rights of customers.

Why I should I pay more than I did already? This I don't understand. I can say only that my computer is connected to internet directly. Maybe this connection can be called LAN, I don't know. Thank you, Jeremy. You recommendations sound more reasonable than the ones above.

I would be much obliged, if you explain a bit more about those rooters, what they are and how to use them. Actually I did not. I am using Linux. My wife likes Windows. But she is a teacher and a very decent person. And we have no kids. It's surprising for me , too, how that could happen.

Sorry if you were offended but many people post here that go to all kinds of bad places like Jeremy and I mentioned or have kids on and don't have any idea what they are doing online. I have no experience with Linux maybe it has something to do with that. Many of these security programs treat third party cookies and java applets from legit sites as malware.

That's one reason I delete cookies and temp internet files before running a scan. Norton was a big offender with. I think it had to do with sun's virtual machine that was require by some sites when Microsoft was using their own version. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Will I really need to upgrade this too? Hello: If you have to change SO to Windows 64 bits, but taken care then you also have to change ALL the programs of the team so that they work with 64 bits and not all are available for 64 bits it verifies first that you can get the programs in their versions of 64 bits, that it is the main problem of this topic.

Of hardware you don't have to change anything. Sunday, November 23, PM. Saturday, January 10, AM. Monday, January 26, PM. Hi mate, did you have any luck with this? I have exactly the same issue. Thanks Sasa N. Tuesday, April 7, AM.

Thanks Sasa N I had the same problem. And now, we are all OK, MB system memory to delete a new XP The error was the boot sector, which clearly did not understand and why.

Opportunities and options. There is something of the richness of the bootimise: 1. The program eg. You get good performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from using the page file significantly, and that depends on what apps you run.

Most people running a typical range of business applications under XP find that somewhere around MB works well, others 1GB or so. Almost anyone will see poor performance with less than MB. Some people, particularly those doing things like editing large photographic images, can see a performance boost by adding even more than MB--sometimes much more. If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance.

If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do nothing for you. That should give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how much more.

It's very hard to even guess about something like that unless you give us much more information. Please answer all the following questions:.

What is the hardware configuration of the machine?