Does becoming MS-MVP require the knowledge of computer hardware? With a
statement like that, I seriously doubt it!
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"All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution, the
more ludicrous the analogy!"
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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Why? She has plenty of HD free space already (10+ GB). A bigger drive will
not affect performance (except in a negative manner) unless it has
insufficient free space. Not the case here.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"chris" wrote in message
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Hello Mary:

Without knowing what type of applications you're running on your system,
it
would be kind of hard to say if you require a new system or not.

One thing I do recommend before buying a new system, is to buy a new 40
or
80 GB HDD. Mirror or reinstall Windows to the new drive...if you're
still
not happy with the performance, you're best to buy a new system ....

Chris.

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"All problems have a simple solution! The more complex the solution,
the
more ludicrous the analogy!"
"Mary" wrote in message
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I have a Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz computer with a Pentium III (512K
Cache, whatever that means) I added RAM for a total of 224MB. The hard
drive is 13GB with only 2.97 GB used. OS is Windows 98SE My computer
is very slow: takes forever to boot up, takes forever to launch apps,
sometimes mouse is slow and jerky, sometimes hard drive runs alot. I
defrag and run scandisk regularly/empty recycle bin/delete temp file.
I've used regclean; deleted stuff from startup; played with virtual
memory; scanned for viruses/adware/spyware (have McAfee); changed to
network server setting, etc. Tried all the tweaks that I dare relating
to Win 98. I've physically cleaned out all the dust in the CPU and
tried to blow out all the dust around the exhaust fan. All to no
avail. Is it time to buy a new computer? Is the thing just wearing
out? It has been hot & humid here - any connection?

Thanks for any advice.