Here are the specs:
Product Name; ze4901us,
Microprocessor; 1.3GHz Intel Celeron M Processor 320
Microprocessor Cache; 512KB L2 Cache
Memory; 256MB DDR SDRAM (1 x 256MB) at 266MHz
Memory Max; 1024MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 512MB)
Video Graphics; Intel Extreme Graphics 2 (shared)
Hard Drive; 40GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive
Multimedia Drive; 24X DVD/CD-RW
Combo Drive Display; 15.0-inch XGA TFT (1024 x 768) Display
Network Card; Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector) Sound;
16-bit Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio; internal Altec Lansing speakers;
AC audio link; volume control button and mute button
Keyboard; 101-key compatible Pointing Device; Touch Pad with On/Off button
and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots; One Type I/II 32-bit card bus (also supports 16-bit)

I have cleaned all junk, only have VScan and Firewall going, hard drive is
only 1/4 full. Main problem is startup, very slow from log-on. Once it's
started it seems ok. Tried in Safe Mode (only system processes running) and
was slow then too, maybe not as bad.

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> How much RAM memory do you have? Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task
> Manager and select the Performance Tab. What is the Total, the Commit Charge
> and the Peak?
>
> How large is your hard drive? Is it partitioned? How much free space on
> each drive / partition. How is the drive formatted -FAT32 or NTFS. To
> get this information whilst in Windows Explorer place the cursor on each
> drive in turn, right click and select Properties.
>
> What is the CPU?
>
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>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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> "rwrede" <rwrede136@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:PJIof.3121$It6.884@fe02.lga...
> > Last Christmas I bought my wife an HP laptop and it works fine, except the
> > last few months it is very slow starting up. I have closed all background
> > programs (only essential programs) even tried in Safe Mode. I have
> > optimised with PC Pitstop, TweakNow RegCleaner Pro, Spybot S&D, AdAware,
> > scanned for viruses and set Virtual Memory optimum. It takes a good full 2
> > minutes to fully open from the log-on screen and have no activity in Task
> > Manager. (My desktop optimised the same way opens in 15-20 seconds from
> > the log-on screen) I'm thinking more memory? I did that to my desktop,
> > went from 256 to 720 and wow what a difference. Could it be the processor?
> > how can I test or tell if it is the processor and not just needing more
> > memory.
> >
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