Have you checked the size of the page file? It should be 2-3 times the
amount of RAM. Right click My Computer | Properties | Advanced | Performance
Settings Button | Advanced Tab | Change Button, type in the values you want
and click OK x 3.

HTH,

Rip

"kush23" <kush23@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a problem I think with my memory..I just reinstalled Windows XP,
> but
> when I run any multimedia based thing it runs very slowly (including
> interactive web pages, games, etc)...I have updated the system BIOS, and
> all
> drivers, including graphics card one. Also, I have 512 MB SDRAM, so this
> should not be happening. I downloaded a memory manager, and it said that I
> had free memory even when the computer was being very slow! Would this
> then
> be a problem with hardware(ie, memory card not in place)? Ive tried
> basically
> everything to get this to work, including reinstalling many times (so
> probably not software?) Any help would be great, thanks!