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!

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
news:86F2561D-9B7E-4297-99C8-A96A94444669@microsoft.com...
> 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!

Uninstall the memory manager. They often become part of the problem.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and select the
Performance Tab. What is the Commit Charge? What was the Peak?

How large is your hard drive and how much free space does it have? If
your hard drive is partitioned then details for each partition would be
helpful.

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

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Hope this helps.

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"kush23" <kush23@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:86F2561D-9B7E-4297-99C8-A96A94444669@microsoft.com...
> 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!