Bill

You will struggle with only 128 mb RAM.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

A better programme than Disk CleanUp is cCleaner but note that cCleaner
will not handle System Restore points. Removing older restore points
should help get Disk Defragmenter to work better.
http://www.ccleaner.com/download

The default allocation to System Restore is 12% on your C partition
which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right click your My
Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore. Place the cursor
on your C drive select Settings but this time find the slider and drag
it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get to the
Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Bill Bowden wrote:
Trying to improve performance of WinXP Home system running on a
900mHz, 128 Meg, 20 gig drive system.

The system runs slow and requires 35 seconds to open the FireFox
WebBrowser. The page file (virtual memory) is about 250 Megs.
Sometimes, I get a message the page file is too small.

The disk has been defragmented with good apparent results, however I'm
having trouble with the disk cleanup utility and not sure what can be
safely deleted.

The cleanup report indicates the following:

Downloaded Program files - 664KB
Temporary Internet files - 43K
Recycle Bin - 5076 KB
Setup Log Files - 1250 KB
Temporary Files - 37466 KB
WebClient/Publisher Temp Files - 36K
Compress Old Files - 2227 KB

Can I safely delete all these files to improve performance?

What else can be done to speed things up?

Thanks,

-Bill