On Nov 22, 12:21*pm, John John - MVP wrote:
There really isn't much that you can do. *The machine can only handle
512MB of RAM, you can't change that. *The Celeron 1.1 GHz/100 processor
is not exactly the newest or fastest thing out there. *All that you can
do is make sure that the machine is clean and free of pests and to make
sure that there are no unnecessary processes running in the background.
* If money is tight you can look for a secondhand/refurbished machine,
you can pick up a P4 3.0+ GHz machine with 1 GB of RAM or more and
Windows XP Pro preinstalled for about $200, not a bad deal for a machine
that could easily serve your purpose for a few more years!

John



wrote:
My HP Pavilion Desktop already has 512 MB Ram (max according to
specs)

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...n&cc=us&docnam...

What can i do to make this old beast go faster? *Other than put it on
the Acela, i don't know what to do. *What would happen if i put 2 x
512 MB memory sticks in place of the others? can i "piggyback" them?
Can someone please advise?

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Thank you both for your good advice. sounds like it's time to
upgrade. this "old faithful" desktop has been great but 9 yrs is like
63 in dog years. hope i live that long.