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the specs are Operating System System Model Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor a Main Circuit Board b 1.30 gigahertz AMD Duron 128 kilobyte primary memory cache 64 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: First International Computer, Inc. AM37 PCB 1.x Bus Clock: 100 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 09/18/2002 Drives Memory Modules c,d 40.05 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 20.61 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space CDWRITER IDE5224 [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive] Brother MFC-240C USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1 SAMSUNG SP4002H [Hard drive] (40.06 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 0524J1FTC72172, rev QU100-61, SMART Status: Healthy USB FLASH DRIVE USB Device [Hard drive] (254 MB) -- drive 2 240 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'A0' has 256 MB Slot 'A1' is Empty Local Drive Volumes c: (NTFS on drive 0) 40.05 GB 20.61 GB free Network Drives None detected Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers local user accountslast logon Viv 2/11/2008 6:17:25 p.m. (admin) local system accounts Administrator never (admin) Guest never HelpAssistant never SUPPORT_388945a0 never DISABLED Marks a disabled account; LOCKED OUT Marks a locked account Brother MFC-240C USB Printer on USB001 Brother PC-FAX v.2 on USB001 Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver on Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port: PaperPort Color Printer Driver on BIPORT PaperPort Mono Printer Driver on BIPORT Controllers Display Standard floppy disk controller Primary IDE Channel [Controller] Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] VIA Bus Master IDE Controller S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR [Display adapter] ViewSonic E70-9 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, s/n 25M024800788, November 2002) Bus Adapters Multimedia Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (3x) Vinyl AC'97 Codec Combo Driver (WDM) Communications Other Devices Standard 300 bps Modem Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.1.64 / 24 Gateway: 192.168.1.254 Dhcp Server: 192.168.1.254 Physical Address: 00:40:CA:3A:5E:D6 Networking Dns Server: 192.168.1.254 Brother MFC-240C USB Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical USB Composite Device USB Mass Storage Device (2x) USB Printing Support USB Root Hub (4x) Virus Protection [Back to Top] AVG Anti-Virus Free Version 8.0 Realtime File Scanning On Does anyone know if this could be fixed with more RAM or is PC stuffed??

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1. The main and most important reason is that you have a slow processor (1.3 Ghz) and then the RAM....Upgrade both......further you can try to scan your computer for spywares and try to clean boot your computer..... CLEAN BOOT: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
2. 256 Mb is considered the bare minimum to run XP. If you are set on keeping this computer, more ram will help and you have an open slot for it. Before you buy anything, decide if this computer is worth upgrading. This is old technology. Faster computers can be bought for $500 at most retailer stores and have a lot more options for upgrading later. If the computer you have does everything you want and just need a little more speed, a ram upgrade will fix the problem.
3. Add some ram. 256MBs is really weak. Go into msconfig startup and uncheck the boxes for progs you dont need starting up with Windows and running all the time. Cpus real weak too. Trouble isn't with the board. Real issue is that its old and slow, has a puny cpu and inept ram. Time to consider buying a new tower.
4. im sorry that he computer was probably in date in 1998 or 1999 it would be really hard to get any half decent upgrades and if you could they would still be horrible to todays standards so yuo should go out and by a 500 pc