On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 08:24:40 +0100, Peter Chant    
   wrote:   
      
   >Dear aowxp,   
   >   
   >my parents PC is some years old and is now running very slowly.  It is   
   >running XP and is fully updated.  It was quite a reasonable spec when   
   >new.  I'm wondering if there is some issue I've failed to spot or just   
   >whether the updates over the years to XP and other software such as web   
   >browsers have means that this once reasonable machine is now no longer a   
   >reasonable specification to run XP.   
   >   
   >The machine (from memory):   
   >	Athalon XP 2.0 GHz   
   >	1GB ram.   
   >	AGP graphics (I think - will be due to its age).   
   >	   
   >I can't remember the disk size but I think there is plenty free.   
   >   
   >Symptoms are that it takes a long time to boot and when a user logs in   
   >there is a lot of disk activity before the machine becomes usable.  Any   
   >disk related activity is slow, Loading Firefox is slow, I'd estimate   
   >10-15 seconds to load.  Chrome is noticeably faster.   
      
     Get Free AVG and run the "tune up" feature --- it's not unusual for   
   the registry to get cluttered and for there to be dozens of "junk   
   files" laying around --- and also disk fragmentation might be another   
   issue --all dealt with the AVG tune up   
   >   
   >I've looked at the running processes and there does not appear to be   
   >anything unexpected hogging the machine.  Virus checker is behaving.   
   >With no user interaction the CPU utilisation is low - as you would   
   >expect.  I did try running linux on it a year or two ago on a second   
   >disk and that was slow as well - that tends to eliminate any specific   
   >software installation issues as a source of concern.   
   >   
   >Thoughts?   
   >   
   >Pete   
      
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