Make xp faster or leave it?
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massahwahl
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If he told you to leave it just leave it. I take it he paid for it so what do you have in it?
patrickv
Active Member
just a question. My dad told me to leave the office computer alone and not make it faster but its 6 years old 512 mb of ram 80gb hdd and 1 amd cpu?
but should i make it faster or leave it?
6 years is old yes, but 512mb and 80GB is not.
It also depends on the AMD cpu, you can use side utilities to cleanup or you can start fresh. I still find 512mb and 80GB good for Xp. be it SDR or DDR
Quick69GTO
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Your dad understands more than you think.
He said to leave his PC alone, so leave it alone.
By the way, changing the oil in a car to more expensive oil (i.e. conventional oil to Mobil 1) does not make the car run better. All it does is help the car last longer.
He said to leave his PC alone, so leave it alone.
By the way, changing the oil in a car to more expensive oil (i.e. conventional oil to Mobil 1) does not make the car run better. All it does is help the car last longer.
ShoringFan
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Make it faster, then leave it, If you dad will use it
natkay2603
New Member
Just leave it, it must be quick enough for the use intended.
The question is does it need to be faster? My mom's most stable and favorite office computer is a 10year old dell that has never been upgraded. It works just fine for what she needs it for. Has enough space for what she needs. She has no reason to upgrade it in any way. The only thing I might do is replace a few fans that are wearing out.
You shouldn't mess with something just because you can. Especially if it has someone else's work on it. Unforeseen problems occur even to the most knowledgeable people and you could end up with the computer not working for at least a short period of time. I went to do a simple heatsink upgrade for my cpu and ended up not having a working computer for a week because the part was wrong and the frame that held the previous heatsink cracked despite careful removal. I had to order a new frame and wait for them to ship out the correct heatsink/fan for the socket.
Now if the computer is slow for you then perhaps you should speak to your dad about whether it's time for you to have your own computer that you can mess with. Even better get a job and pay for it yourself.
You shouldn't mess with something just because you can. Especially if it has someone else's work on it. Unforeseen problems occur even to the most knowledgeable people and you could end up with the computer not working for at least a short period of time. I went to do a simple heatsink upgrade for my cpu and ended up not having a working computer for a week because the part was wrong and the frame that held the previous heatsink cracked despite careful removal. I had to order a new frame and wait for them to ship out the correct heatsink/fan for the socket.
Now if the computer is slow for you then perhaps you should speak to your dad about whether it's time for you to have your own computer that you can mess with. Even better get a job and pay for it yourself.
jw214
New Member
what anti virus does he have? maybe get his AV situation up to date if it is not. run a recommended AV along with spybot, adaware, ccleaner & cleanup(all freeware) then disk cleanup and disk defragmenter from system tools in your start menu. if that stuff has rarely been done you could see a reasonable improvement without hurting anything