Ralph Mowery wrote:
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On Mon, 3 Apr 2017 10:23:52 -0400, Ralph Mowery
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Well , if it's gotta be a clean install I might as well start
off with a clean hdd ... and I have a new 320 WD on hand for it .
The Plan is to bump this mobo ( Asus M2A-VM) to the max 8 Gb RAM
with 4 x 2 Gb sticks , switch to a Phenom X4 2.3 Ghz processor and
update the BIOS . I just built one on an Asrock N68C-GS4 FX with a
1.8 Phenom/4Gb/32 bit and an hdd that already had XP Pro loaded
and it seems significantly faster than this 2.6 dual core Athlon
. That one is going to my shop to replace the one that died
recently . All but that last one are boxes that are older than 10
years , with no significant upgrades since they were built . It's
not that this one won't do the job , it just isn't fast enough
any more with the more graphic/data intense web sites . It's just
the same as your "stuff" expanding to fill all available space ,
as capability increases they will expand to use it . Oh , and
I've got a couple of 1T drives for storage , seemed like I needed
the space for my "stuff" ...

If you are going to go to all that, you may be better off going to
ebay and buying a whole computer. Get one with a faster processor
and more memory and win 10 already on it.
I have not checked lately, but about a year ago I wanted to get the
win 10 for free, so bought a computer with win 7 pro on it and
upgraded to win 10. Now the free upgrade is out of date, you
should be able to fine a computer with win 10 already on it. If
you want to stay with XP you can probably find a fast xp computer.
Eithe way will probably be less than $ 150.



That was my first thought ..
.. buy a $ 99. desktop Canadian dollars !
with Win 10 Pro 64 bit - here's just one example ..

http://www.eco-techrecycling.com/pcsales.php

John T.

What y'all are not understanding is that I don't want W10 , I wish
to stay with XP Pro . I MIGHT consider going to 64 bit W7 Pro , but
nothing newer . I have on hand a 64 bit Vista copy , but Vista was
such a dog ... and a copy of XP Pro 64 bit is on it's way , should
arrive today .

Ok on not wanting to go with win 10. From some of your posting you
say that the main problem is with the graphics of the internet. The
web sites and brousing programs are not supporting win xp to ammount
to anything any more. That may be part of the problem.

You may have to go to win 10 to get programs that will work at speed.
One reason I put a computer on win 10 is because Turbo Tax said they
would not support win xp after last year.

You did not mention what speed your internet connection was at. Go
to a speed test web site and see what kind of download speed you are
getting. It many be that you are not getting the data fast enough.

Last time I checked I was getting a solid 6Mb/s down and 768k+ upload . I
just scored a Win7 Pro/64 COA on ebay ... and am downloading a clean ISO to
burn to disk .
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Snag