On Fri, 20 May 2005 03:03:07 -0400, you wrote: >At 02:28 AM 5/20/2005, Hugh Gundersen typed: >>I've been asked to sort out a Packard Bell lap top (Ho Ho) that is about 2 >>years old.... CPU about 1.2Ghz memory ???? 20Gb Hdd. >> >>Any Ideas ?????????????? >> >>Maybe NAV is too big and complex for a 2 year old low spec laptop and if so >>does anyone know of a cheap alternative to NAV that a, works B, is faster >>and c, does not slow the system down as NAV does.... > >The amount of memory that it doesn't have is crucial. Sounds to me like >that this machine may not be up to running XP. Is this the original OS ?
I can assure you it is all original even down to NAV 2002 which doesn't have this "worm" capture thingy that is supposedly able to bypass or take over firewall control from XP firewall. I thought that this might be the slowdown situation. I've advised her to invest in some more memory but what type and sort I've no idea yet. >I'd probably put AVG <http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5> or Avast ><http://www.avast.com/eng/down_home.html> or CA's eTrust ><http://store.ca.com/dr/v2/ec_main.entry25?page=PYPCtrialPage_MSsite&client=ComputerAssociates&sid=55939&CID=190471> > I'll have a look at that. Thanks Wayne... Sir Hugh of Bognor Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bognor-bill.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK ------------------------------------------------- Vyisder Asmeni Orsisarsis Asderisorsis. B.Cozderiz Vunarz PERORZ ------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------- ALL messages to the list MUST include a descriptive subject. To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
