Windows XP Home Edition runs slowly on my Pentium IV 1.3 GHz 128 Meg RAM system.  So slowly that I have gone back to using Windows ME for the time being
Question:  How much RAM needs to be added to get this system running quickly.  What else can be done to get the system running ...

My PC (running Windows XP Home) crashed a couple of times
recently due to a hardware fault.  This is now sorted but
in the last few days the system has begun to run very
slowly.

A w32.worm was detected in shared documents\all users-
\documents.
The infected file was Xi.exe.  I could not delete the
file, told it was system file.

my computer's performance is very slow

I have just posible got re of a ms blasterworm, i was wondering if anyone out there might now of a way for me to double check to make sure it is gone.  but while im bothering you I am also have very slow preformance with my pc. (for example)
if i go to start - programs - it lags ...

I am  stuck here with the machine "Running processes
after install".  How the heck long do I have to sit here
wasting my time?  I have been here 4 1/2 hours and there
is just the same little flashes going on, which I think

first of all im running windows xp home. I had started a
system restore when my baby nephew hit the eject button on
my CD-ROM and ejected the disk!! it had already erased
every thing and now it wont read the disk. I have went to

My XP Pro is starting to run slower and slower, I have 51
processes running right after boot.  Is that the reason?  
How do I Not start some of these?  I installed AdAware to
get rid of data miners, but it is still slowing down.

I want to restore to Jan 5th 2004 or earlier.  When I click on the previous month arrow (or even next month)  It will not do any thing.  How can I put the date in as 5/01/04 or prior??

I am having a problem with my Street program. When I
double click the Icon the program starts the streets
product ID comes up then the Map of the US but then it
turns off immidiately.

I am working on a Windows XP machine and have not been
able to bring up the task manager.  I think the machine
may have a virus, however i cannot see the running
processes becuase the task manager will not show up.  I

new computer, new xp, boots up freezes after welcome
screen. any idea? (no mouse, keyboard, ctrl-alt-del) must
reboot

Is there a way to start up my computer automatically so I can schedule a task at night and have it run while I am sleeping or away from the computer?

When I start the computer, taskbar cannot be used for a few
minutes. When mouse is over it, it shows the "busy" symbol
but in the task manager it says that cpu isn't doing anything
except for the System Idle Processes. Please help.

My system stalls when shutting down. At the time I was attepting to get the MS Security Update KB832483 (Data Access componnts)and the process stalled at the end of the download and before the install phase.
I could do nothing to get rid on the installer window so I tried to ...