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Unless you're well versed in "The Registry", I wouldn't mess with it.   Go
to your 'Startup' folder and delete what you don't want.   The do
control-alt-delete after reboot to see whats still running.  This won't tell
you everything but it will be a good start.


"Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote in message news:3b2513e5@grissom...
> Yes -- the onboard video is using 8 meg  - leaving just 56 meg for Win ME
>
> BTW-- there are a number of programmes starting up (on startup).
Whreabouts
> in the Registry do I turn these off??
>
> Barry
> "Itsme" <itsme@here.com> wrote in message
> news:Cr2V6.124090$ff.926229@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > By intergrated video i assume you mean onboard video?
> > if so then its sharing the system ram, therefore not using the whole
64mb
> > ram, you can check this by hitting del key when the puter first starts
to
> go
> > into bios, then look try and find shared video memory or sometihng like
> > that.
> > If its something over 2mb then thats probably most likely why its
running
> so
> > slow because its hogging all the system memory. Either that or get some
> more
> > ram, its dirt cheap right now.
> >
> > --
> > copyright 2001 Itsme's brain ;)
> >
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> > "Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3b23c859@grissom...
> > > A friend of mine has recently bought his first computer -- a Celeron
667
> > on
> > > a Micro ATX board with integrated video and sound and only 64 meg RAM.
> It
> > > appears to have an ATA66 Hdd (UDMA Mode 4)  and runs Windows ME.
> > >
> > > It is soooo slow!!!! Its slower (especially loading) than my old P233
> with
> > > 64 meg RAM running Windows 95
> > >
> > > I figure the main problem is that 64 meg RAM (- 8 meg for the onboard
> > > video ) plus running Windows ME is the killer!!  I am going to get him
> > > another 128 Meg RAM -- but cannot do anything about the sound, video
or
> > Hdd
> > > (I think).
> > >
> > > Any other suggestions to speed this thing up -- please don't tell me
to
> > > ditch ME -- that is also out of the question.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Barry in Brisbane Australia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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