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I am running windows 2000 pro on my 800 P3 with 384 ram. The machine is very slow and it takes some to launch apps. I get a lot of blue screen errors. The system also locks up and i have to turn the pc off the restart.
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by dmiles

This could be any number of causes behind the system running slow
Does all the memory match,it could be a bad stick of memory
check your drive for performance through the device manager and see if the drive is running in compatibility mode,it willcause problems
do you have any memory programs on your machine ,uninstall them and see if this helps
BSOD could be stating a hardware problem that is loading upon start up and could be accessing a part of memory that is being used by another program
Run scan disk on the hard drive and see if you have any errors
Open msconfig and check what programs you have loading at startup,try troubleshooting through msconfig

by spn

Oh Dear, not sounding good, check the blue screen code this could point to the problem , id also check that all drivers are installed(lastest) and nothing has a yellow ! , could also be mem , video .(there are some diag progs avalible that test memand vid download one and see , also checjk the configeration is correct on the mother board for the chip and check you chip is not over heating

by krunch

If this is a Compaq machine and you're not running Compaq memory this will cause BSOD's (Blue Screens of Death). Even if it's not a Compaq machine, I've seen cheap or bad ram cause the very same problems on NT machines. In my experience, the machine will only run as fast as the slowest item and memory is usually the key. Go to www.tucows.com and check for a piece of freeware that tests memory speed. HTH! Kevin

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