Very slow laptop

Browntoa

do you mean Service Pack 1 (SP1) ???

have you done the windows updates to Service Pack (SP2) ??

www.windowsupdate.com

click on the express button (this update will take a little while on Broadband, don't attempt it if you are on dial up )

you may find other updates that you need to do to bring your version of windows up to date (go back to windows update a couple of times to make sure everything is done)

these are quite important to protect your Pc

256mb is the Minimum requirement for Xp but you should have no problems if you only use the laptop for surfing + documents etc

Lally

Yeah sorry Service Pack 1. I have not done the update. Is this quite important?

Dora_the_Explorer_5

this update will take a little while on Broadband, don't attempt it if you are on dial up )

I am - how can I update? :eek:
Is W Gates excluding me from this because I'm too poverty stricken to go to broadband, or is it because I is a woman?
All solutions to this prob will be welcomed

Browntoa

there were disks available in most Pcworlds for free

you can order it from

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx

but it will cost £6 or if a friend has broadband then get them to download

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

and put it on a CD for you