slow or old laptop?

hmc

hello
ok my laptop is around 4 years old it runs so slow done everything i know how to do,also re installed aol twice recently as couldnt connect never had trouble before

i have packard bell,easy note,aol silver,windows xp
1.26ghz
224mb of ram
total virtual memory 575,18. available 76.97mb
total physical memory 256.50mb. available 20.41 mb

i have mcafee personal firewall and an aol one
loaded a free one of here but took it off as everything went haywire

so after all that please someone do i need to update my laptop or is there anything i can do to improve mine

thanks for any help i havnt a clue

albertross_2

www.crucial.com/uk

get some more ram

2 firewalls?

Is the c: drive nearly full?

espresso

Decrapify your PC, remove AOL.

gigif30

is it poss to remove aol but keep get connected to net using their equip:p

hmc

thankyou
is that a good site to order from,what do i do with it when it comes lol

how do i find out if c drive is full? sorry for all the questions

h

espresso

gigif30 wrote: »

is it poss to remove aol but keep get connected to net using their equip:p

Yes very easy if you are using a router. Google for the procedure if using a modem.

motorguy

Personally, at least double the ram to 512Mb, possibly 1Gb.

Also, i'd do a full reinstall of windows, with the latest drivers etc, then go to www.filehippo.com, download AVGfree and any other bits and bobs you need, and i'd probably stick with the standard windows firewall.

zee_2

you only need 1 firewall extra causes conflict.if old ltop with xp use m/s firewall...increase memory,cruical site will advise..go for max [probally pair set]
goto filehippo.com for freeware software...zee
ps ignore aol and use firefox...faster

hmc

espresso wrote: »

Decrapify your PC, remove AOL.

sorry been with aol for years and never had a problem
have tried a few others because people advised it and always go back to aol

hmc

pgilc1 wrote: »

Personally, at least double the ram to 512Mb, possibly 1Gb.

Also, i'd do a full reinstall of windows, with the latest drivers etc, then go to www.filehippo.com, download AVGfree and any other bits and bobs you need, and i'd probably stick with the standard windows firewall.

blimey i dont have a clue how to do any of that

thanks for the advice

hmc

pgilc1 wrote: »

Personally, at least double the ram to 512Mb, possibly 1Gb.

Also, i'd do a full reinstall of windows, with the latest drivers etc, then go to www.filehippo.com, download AVGfree and any other bits and bobs you need, and i'd probably stick with the standard windows firewall.

right ive ordered a 512mb, will there be instructions what to do with it when it arrives

thanks