Ol'Tunzafun, has a point there

i totally overlooked how little RAM he has to run winXP

man 128 of RAM is slow already on my win98, on WinXP it must be crawling

here's a list of the BARE minimum needed to "run"

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...on/sysreqs.asp

* PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
* 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
* 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space*
* Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
* CD-ROM or DVD drive
* Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device