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Index Key:   COM028
Author:      brian l day
Subject:     Slow running computers.
I own a 486/SX 25Mhz Packard Bell, which originally had 130mb of hard disk
space, but the DOS version I am currently am running (6.2) allowed me to
DoubleSpace the hard drive, so I currently have approx. 117mb of free disk
space.  I have Microsoft Windows 3.1, and WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows.  It
takes a long time for Windows to load, and an Extremely long time for WP 5.1
to load.  WP 5.1 is very slow running also.  What can I do to fix the
problem?

Response #:  1 of 1
Author:      asmith
Upgrade to a new faster computer... Or you can de-install DoubleSpace which
would definitely speed things up, though I do not know how much it would
help.  Windows is becoming somewhat notorious for bringing fast computers to
their knees.  You might need more RAM too - 4 MB is sort of a minimum.