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Originally Posted by Rob C
Minimum system requirements to Run Windows XP Home:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...n/sysreqs.mspx
You'll see the PC is within specification. for Windoze
You don't say which version of Office is being run, or what is actually being done on office. Equally you don't say if other applications are also running.
I'd go with Zinglebarb's observation. Boost the RAM if you can, ideally to a minimum of 256MB. On board graphics alone will be using some of the system RAM perhaps reducing levels to something unsustainable.
Will be worth doing a defrag on the HD too. If the HD is low on free space, that restricts the PCs ability to operate smoothly.
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I would recommend Windows 2000 for old PCs. I was similarly in your situation and although I tried XP, the computer couldn't hack it terribly well. Although I had around 386Mb of RAM, the main sticking point was the 500MHz celeron processor.
Definately add as much RAM as you can afford. 512Mb on Windows 2000 ran perfectly and was pretty nippy too.