I ran XP with 64Mb and 500Mb HD free on a P2 350 for a while, a tad slow, but it never crashed in that way.
Turn off as many services as you can anyway, as that will help.
Most likely cause is a naff driver .. did this start as soon as you installed XP, or was there some event which occured after that point (you can always use recovery if you know of a date when the system was working fine).
Was it a 95/98 update to XP??? that can cause problems with incompatible device drivers.
When you start noticing the slow down, hit CTRL-ALT-ESC and see which process is eating the processor .. if its a service, you may want to try and find out which one.
Event viewer as Skanky Burns suggests may also provide info on failed services.
Turn off as many services as you can anyway, as that will help.
Most likely cause is a naff driver .. did this start as soon as you installed XP, or was there some event which occured after that point (you can always use recovery if you know of a date when the system was working fine).
Was it a 95/98 update to XP??? that can cause problems with incompatible device drivers.
When you start noticing the slow down, hit CTRL-ALT-ESC and see which process is eating the processor .. if its a service, you may want to try and find out which one.
Event viewer as Skanky Burns suggests may also provide info on failed services.
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