While my PC is in having a memory upgrade (and various other little jobs) I thought I'd turn my attention to my son's PC. It's my old PC and is running SUPER slow.

He doesn't connect to the internet with it, but I will use this as a back-up PC when mine is out of action, thus the reason for having the firewall, anti-virus & broadband settings on it.

He uses it for his gaming. Now he's 5 yrs old so let's get gaming into context..... we're talking Jay Jay the Jet Plane! This is the game which uses the most resources; min system requirements are 266mhz pentium processor, 8x cd rom drive, 64mb ram, 256 col/800x600/16-bit display.

I have managed to delete as many superfluous start-up progs as poss, I've run ccleaner, I've defragged and I think this is as fast as I can get it?

I'm not in a position to get a new PC right now. His b'day is in August and I could possibly get him a new one then, for example, an entry level Dell, i.e. Dell Dimension 1100 (£299 incl del & VAT). But, in the meantime, is it worth investing a bit of money getting him some extra ram? Or is there anything else I can do to get this running just a bit faster?

Many thanks for your suggestions/comments.

Cheers Jane

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OS Information:
PropertyValue
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
PropertyValue
Current Clock Speed 399
Description x86 Family 6 Model 5 Stepping 2
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel Pentium II processor


Memory (RAM):
PropertyValue
Bank Label RAS 1 & 0
Capacity 134217728

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~128 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 127MB

Disk Drives:
PropertyValue
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model SAMSUNG SV0844A
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 8447362560 (~8 GB)
Number of Partitions 1

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model BUFFALO ClipDrive USB Device
Media Type Removable media other than floppy
Size 1036385280 (~1 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
PropertyValue
Name EPSON Stylus C20 Series
Port Name LPT1:
Default True
Driver Name EPSON Stylus C20 Series


Motherboard:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product i440BX-ITE8671
Serial Number
Version


BIOS:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Award Software International, Inc.
Name Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
Release Date 19981124000000.000000+000
Version 123456 - 0


Monitor:
PropertyValue
Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024


Keyboard:
PropertyValue
Description PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)


Pointing Device:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name Microsoft PS/2 Mouse


Sound Card:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Creative Technology Ltd.
Description Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)
Device ID PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274&REV_06\2&EBB 567F&0&60


Video Card:
PropertyValue
Adapter Compatibility ATI Technologies, Inc.
Adapter RAM 8388608
Description ATI Technologies, Inc. 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X
Installed Display Drivers atidrae.dll
Driver Version 5.1.2493.0
Driver Date 17/08/2001 12:49:00
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
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Version 6.03.01.0148


Modem:
PropertyValue
Model Generic 56K HCF Data Fax Modem
Name Generic 56K HCF Data Fax Modem

Model U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT
Name U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT


Network Adapters:
PropertyValue
Description WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description BT Voyager 105 ADSL Modem

External Ports:
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator Detected
External Reference Designator

Expansion Slots:
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Slot Designation ISA
Slot Designation ISA
Slot Designation ISA
Slot Designation PCI
Slot Designation PCI
Slot Designation PCI
Slot Designation PCI
Slot Designation PCI
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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 19:04:46, on 25/04/2006
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Cloudmark\SpamNet\OE\snoe.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\mshta.exe
C:\Program Files\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.co.uk/
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_EMC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - Global Startup: Cloudmark Desktop for Outlook Express.lnk = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: &eBay Search - res://C:\Program Files\eBay\eBay Toolbar2\eBayTb.dll/RCSearch.html
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - (no file)
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204
O16 - DPF: {4C39376E-FA9D-4349-BACC-D305C1750EF3} (EPUImageControl Class) - http://tools.ebayimg.com/eps/wl/acti..._v1-0-3-24.cab
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...?1111942680713
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/Ms...Downloader.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{D38F0755-CCFC-476F-AA53-89700B746699}: NameServer = 194.72.9.34 194.72.0.114
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPodService - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) - Zone Labs, LLC - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe