[sr71000]

256 memory is enough as well. I have 256 in my laptop coupled with a 2.0 pentium m (i figured skimp on the ram..it can be upgraded and have since been too broke!! lol) anyways...That shouldn't be a major problem. I'd look more into virus and spyware (click ctrl + alt + del) and see how much the processor is used when the computer is just running idle. also....how much page file is being used?) Another possible problem would be the harddrive. If the harddrive is having a lot of trouble (read/write errors or more likely seek errors) then it can slow down the computer a wicked lot. Plus it's 10x more noticable on a system with low memory because it slows down the paging file and makes it that much worse!!

Those would be my two guesses