John,

I'm no Windows expert but I think you've got a severe memory limitation here. I'm surprised Windows 2000 Server runs at all in 128MB - the "recommended minimum" for Server & Advanced Server is 256MB, and as always more is better. See http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/guide/server/sysreq/default.asp.

FWIW I am running Windows 2000 Server on a machine with 512MB RAM and its performance is excellent.

BTW this is almost surely the reason your shutdown is slow, too (per your other thread).


HTH,
-Rick

>Hi,
> I just installed Win2k advanced server to my PC Desktop PIII machine with 128 MB RAM.
> I got a problem that, Window2000 hang on startup after setup. I choose typical setup and don't change any option by default. Any idea?
> Again, once i try to install my VGA driver on safe mode, I found that System idle process take out 98-99% of CPU usage. It cause my windows response slowly (just like no responding). Why?
>
>Thank you