GeorgeT did mention the "Windows Classic" theme, and that is what I run too, so that may be a factor.

On the other hand the install did not select usage of the "Clear Type" option (possibly because of the rating of the CPU). I set it up with Clear Type myself. It makes my screen much nicer to read. Probably because of the speed of the CPU, I can actually see the type improve after it initially shows BUT I doubt that it is "hogging" the processor, since it seems to process AFTER initial showing and I can just as quickly as ever scroll/switch etc. No doubt it uses more CPU but it doesn't interfere with my work at all.

cheers

>Ok, thanks. Good info. Maybe the case I heard was anomalous, poor config, too many services running, etc. or something like that.
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>Bill
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>>Bill,
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>>My XP-Home machine is a AMD750mhz. I haven't seen those rumours that XP is a resource hog and I can say that, overall, XP Home is MUCH "snappier" than the old Win98SE that I used to run there. It also boots/shutdowns MUCH faster than Win98SE.
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>>Presently I have a friend staying with me. He is a FlightSim afficionado. He installed it on the system, which has a Matrox G400 dual video adapter (only 32 meg) and 512meg RAM on the machine and he is satisfied that he get 30+ fps.
>>I don't 'do' games myself, so can offer no other input on the subject.
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>>cheers