Well..theres your problems.
Is the pentium 4 a celeron?
Your RAM is a little small. You need atleast 512MB. I would recomend upgrading. You will see a huge jump in performance.
The easiest way is to go to your local computer store and ask them. You shouldn't pay over $100 (about). But, it is a good expansion.
You can buy RAM yourself, and install it.
You use the book that comes with your motherboard or computer to figureout what type you need.
If you don't know, I would recomend just taking the book with you. They would want to know what type of RAM it is and your motherboard book is the best place to find it.
If you don't have your book, there are a few more ways to figure it out, that I can type later.
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I would recomend enableing Virtual memory.
to do it:
Rightclick on my computer, select properties.
Select the 'Advanced tab'
then under 'Performance' select 'settings'
that opens the 'Performance Options' menu
Select the 'Advanced' tab there.
Under 'Virtual Memory' select 'change'
Now you have three choices 'custom size', 'system managed size' and 'no paging file'
I would recomend 'custom size, or 'system managed size'
If you go with custom, I would make the inital size a little over the size of your ram, and the maximum size a little over three times the size of your RAM.
I would highly recomend having a paging file.
For you I would go with 'system managed' but it is up to you.
There really isnt a difference. Custom just gives you a little more control of how much the harddrive is being used for Virtual Memory.
System managed might eat up space on your harddrive.
after you have configured that select 'set'
then 'ok'
Somewhere it prompts you to restart your computer.
You need to do that for the changes to take effect.
O yea, I forgot:
A 'paging file' or 'virtual memory' is a file on your harddrive that basicly acts as RAM.
This can slow down your computer, but also prevent it from crashing.
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So, I would upgrade your RAM and inact the paging file.
You could also try disableing 'explorer.exe' on run. This will get rid of the startbar, and everything, wich you don't need during game play. If virtual memory doesn't do it, or it runs slow, that is next.
I think that should do it,
if not we could try something else.
Good luck!
Is the pentium 4 a celeron?
Your RAM is a little small. You need atleast 512MB. I would recomend upgrading. You will see a huge jump in performance.
The easiest way is to go to your local computer store and ask them. You shouldn't pay over $100 (about). But, it is a good expansion.
You can buy RAM yourself, and install it.
You use the book that comes with your motherboard or computer to figureout what type you need.
If you don't know, I would recomend just taking the book with you. They would want to know what type of RAM it is and your motherboard book is the best place to find it.
If you don't have your book, there are a few more ways to figure it out, that I can type later.
--
I would recomend enableing Virtual memory.
to do it:
Rightclick on my computer, select properties.
Select the 'Advanced tab'
then under 'Performance' select 'settings'
that opens the 'Performance Options' menu
Select the 'Advanced' tab there.
Under 'Virtual Memory' select 'change'
Now you have three choices 'custom size', 'system managed size' and 'no paging file'
I would recomend 'custom size, or 'system managed size'
If you go with custom, I would make the inital size a little over the size of your ram, and the maximum size a little over three times the size of your RAM.
I would highly recomend having a paging file.
For you I would go with 'system managed' but it is up to you.
There really isnt a difference. Custom just gives you a little more control of how much the harddrive is being used for Virtual Memory.
System managed might eat up space on your harddrive.
after you have configured that select 'set'
then 'ok'
Somewhere it prompts you to restart your computer.
You need to do that for the changes to take effect.
O yea, I forgot:
A 'paging file' or 'virtual memory' is a file on your harddrive that basicly acts as RAM.
This can slow down your computer, but also prevent it from crashing.
--
So, I would upgrade your RAM and inact the paging file.
You could also try disableing 'explorer.exe' on run. This will get rid of the startbar, and everything, wich you don't need during game play. If virtual memory doesn't do it, or it runs slow, that is next.
I think that should do it,
if not we could try something else.
Good luck!