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I did a clean install on the following PC: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 3000 2.67 gigahertz Intel Celeron 16 kilobyte primary memory cache 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Dell Computer Corp. 0K8980 Serial Number: ..CN70821519A1J8 Bus Clock: 533 megahertz BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A03 01/05/2006 76.03 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 72.52 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space ST380011A [Hard drive] (80.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 5JVKPJZE, rev 8.16, SMART Status: Healthy 510 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'DIMM_1' has 256 MB Slot 'DIMM_2' has 256 MB I think the owners were running AOL Security on it previously, but I am personally not a fan of anything AOL. I want to run Trend Micro's Security Suite. I have one subscription left and this is for my in-law's PC so it would be no big deal to give them my last subscription. What I need to know is if this old computer can handle running Trend Micro without it bogging down? If TM is too much of a resource hog what are some alternative suggestions? Thanks! Message Edited by AriKnight on 10-22-2007 02:25 PM

mombodog · Answer

'Slot 'DIMM_1' has 256 MB Slot 'DIMM_2' has 256 MB'   512mb installed memory is barely enough to run XPsp2 let alone any more running processes any security software will add.   Upgrade the memory to 1gb and install any security software you desire.   Remove your service tag number or this entire thread will get deleted, use options/edit to do this.

AriKnight · Answer

Done. What if they don't want to upgrade? Is there any firewall that won't slow the system down too much? If they will upgrade can this PC handle 1GB of RAM? I assume so since you mentioned it, but I just did an upgrade a couple weeks ago on another PC just as old and it would only take 512 Max! Thanks again.

Roger1955 · Answer

If no memory upgrade is wanted, I would install TrendMicro and see how the computer runs, but take note on how it runs before installing TrendMirco. If there is an noticable slowdown then you can do one of two things add memory or uninstall TrendMirco. There a lot of nice freeware security software available. Everthing I use is free and I've had no problems with virus or spyware infection or removal.

Roger1955

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XPS 410 Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe @ 2.4 ghz
3 GB DDR2 SDRAM 533 mhz / Evga Geforce 7600GT
2x250 GB WD Sata II HDD'S 7200 rpm(Raid 1 Array)
19 in E197FPB Flat Panel Display
13 and 1 media card reader
Sony CRX 3105S 48xCombo CD-RW/DVD Sata
TSST Corp TS-H553A 16xDVD+-RW/DL Sata
IEEE 1394 PCI Express Firewire Port
AVG Anti-Virus, AVG Anti-Spyware, ZoneAlarm Firewall, Window Defender, Comodo BoClean, SuperAnti-Spyware, Spybot S&D.

Message Edited by Roger1955 on 10-22-2007 04:14 PM

tomron · Answer

Check out the specs for trend micro.

1G RAM of memory
500MB of disk space for installation

http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/interscan-messaging-security-suite/system-requirements/

I use the feeebies with no issues or complaints.My choice is avg,though there are other choices,avira and avast.

Try crucial.com regarding memory upgrading.

http://www.crucial.com/index.aspx?gclid=cjqc-ko9o48cfreqggodvqgfeq

mombodog · Answer

You have 2 memory sockets, each one of them will take the following

128-, 256-, 512-, or 1-GB nonECC

so you have a max of 2gb you can install.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim3000/en/SM/specs.htm#wp1075776 your specs

AriKnight · Answer

I think you were referring to the specs for TM 2008 running in Vista.
The specs for TM 2007 are as follows for XP users:
Intel Pentium 350MHz (or equivalent processor)
Memory - 128MB (256MB recommended)
Disk Space - 250MB available for installation

I've heard good things about AVG and will probably switch to that or Comodo if TM doesn't work out on this machine. I am testing TM 2007 on the PC and so far I haven't had any major issues. It does load slow, but that's normal. It does the same on my PC and I run:
P4 Prescott 3.4 CPU
1GB Corsair Xtreme RAM
250GB HD

Thanks for the link to the Dimension 3000 RAM specs! I was looking all over for that yesterday without any luck.

Message Edited by AriKnight on 10-23-2007 05:47 PM

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