Hi jimi1952

Depends how you did the XP reinstall, Dell Support step-by-step procedure is here

(Usually called a Clean Install in these Forums)

In the procedure click on link (near the top) if you need to change OS to XP

Make sure you followed the above-mentioned procedure & you haven’t installed a second copy of XP?

I followed the procedure, printed out instructions before I reinstalled just to be sure I did not miss anything. I'm going to double check things though. Thanks!

Only mentioned it because it’s a common mistake (not doing a correct clean install) & results in slowing down system performance

Quote “but seems slower than before”

Again, it depends – significantly slower or slightly slower, only at startup or all of the time?

Assuming it’s not malware related & there’s no sign of other problems or any error messages, then:

If not already done check system loading & performance in Task Manager

As described in this thread, click here