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Brand-name of computer?
Model-number of computer?
Operating System?
Which web-browser (Chrome? Firefox? Safari? Internet Explorer 9?)
What type of Internet connection (office network, dial-up modem, DSL from your telephone-company, fibre-optic from your telephone-company, cable-modem from your cable-modem company)?
What speed does your ISP (Internet Service Provider) promise? (1.5Mbits/second, 5.0 Mbits/second, 100 Mbits/second)
How much RAM in your computer?
Which CPU (AMD? Intel? Pentium 4?)
Which web-sites are "slow" ('www.microsoft.com' should be *FAST* and the web-site for your local state/provincial government should also be *FAST*) ?
Your location (India? USA? Iceland?)
What other software is using the Internet? Bit Torrent? BearShare? MSN Messenger?
Is your anti-virus software up-to-date?
When's the most-recent "full" virus-scan?
Are you "sharing" your Internet connection with other "wired" and/or "wireless" devices (Xbox? iPod Touch?)? Are those devices "actively" using the Internet?
On March 6, 2008 Microsoft released Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP. Service Pack 3 contains all of the important Windows updates from previous service packs as well as additional updates that were released after Service Pack 2. To install Windows XP Service Pack 3 from the Internet on a home desktop computer use the Windows Update feature.
CAUTION:
If you have an HP Pavilion, HP Media Center or Compaq Presario desktop computer that has an AMD processor, your PC might encounter a startup problem after installing SP3 (or SP3 will not download from Windows Update). Before attempting to install SP3, install sp37394 - Microsoft Windows XP SP3 Upgrade Utility for systems with AMD processors .
For more information, the following support articles from the Microsoft Web site can help:
322389 - How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack (in English)
936929 - Release notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (in English)
NOTE:
One or more of the links above will take you outside the Hewlett-Packard Web site. HP does not control and is not responsible for information outside of the HP Web site.
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