Hey there. I would like to know which software/s are necessary and suitable for my OLD pc.

Specifications:

Intel Pentium 4 2.00ghz
ASROCK mobo
64mb + 128mb ram
20 gb HDD + 40gb HDD
Windows XP Professional SP2

I'm not really sure about the essential softwares needed but currently im using these softwares:

Mozilla Firefox 3
IE 6
Avira AntiVir Personal- Free Antivirus
BlazeDVD 5.0 Professional
Ares
Ashampoo Photo Commander
RealPlayer
QuickTime Player
WMP 8
Media Player Classic
Vimicro USB PC Camera
Nero Burning Software
Ccleaner
a-squared Free
WLM 9

Please tell me which software I should uninstall in order to optimize the performance of my OLD pc. Thanks in advance

for me... among that list you got there there is at least 5 players...why not just download klite codec standard pack..you can play all the movies. Also get real alternative codec pack to play real media...then you would save a lot of space on the players section.

burning software, find for portable versions. They are as small as 20mb only

What are you going to use your old PC as ?

A server ? Media Center ?

optimize performance, u have

antivir
ccleaner
windows defrag

make sure u hv latest drive for hardware also

disable a-aquared protection maybe, use for cleaning purpose oni

y u want to uninstall just buy new rams and ur pc will be ok

uninstall:

nero
realplayer
quicktime player
blazedvd

install:
cdburnerxp
real alternative
quicktime alternative
media player classic home cinema
vlc media player (optional)

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Added on November 1, 2008, 11:03 amif the pc is running on sdram, not worth it.. too expensive.

This post has been edited by fariz: Nov 1 2008, 11:03 AM

be adventurous ... install ubuntu ... it will have all u want and it will be loads faster on an old machine than windows.

sorry for the late reply. Im currently using my old pc to surf the internet, listening to songs and burning cds.

It is true that adding my ram is not worth it. Therefore, I hope you guys can recommend any essentials softwares for those functions.