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No. Unless you are making major changes to your system's hardware, for example, replacing the hard drive, proccessor and motherboard at the same time, reinstalling the OS is not necessary. Sometimes even making major changes to the hardware will work ok without any reinstalling. The exception being if you replace the hard drive that contains the OS.
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My Windows Vista computer is running very slow, will a RAM upgrade make it run faster?
If your computer does not meet the minimum RAM requirement for Vista, an upgrade will increase speed.
I already have high speed with at&t, how do i upgrade my computer?
You can upgrade your computers perfomance by purchasing a memory ram upgrade or you can look into getting a more recent operating system like Windows 7 or Windows Vista.
How many users choose not to upgrade to Windows Vista?
loads because windows vista is the worst windows software it uses the most ram and CPU Ghz out of all of the windows software i surgest you stay with xp or upgrade to 7
How long does it take to upgrade a computer?
That depends entirely on what type of upgrade you are performing and your proficiency in doing so. Upgrading the amount of RAM in a system can be done in less than two minutes by a skilled technician. Upgrading the video card will probably take five to ten minutes. A motherboard upgrade will probably necessitate reinstalling the operating system, and require over an hour to perform.
Is Windows 7 suitable for Intel Pentium 4 ht 3.0ghz 1gb of ram and 80gb hdd?
no. but if you upgrade your ram to about 3gb you'll be fine
When you are trying to determine if your Windows computer can support an upgrade to Windows XP how would you find out the amount of RAM that is currently installed?
Right click on My Computer > properties.
Why did my computer become slower after upgrading from Windows 98 to Windows XP?
This is a common occurrence, particularly if you did not upgrade the computer beforehand. Windows XP requires more RAM and a faster processor than Windows 98.
8GB ram is showing 3GB total in my deskiop?
32bit OS will only support 3gb of ram, upgrade to windows 7 x64 or other 64 bit os
What ram can be put on a Windows xp?
Whatever memory your motherboard can support but a 64bit version of Windows is needed to manage more than 4GB of RAM. Generally people use 32bit version ram for all the Windows Operating Systems. So for that it is enough to have 1GB ram. I think 1 GB ram is more than enough for it. In case If you prefer to choose a 32 Bit version of Windows 7 Then you have to upgrade your hardware to 1GB or more than that.
Can you upgrade from a windows 98 program to a xp or vista program with 128 mb of ram 45 gb hard drive 850mhz processor is this enough to upgrade or how do i go about getting more ram to do this?
You might as well buy a new PC if you want to update and you have that setup.
How do you upgrade 32 bit upgrade into a 64 bit?
You can only install 64 bit Windows Vista on a machine with 4GB ram. If you have enough ram then you need to do a clean install. To do this boot up your machine with the 64 bit Vista CD. Then follow the on screen instructions.
Why is it not OK to upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows XP which was an upgrade of 98?
Windows 7 requires more RAM and processing power than Windows 98 computers because of its enhanced UI and the amount of background services it runs to make your computer work and function properly. It might possibly run the lightest version of Windows 7, called Windows 7 Starter.
