6 Jul
2009
6 Jul
'09
1:15 p.m.
The machine is an old compaq with 2.4Ghz P4 and 40Gb drive with lots of space, since I only just installed it, and 256Mb RAM.
... the whole machine was so locked up I could barely type ...
There is your answer I think - the physical memory is too small, and the machine was thrashing the swapspace. When that happens, it easily adds several orders of magnitude to the time taken to get anything done. Regards, Malcolm