These sets of notes explain how to make Windows 2000 run fast on old hardware:
http://www.nexle.dk/daniel/win2000-32mb/
They will work with Windows XP as well
Hi there..
here is a guide on how to make Windows 2000 run fast on old computers with only 32MB RAM.... this guide/notes also works for Windows XP and will tell you what to disable to get a high-performance system..
www.nexle.dk/daniel/win2000-32mb
The only thing you might want to add from this guide is the caching settings as described elsewhere in this thread.
Good luck!
Absolutely..
Your CPU is at the lower end, but here is the guide on how to optimize Windows 2000 to run much faster on older hardware (note these instructions even work for Windows XP)
http://www.nexle.dk/daniel/win2000-32mb/