[Oldguy]

Yeah the old DIMM SDRAM which a lot of us are still using is dirt cheap now. But the newer DDR and RDRAM is a bit more expensive , especially the RD.
Did I see some one say they shut down everything except the anti-virus ??
I think the game instructions say specificly to shut down the anti-virus.
The only thing you need running is Explorer and Sys Tray, and maybe your mouse software if you are using a 5 button with the leans assigned. Also I think XP has a built in firewall with can cause problems.