Well besides stopping any unneeded applications from running, and disabling all visual effects (not just aero), there isnt much you can do. Why not get a 64bit os and add more ram? and if your doing that id just suggest getting win7 home 64bit. Get 4-8gb of total ram and you will be fine.
Really all i can say is /facepalm @ trying to do 3d animation on vista 32bit with 2gb of ram lol
@guy above
gamebooster=no
its a scam program, it really does almost nothing. It says you end up getting like 100-200mb+ of ram from using it with the ram usage displayed in the program itself, but that was a lie... i looked at the actual ram usage, it freed like 28mb. really its not worth getting.
Well even with a 32bit os, depending on your graphics card, you should be able to use probably 3gb of ram. So find a way to add 1gb of ram.(if you have 2 slots with 2 1gb sticks, replace 1 with a 2gb stick, if you have 4 slots and have 2 1gb sticks, just add another 1gb). a 2gb stick of ddr2 ram is like $30 tops, if you have ddr3 ram its like $18 lol. and if you are able to get a 1gb stick thats even cheaper.
lol @ 2mins/frame, sorry but thats terrible XD
no no a stick of ram. you need to find out whether you have ddr2 or ddr3. and you need to open the side panel on your computer and see how many ram slots you have on your computer, and how many are being used.
this is ram:
DDR2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007611%20600006042&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=50
DDR3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007611%20600006050&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=50
a motherboard can only support 1 type, so you cant use ddr3 in a ddr2 motherboard.
What you are talking about (sticking a 2gb usb drive in your computer) and using that as virtual ram is called ready boost. Since you are so low on ram it may help, but its much slower then normal ram. you would be better off buying a real stick of ram then getting a flash drive.
But since you are stuck on a 32bit OS, the best you could do is probably upgrade your ram to 3gb total, then get a 2-4gb flash drive and use ready boost.
Easy way to tell ram, umm go download this: http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download/standard
thats the direct download link, so it will pop up asking to download. Ok install that and run it. Go to ram/memory section. Find out whether it says you have ddr2 or ddr3 ram (it also says lots of other stuff about your computer).
ok then next just take off side panel of your computer, and try to look for the ram sticks (click the ddr2/3 links above to see what ram looks like), this is a pic of a motherboard with nothing in it http://www.overclockersclub.com/vimages/ecs_g33t/5.jpg ok see the red/purple next to each other slots in the top right? thats where the ram sticks will be in, your motherboard will probably look different.
See how many sticks you have in your computer, and how many slots you have.
So if you have a open ram slot, you can buy 1 1gb stick. if you have all your ram slots full with other ram, you will need to buy 1 2gb stick adn replace it with 1 of the sticks inside your motherboard.
so after you ran that program to find out ddr2 or ddr3, and after you looked inside and figured out 1gb or 2gb. go to the links above for ddr2 if you have ddr2 ram, ddr3 link for ddr3 ram. From there just find the cheapest stick that match those 2 areas.
You can youtube "how to install ram" or something similar.