My girlfriend has a Dell with Intel Celeron with 128 MB of
RAM.  I really don't know too much about rams except that they play football in St. Louis.  Her puter is very slow, in fact, you can push the buttons to get it going, then eat a dinner and then it should be BOOTED up.
I was told that if I put more RAM in it, that it will make it BOOT up faster.  Is this true?  I was advised by a friend who KNOWS a lot about puters that if I buy a 256 RAM thing and install it along with what is already in there, that it will boot up faster.  Is this true or false?  He showed me how to do it, but if it ain't true, then I won't be doing it.  Thank You :-/That actually just depends on what else is going on.  I suspect that if it is as slow as you say it is that RAM will have little effect.

Let's start with....
What OS is on the computer?
What speed is the computer?
What programs are loading at startup?
Is the slowness in the initial stages of boot or the final stages?

Also, when was it last defragged, temp internet files deleted, excessive e-mails deleted? All of these can slow it down to a crawl too.
jimA great program to use is MICROSOFT bootvis which analyses and speeds up boot times http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664To Gussery:  I will get back with you within a couple of days with the info you want for the RAM stuff whenever I get back on her computer.  Thanks
By speed of computer, do you mean RAM or where do I find the speed?Processor Megahertz (Mhz) or Gigahertz = Speed