performance decrease due to multiple users?

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<TRABEM> wrote in message news:ad27g193s069ibt6on489q7eio9i06h2uj@4ax.com...
>I have to do a complete wipe and reinstallation of XP. It runs slow,
> reasons unknown.
>
> Anyway, on the old system, we had 2 users, both with administrative
> privileges.
>
> I need to know whether multiple users will cause the performance to
> drop in a major way. I understand the answer is yes IF both users
> remain active with programs running. But, we close our programs and
> log off completely when we switch users.
>
> Will multiple users on a system bog it down if only one user has
> programs running and the other user is logged off?
Only if the logged off user can nevertheless run a program.
Jim
>
> Thanks,
>
> T
>